Dairy Farming

A small Victorian milk company says supermarket giant Coles has removed its products from 65 Victorian stores in retribution for refusing to give the supermarket a bigger profit margin.

Facing closure, Kay Tommerup saved her family's dairy farm by cutting ties with processors and embracing agritourism. Now she wants to change the future for other small farmers.

While you question whether to pay $13 for a block of cheese at the supermarket, the dairy farmers who produce the milk to make that cheese are questioning whether they can stay in the industry.

A Tasmanian dairy farmer says while the pay cut was expected, it has put pressure on her to scan the ledger for savings.

Avian influenza is producing mild symptoms in the US dairy cattle and farm workers it is infecting, but experts say it is vital to get the virus "mopped up" before it has a chance to mutate.

With Australian officials closely monitoring local outbreaks of avian influenza, and another highly pathogenic strain wreaking havoc overseas, experts in infectious disease and public health say this is how we should prepare for the possibility of a future pandemic.

At a trade conference in Jakarta this week, all eyes were on Indonesia's multi-billion-dollar plan to provide school students with free lunches and milk.

When urban Mancunian Sarah Moore and her wife Emily decided to give dairy farming a go in South Australia they found a reason to get up in the morning and doing a good day's work was a fine reason to stay.

Jamie Forster has received excellent farm gate prices for milk in recent years, but he is still giving up dairy farming — and he's not alone. It comes as Australian milk production shrinks to its lowest level in 30 years and butter and cheese imports soar.

As an "over-allocated" groundwater plan review begins, a decades-old drain gone empty has a farming family in South Australia worried about the future of the Limestone Coast's water resources.

The remaining slice of a 200-year-old farming property in Tasmania's north-west is up for sale, after years mired in controversy, unrealised grand ambitions, allegations of animal cruelty and mismanagement, and the recent loss of a major milk contract.

Workers at a major cheesemaking plant in Burnie say they are sick of being treated like the "poor cousins" of mainlanders doing the same job for the same company.

When you think of camels, you probably imagine them in a desert. But in lush, green Hunter Valley paddocks, Michelle Phillips keeps 50 — and their milk is in high demand.

Shoalhaven farmers are facing "massive" damage bills after intense rain triggered flash flooding. It's a particularly bitter blow after several tough years.

Multinational company Lactalis announces it will close its Echuca dairy factory with up to 70 jobs lost in northern Victoria.

Australian consumers are buying more artisanal varieties as the price of a block of grocery store cheese reaches a two-year high.

Pecora Dairy wins the 17th annual President's Medal at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, with a Spanish-style, semi-hard cheese made at Robertson.

A Tasmanian dairy producer is partnering with a seaweed company to bring a milk to the market that is better for the environment, because the cows produce less methane.

A slice of what was Australia's largest dairy farm in Tasmania's fertile north-west has been purchased by a Melbourne-based management fund as part of a 10,000 dairy cow goal.

In the tiny Victorian town of Tongala, community spirit is high as an old dairy factory reopens, prompting much-needed jobs and renewal.

A potentially deadly virus normally seen in warmer climates is killing cattle in an area of New South Wales where farmers rarely, if ever, see a case.

A dairy industry advocate says Woolworths' decision to stop selling Norco milk in its Sydney stores shows big supermarkets "don't give a stuff" about the consumer or the farmer.

Gippsland dairy farmer Bruce Manintveld, 50, who died in severe storms on Tuesday afternoon, has been remembered as a generous man who shared his knowledge with younger farmers.

In Ukraine, formerly one of Europe's biggest dairy suppliers, 50 per cent of the industry is gone, 200,000 cows have been bombed, and farmers are very much on the front line.

Tasmania's Van Dairy will send about 10 per cent of its herd to slaughter after losing its milk supply contract with Fonterra this month.