FARMER Power is building a war chest to continue its fight.

The rebel group claims to have drawn national attention to the plight of the dairy industry.

"We grow every day, we're not running out of steam at all," organiser Chris Gleeson said.

He said further meetings were now being planned in NSW and belatedly in Gippsland.

"We have had a lot of calls about Gippsland and now we have a couple of people willing to organise it," he said.

Mr Gleeson said a protest meeting was likely to be held in the Maffra area in the next few weeks.

Donations are starting to flow in from Farmer Power supporters and he said the group was in the final stages of incorporation.

The group plans memberships of $50 a farm.

Mr Gleeson said many people's support was conditional on them remaining a grassroots group separate from established lobby groups such as the Victorian Farmers Federation or United Dairyfarmers of Victoria.

"We will be doing our own thing and they can do theirs."

UDV president Kerry Callow said the success of Farmer Power meetings, such as the one she attended along with 500 other people at Tongala last week, was "symptomatic of the frustration being felt by people".

Mrs Callow said there were "no quick fixes" for the low milk prices paid to farmers.

"We are listening to what is being said, but there will not be any kneejerk reactions," she said.

Mrs Callow said the UDV was "quietly working in the background".

"(Farmer Power) have certainly developed an energy, but it is also important to be able to do something with it," she said.

Victorian Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh, unable to attend last week's Farmer Power meeting due to late notice and having to cover some of Deputy Premier Peter Ryan's duty while he was on sick leave, said the Commonwealth needed to do more to open up trade opportunities for Australian dairy products.

Mr Walsh said dairy farmers were suffering due to rising costs of production, the high Australian dollar and low milk prices.

Some farmers bought land when property prices were higher and were caught with high debt levels and lower milk prices, he said.

He said governments could help lower energy costs by removing the carbon tax, but the most important thing that would help dairy farmers was improving market access to countries such as China.