Victorian dairy farmers accessing Centrelink support payments most
VICTORIAN farmers have accessed the Farm Household Allowance more than their peers from any other state.
Why Victorian farmers are struggling to recover from devastating bushfires
Victorian dairy farmer Jill Porter is taking things one day at a time, but anger, frustration and fear spill over, just like her grief.
Victorian dairy farmers advised to take action now before drought sends them to the wall
The drought in Victoria is one of the worst for years. Farmers have experienced the fourth season in a row where rainfall has been insufficient to support livestock. In some parts of the state, recent rainfall provided temporary relief, but in no way has this broken drought.
Gippsland Dairy Farmers seeks bargaining edge
A GROUP of Gippsland dairy farmers have sought authorisation to collectively bargain with milk processors and distributors.
Drought in eastern Victoria forcing farmers to sell off half their herds as dams run dry
It is so dry in eastern Victoria that farmer Chris Nixon is considering selling an entire herd of cattle.
Victorian dairy farmers face critical time
Dairy farmers hit by fierce bushfires in southwest Victoria are preparing for one of the most critical times of the agricultural year amid air quality concerns.
Murray Goulburn sale: ‘A number of buyers’ interested in Koroit plant
THE chair of Australia’s competition watchdog has confirmed there are “a number of buyers” interested in Murray Goulburn’s Koroit milk plant.
Local dairy farmers want Saputo to have Koroit
Canadian dairy giant Saputo should not have to sell off Murray Goulburn’s (MG) Koroit plant if it acquires all of cooperative, according to the Wannon branch of the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria.(UDV).
Farmers devastated by loss of livestock and livelihoods in Victorian bushfires
Bushfires have claimed more than 300 of Brad Porter’s best mates — his premium jersey cows that his family has been breeding for three generations.
Fires southwest Victoria: Communities unite after blaze
FIRES that swept through southwest Victoria have stunned firefighters and farmers with their speed and ferocity, devouring 18 homes, killing 2600 livestock and scorching at least 300 farms across 15,000ha.