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Brown Swiss cow supreme champion at Brisbane Royal Show
14/08/2008 | A Brown Swiss stud dairy cow from Biggenden, Qld, rewrote the record books on Tuesday, to become the first Brown Swiss cow in history to be named supreme champion dairy cow at Brisbane Royal Show.
Murray Goulburn goes solo in pursuit of Dairy Farmers
12/08/2008 | Victorian cooperative Murray Goulburn is reportedly going to enter a solo bid for Dairy Farmers, despite the collapse last week of its proposed joint venture with Italian processor Parmalat.  | Foundations laid for $25B free ... | Futuris expects $80-$85m ...
8/08/2008 | National Foods announced today an immediate, voluntary recall of its range of Yoplait Go-Gurt and Smackers tube products as a result of a packaging defect.  | Parmalat out of Dairy Farmers race | Sending out for sexed semen
Parmalat out of Dairy Farmers race
8/08/2008 | Italian dairy giant Parmalat has advised the Italian stock exchange that its wholly owned Australian subsidiary has withdrawn from a joint ticket with Murray Goulburn Co-operative to bid for Dairy Farmers Co-operative.  | Sending out for sexed semen | Idle land ‘a blight on landscape’
Sending out for sexed semen
1/08/2008 | Soaring dairy heifer prices are set to go even higher as large family farming operations and corporate investors cash in on rising farmgate milk prices, and sales of gender-biased semen are leaping, as farmers bank on breeding female-only calves.  | Cutting the carbon hoofprint | Down-Under dairying impresses ...
1/08/2008 | Bare paddocks taken out of production are a new feature of the northern Victorian landscape. But they represent a significant problem for those who continue to farm.  | Cutting the carbon hoofprint | ACCC won't oppose National ...
New dairy industry plan for WA
1/08/2008 | A new plan to capitalise on the bright future for Western Australia’s dairy industry was launched in Busselton this week by WA Agriculture and Food Minister Kim Chance.  | Sending out for sexed semen | Idle land ‘a blight on landscape’
28/07/2008 | New research from Cornell University in the United States shows that cows treated with recombinant Bovine Somatotropin make more milk on fewer resources - the net result is those cows reduce their environmental impact.  | CommentsComments (4) | Down-Under dairying impresses ... | Plea for NSW lakes water to ...
28/07/2008 | Cow parking, sacrifice paddocks and split herds have left a visiting US dairy expert scratching his head in wonder.  | Truck strike fails to hurt ... | Qld rain delivers multi-million ...
25/07/2008 | Having given the green light to the National Foods bid for Dairy Farmers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has now turned its attention to the rival takeover proposal from Parmalat SpA and the Murray Goulburn Cooperative.  | Good rainfall across four states | ACCC won't oppose National ...
ACCC won't oppose National Foods bid for Dairy Farmers
24/07/2008 | The ACCC will not intervene in the acquisition of the big Dairy Farmers cooperative by National Foods Ltd and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Ltd, after accepting court-enforceable undertakings, ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said today.  | World milk prices remain at ... | Three bidders push Dairy ...
World milk prices remain at record highs
23/07/2008 | Milk prices in the United States Department of Agriculture's July Supply and Demand Report remain around the record prices that were set last year.  | WTO: EU and US offer bigger ... | Farmer want a wife? RSVP ...
21/07/2008 | The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court against Australian Co-operative Foods Limited for alleged false, misleading and deceptive conduct in the packaging of certain cheese products.  | Rain prompts ascochyta blight ... | Time for Doha to deliver for ...
21/07/2008 | The sale price of the Dairy Farmers cooperative could be as high as $900 million, as three rival bidders jockey for control of the milk and cheese processor.  | Good rain falls across the country | Murray water plan's timing ...
Dairy farmers demand water contingency plans
17/07/2008 | Australian Dairy Farmers is calling for the development of contingency plans to ensure that its farmers in the Murray Darling Basin have the best possible chance of gaining access to stock and domestic water for the 2008-09 season.  | The haves and have-nots of Tas ... | Dairy's dream run to continue
Dairy's dream run to continue
17/07/2008 | The world dairy market is still running hot, and the bull run is being reflected in Australian processors' opening prices for 2008-09.  | Feedlot cattle numbers increase ... | Kidman warns of climate pain ...
SA dairy project forages for success
16/07/2008 | A project which gives dairy farmers the skills to run more profitable farms by increasing their use of home-grown forage, has been acknowledged as a leader in dairy training.  | Regional Aus plays catch up on ... | Patchy rain brings good falls ...
14/07/2008 | United States dairy producers and processors have committed to a plan to improve the industry's sustainability and impact on the environment.  | Irrigators slam Government's ... | Yet another report damns the ...
Cut gas - feed cows as you would pigs
11/07/2008 | Livestock farming casts a long shadow when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, Dr Pierre Gerber from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation told delegates at the World Dairy Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland.  | CommentsComments (10) | More research money needed for ... | Nat Foods prepared to lose Pura ...
10/07/2008 | National Foods is proposing to hand over control of its Pura Milk brand in NSW for two years in a bid to overcome ACCC concerns about its bid for Dairy Farmers.  | ETS: relief at being ... | Chip may speed up internet 100 ...
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Buy back the water licences; then what happens Mr Rudd?

17/08/2008 | The Federal Government has bolstered the cash available to buy back water licences, the greens have published their wishlist of properties to be targeted, and the drought has more farmers than ever classing themselves as 'willing sellers'. But after the water is gone, has anyone wondered what happens next?
  Rudd's sleight of hand wears thin
  Rudd's sleight of hand wears thin
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