Failing Murray Goulburn Co-op leaves dairy men with sour taste
Victorian dairyfarmer Jim Munro has simply had a gutful. By: SUE NEALES
Dairy takes a hit in Chinese crackdown
China’s recent suspensions of milk products from factories in South Australia and Victoria reflect a rapid increase in interventions by the country’s food and drug administration. By: ROWAN CALLICK
Market report: Dairy
FOR the past few years dairy has been focused on increasing throughput of its factories. By: SIMONE SMITH
Dairy Australia forum: Anger voiced on profit fall
FEARS about the future of ryegrass use, concerns about young people entering the industry and frustrations with the dairy profitability were among issues raised at a Dairy Australia meeting at Camperdown last week. By SIMONE SMITH.
Dairy's big bust: milk companies promised the world and then failed to deliver as the industry soured
The rhetoric suggested Australian dairy farmers were set to tap into rivers of gold thanks to a milk exporting boom. By Brett Worthington
Dairy industry meetings to gather feedback on crisis assistance
THE Victorian dairy sector is being urged to vent concerns about the grass-roots roll-out of the federal government’s industry assistance package unveiled earlier this year in response to the farm-gate pricing crisis. By Colin Bettles
Bill McDonald ditches dairy to return to coalmining
As a barometer of the booming dairy-exports-to-China market, a decision by former mining services magnate Bill McDonald to quit his fledgling infant-formula empire, Camperdown Dairy International, to return to coalmining had all the early warning signs of a brewing storm. By SUE NEALES.
Australian Dairy Farms targets Asian sales
Australian Dairy Farms Group is planning to increase its exports to Asia, as its farms benefit from a wetter winter and spring.
Mining giant ditches Camperdown dairy empire after less than 18 months, sells all shares
The major investor behind Camperdown Dairy International (CDI) has sold all of his shares in the company. By Danielle Grindlay
Australian infant formula maker banned in China
Australia and China are once again at loggerheads over dairy exports, after Beijing banned a Victorian infant formula maker from selling its products on the mainland. By Angus Grigg.