News 
 State News 
 Dairy 
 General 

State News

Gillard Govt turns its back on dairy farming families: QDO
07 Feb 12 | THE Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) has slammed the Federal Government’s responses to the Senate Economics References Committee’s 2011 final report of the Inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry and Milking it for all it’s worth – competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry as being pathetic.
Qld dairyfarmers count cost of milk wars
26 Jan 12 | WHILE the nation lights its barbeques and toasts Australia Day this week, dairy farmers will be noting the one-year anniversary of the brutal retail milk price war, and its disastrous impacts over the last 12 months, on top of the severe impacts from natural disasters which savaged all Queensland dairying regions last year.
18 Jan 12 | THE Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot has been acclaimed as ‘Agricultural machine of the year 2012’ in Poland.
14 Jan 12 | WHEN Atherton Tableland dairy farmer Dan Portegys was bagging grain to feed to dry stock and weaners at the back of his farm, he thought there must be an easier way to do it.
12 Jan 12 | BRISBANE-based food technology start-up, Progel Pty Ltd, is set to milk a share of the crowded dairy and juice markets with the world’s first non-fermented, multi-strain probiotic drink products.
Read the label on teat disinfectants
25 Dec 11 | Recent changes in pricing of teat disinfectants have seen some dairy farmers considering moving away from the traditional iodine-based products.
Carbon tax to hit dairy farmers the hardest
22 Dec 11 | DAIRY farmers will be slugged hard by the carbon tax in the short term, with many expected to pay more than $4000 a year in lost revenue and higher electricity costs for the next few years, a government report has found.

Most popular articles

ELDERS NEWS MREC SJ
10 Feb 12 | In Britain they're known as civil enforcement officers. In the US it's parking attendant. In Montreal, Canada, it's Green Onions, inspired by their uniform colour.



North Queensland Register







Weather brought to you by:

Weatherzone

Classifieds

Front Page

Current Issue
Privacy Policy | Conditions of Use | Advertising Terms | Copyright © 2012. Fairfax Media.
 SEND...
 SAVE...
 SHARE...