Dairy

DAIRY sexed semen sales have doubled as farmers scramble to rebuild the nation's herd and supply livestock to the export market.

FARMGATE milk prices should sit somewhere between $4.50 and $5.50 a kilogram of milk solids during the next five years.

UPDATE: VICTORIA'S first meeting on the Dairy Australia levy attracted about 35 people.

THE levy poll looms, yet farmers haven't heeded the call, writes SIMONE SMITH

BULLA Dairy Foods has reinforced its commitment to the Victorian town of Colac as it starts works on its $8 million innovation centre.

MELBOURNE'S northern fringe is one of the last places that springs to mind when you think dairy farming, but that hasn't always been the case.

LONGWARRY Food Park has announced its second milk price step-up for the 2011/12 season.

FARM leaders say the Federal Government has taken the "do nothing'' approach to milk prices.

THE global dairy sector and its future solid market growth will be the envy of the food world, according to a new report released today.

AUSTRALIAN dairy farmers would have contributed more than usual to the "levies" part of their milk cheque last month.

FOR a future in dairy farming, the Britt family had to think outside the boundary fence.

PRICES of dairy products sold on Fonterra's GlobalDairyTrade platform fell for the third time in four sales.

THE dairy herd's 12-week-not-in-calf rate could reach 70 per cent by 2030 unless reproduction issues are addressed.

THE Department of Primary Industries has reminded dairy farmers to book a milking machine check in the next few months.

The Dairy Service Levy vote is drawing closer. Click here to vote in our exclusive poll.

Indicators - Oceania indicative export prices