Dairy Production

Momentum is growing in one of Australia's largest cattle-producing states to overturn a ban on virtual fencing technology. However, a peak animal welfare charity says using electric shocks to train animals raises significant ethical and animal welfare concerns.

Students from Toolamba Primary School, near Shepparton, have won a national competition with their eye-catching cow 'Moolamba', and along the way brushed up on their nutrition knowledge.

Many shoppers are questioning whether supermarket prices are fair, and so next year the Senate will examine claims of price gouging by Coles and Woolworths.

Do you know where your milk comes from? If you're in Queensland there's half a chance it's travelled through NSW and Victoria, possibly from a dairy up to 2,000 kilometres away.

Dredgers at the River Murray mouth were halted for the first time in six years when floodwaters arrived in 2022. But now they're back in action in what irrigators and scientists see as an unfortunate necessity in this unique ecosystem.

The farmer-owned Norco factory remains on a flood-prone site on the bank of the Wilsons River, but the design is different.

Robbie Radel's voice breaks as he describes his dread of the week ahead — having to watch the last of his beloved milkers being trucked away from the farm his family has owned since 1906.

Dairy group Farmer Power has announced it intends to disband — but not before leaving a significant mark on the industry.

A plan to build a centre focused on the development of circular economies has been announced for Bega, New South Wales.

During the $1-per-litre milk wars, desperate producers in SA decided to launch their own brand. Ten years later, they say millions of dollars has been invested back into their industry.

The potential sell-off of the only dairy processing plant on King Island comes as a little surprise to locals who have witnessed a dwindling industry.

The Murray Darling Basin back in the spotlight as the federal government rushes to extend the 2024 deadline to return more water to rivers and restart water buybacks.

Vitasoy Australia chief executive David Tyack predicts the plant-based milk market will continue to grow, noting there hasn't been a contraction in the past decade.

Australia's trade minister is set to resume talks with his European Union counterpart, vowing he won't sign a deal for the sake of it.

Dairy companies have averted a six-day strike by offering factory workers an improved pay deal.

Fresh milk is a staple in many people's refrigerators, but for the Far West New South Wales town of Brewarrina, it went missing from households and businesses for close to two weeks last month.

Dairy factory workers in Victoria have returned to work after taking strike action, but warn they may strike again this week.

Surging supermarket prices tell the story of why a wide range of dairy industry workers have mounted coordinated strike action this week. So where are these dairy profits going?

Despite a catastrophic flood forcing it to shut its ice cream factory in early 2022, Norco delivers a $9.1 million profit for 2022-23 — up $0.2 million.

Tanker drivers and dairy factory workers have walked off the job this week in separate strike actions, calling for better pay and conditions after companies "made record profits" during the pandemic.

Victoria is facing milk shortages with unprecedented strike action planned by dairy workers.

The Victorian Farming Federation revealed in the Federal Court that there was no mechanism in its constitution to remove its president, a situation the judge suggested sounded "pretty undemocratic".

Built on the back of the dairy industry, Atherton Tablelands families are bucking the trend as family-owned dairy farms are being deserted in other parts of Australia.

Milk made from lab-cultured proteins could be on Australian shelves as soon as 2025 as global demand grows for animal-free food alternatives.

Farmers cite "poor consultation" and a lack of focus on dairy-specific issues for their decision to walk away from the VFF.