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Bottom for powdered milk in sight: Fonterra
8/01/2009 | Fonterra head office New Zealand says the average price for contracts for whole milk powder has fallen again, down by 9.3pc since late last year. Spot prices, however, rose 1.3pc above those for the December trading event.  | Dairy farmers hit as Fonterra ... | Sharp export milk price drop ...
Cow from Colac, Vic makes the grade
6/01/2009 | A cow from a large herd operation near Colac, Victoria, has defied the odds to be named the four year old champion in one of Australia's largest livestock judging competitions.  | Equity partners put faith in ... | Opportunities still keeping ...
Dairy playing games with wheat markets
5/01/2009 | Dairy farmers have been told to stop playing the grain market and concentrate on feeding their cows to produce milk. This also means changing the way they negotiate grain contracts.   | CommentsComments (3)
Warrnambool Cheese sets joint venture with National Foods
31/12/2008 | Dairy processor Warrnambool Cheese, in western Vic, says it expects to complete financing for its cheese joint venture with National Foods early in the New Year.
Dairy farmers hit as Fonterra cuts base milk price
29/12/2008 | More Australian dairy farmers will be hit with farmgate milk price cuts after an announcement by dairy processor Fonterra Australia yesterday.  | CommentsComments (2) | Use of technology on dairy ... | Sharp export milk price drop ...
Sharp export milk price drop threatens dairy investment surge
26/12/2008 | The $910 million farm cash injection from the sale of Dairy Farmers to National Foods has encouraged significant growth in NSW’s dairy on-farm capital. But the sharp fall in dairy export prices over the past four months now threatens to end this upturn.  | CommentsComments (1) | New England dairies next big thing | MG record profit of $101m
Use of technology on dairy farms boosts productivity
17/12/2008 | A new ABARE report shows that since 1991-92, Australian dairy farmers have continued to change their management practices and have adopted various technologies to improve performance and productivity.   | Dairy industry adapting to ... | Robotic milking on tap
11/12/2008 | Milk processor Murray Goulburn Co-operative has reported a record before-tax profit of $101 million.   | Interest rate cuts fail to flow ... | Drought hits cost of feed, puts ...
New England dairies next big thing
9/12/2008 | THE New England tablelands is best known for its long tradition of woolgrowing and beef cattle, but investors are taking a fresh look at the northern high country as a burgeoning dairying hub, prompted by the success of a new dairy farm at Walcha.  | Dairy looks rosy long-term ... | Volatility ahead in dairy ...
3/12/2008 | Regional dairy cooperative, Norco, is holding strong amid the financial turmoil.  | Volatility ahead in dairy ... | 96pc vote for Nat Foods ...
Dairy industry adapting to challenges
2/12/2008 | The Australian dairy industry is faced with a growing list of challenges but Dairy Australia believes farmers can continue to withstand the impact of the drought and the rising cost of production.  | Nats senator axed for ... | Restockers, feedlotters ...
Robotic milking on tap
24/11/2008 | The trend towards robotic milking systems, already well advanced in Europe, appears to be accelerating across Australia, too.  | Top TYM move for Qld tractors | CSIRO paints bleak outlook for ...
Dairy looks rosy long-term despite current volatility
19/11/2008 | Dairy has a prosperous future despite the short-term impact of the credit crisis, but volatile price swings will be the norm, according to Rabobank.   | Dairy takes bigger slice New ... | China retaliates and rejects ...
18/11/2008 | Global dairy giant Fonterra says there is likely to be more volatility in global dairy prices, following on from a financial year in which prices went on an unprecedented rollercoaster.  | China retaliates and rejects ... | Dairy Farmers bid goes to the vote
96pc vote for Nat Foods takeover of Dairy Farmers
13/11/2008 | Australian Co-operative Foods Limited, which trades as Dairy Farmers, and National Foods today announced that ACF members had approved the National Foods proposal to acquire all of the shares in the co-operative for cash at $5.65 per share.  | China retaliates and rejects ... | Dairy Farmers bid goes to the vote
China retaliates and rejects Aussie milk
7/11/2008 | China's quarantine service has rejected imports of Australian milk products because they failed bacteria tests.   | DNA test a relief for many ... | First GM canola set for harvest ...
Dairy Farmers bid goes to the vote
3/11/2008 | The special postal ballot for the proposed acquisition by National Foods of Australian Cooperative Foods, which trades as Dairy Farmers, has now opened.  | CommentsComments (1) | Credit crunch testing dairy ... | China ready to shore up food ...
Nat Foods to sell off its brands
3/11/2008 | National Foods is in discussions with potential buyers interested in acquiring a licence to its Pura Milk brand in NSW and other assets that must be relinquished if it merges with Dairy Farmers.  | China ready to shore up food ... | Morality meals the future for ...
Dairy scientist to unlock frozen assets
21/10/2008 | A Melbourne scientist has won a $20,000 award from Dairy Australia to conduct research which could be worth millions to the nation's dairy farmers.  | Kilometre-wide irrigator spans ... | Wong abandons towns in water ...
17/10/2008 | Dairy Farmers says an independent expert has determined the National Foods proposal to acquire the Co-operative is in the best interests of its members in the absence of a superior proposal.  | Falling $A driving up petrol ... | Award-winning cattle research ...
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11/12/2008 | Farm lobby groups will decide next week whether the future of farm representation will stay as it is or be broadened to bring in the big end of town.
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