VDL Farms continues plans to export fresh milk to China despite chief executive resignation

The new owners have since launched plans to export branded fresh milk from Hobart to China on direct weekly flights.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerJanuary 31, 2017Dairy Farmers

There’s a downside to all that water in the Murray: Lolicato

Mr Lolicato said the environmental benefits from last year’s flooding continue to be publicly highlighted, but again the damage is ignored

Hume Dam Flood ActionAdley BurstynerJanuary 31, 2017Hume Dam Flood Action

Dairy farmers pull the plug on bigger producers

The couple left the New Zealand-owned company because they had lost faith after its chief executive publicly declared Fonterra was happy to extract as much money from the Australian industry as it could, and send it back home to New Zealand.

ACCC hosting forums nationally to hear from dairy farmers

Dairy farmers and others working in the industry are invited to come and share their views on these issues directly with ACCC Commissioners.

Farmers Milk Price ActionAdley BurstynerJanuary 24, 2017Dairy Farmers, Farmgate Milk Price Action

Murray Goulburn: Co-op’s deal with Coles may backfire

Speak to most industry analysts and they’ll tell you two home truths: house brands erode the market share and margins of brands such as Devondale and supermarket contracts are easily broken.

Dairy Crisis ended a dream

On August 1, 2016 Calwarra Dairy, owned by my parents David and Kathleen Johnston, supplied its last load of milk to Murray Goulburn.

THE Speak Up movement is cranking up its campaign regarding the Murray-Darling Basin Plan

“From the Prime Minister down, we must accept as fellow Australians there are serious problems with implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan,’’ Mrs Scoullar said.

Hume Dam Flood ActionAdley BurstynerJanuary 10, 2017Adley Burstyner, Hume Dam Flood Action