Dairy industry future
It's been a tough few months for Australia's dairy farmers with big cuts in the price they are paid for milk.
View ArticleMilk price inquiry
A letter from a National Foods boss to a school tuck shop stirred up proceedings at a Senate inquiry in Canberra yesterday.
View ArticleMeasuring eruptions in the paddock
Burping is a serious subject when you're talking about global warming. Sheep and cattle methane emissions count for around 12 per cent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, and nearly three quarters...
View ArticleRoyal Easter gong for Tamworth dairy breeder
Tamworth dairy cattle breeder, Brian Wilson, has been named a Show Champion ahead of the 2011 Royal Easter Show.
View ArticleAnzac Day Rural Report
Join ABC Rural Reporter Julia Holman for this special state-wide rural report this Anzac Day.
View ArticlePrices paid to milk farmers are going down
The NSW Farmers Association says a new survey of members shows since the major supermarkets lowered the cost of milk prices paid to farmers have dropped by an average 1.4 cents per litre
View ArticleDesperate shortage of qualified cheese makers
A NSW cheesemaker says he can't expand his booming business because he can't find staff.
View ArticleWhere are the cheese makers?
A NSW cheese maker says he can't expand his booming business because he can't find staff.
View ArticleThe cream of the crop: Tamworth's triple champion Jersey
Icey Eve secures a winning trifecta for a North West dairy farm
View ArticleThe China Deal
What the Free Trade Deal with China mean for the New England and North West
View ArticleAlmost 6,000 farmers granted welfare payments in last year, FOI documents show
Almost 6,000 farmers have received welfare payments since July last year, with the highest uptake in safe Nationals seats, Freedom of Information documents show.
View ArticleThe big dry: 'See us, hear us, help us'
Ninety-eight per cent of NSW and 57 per cent of Queensland is in drought or is drought-affected. Farmers and communities are facing ruin and say it's time their plight was recognised.
View ArticleDollar-a-litre milk continues to hurt drought-hit dairy farmers
Is cheap milk sold in the supermarkets increasing the pain for NSW dairy farmers struggling through the worst drought in a century?
View ArticleStock culled as drought drives grain, hay prices to 'scary' highs amid record...
Farmers are being forced to put animals down as drought-driven demand pushes the cost of feed to 'scary' highs.
View ArticleCattle genome patent to be permitted following Federal Court ruling, after...
A patent application has been granted which Meat and Livestock Australia fears will have a chilling effect on genomic research in Australia's cattle industries.
View ArticleDairy industry kept alive for future generations by determined families
One family has been dairying for 100 years and another is getting back in the game. What is it that keeps them so keen in a struggling industry?
View Article
