PREMIUM News Can’t get enough of animals By Andy Wilson Oct 6, 2023 Pyper relaxes with two-year-old fallow deer ‘Bambi’ after winning six waterfowl awards and first and second place in the poultry craft competition with models of a farm and an Indian Runner duck at the recent Melbourne Royal Show. The Beechworth Primary School Year 3 student also works at Farmer Darryl’s mobile animal farm, a regular feature at the show, and is determined to take her love for animals to greater heights. “I want to be a vet,” she says. By Andy Wilson Country News journalist
News Farm gate milk price closer to alignmentBega Cheese’s farm gate milk price was now closer in alignment to the commodity prices that the company could achieve, the company’s annual general meeting heard recently. By Geoff Adams
News Young Aussies take on the worldThe 2024 Young Breeders School trip has been given the tick of approval by five young dairy farmers who travelled to Belgium to participate in the prestigious event. By Sophie Baldwin
News Cream of the quality cropMore than 200 of Australia’s leading dairy farmers have been recognised in Dairy Australia’s 2024 Countdown Milk Quality Awards. By Dairy News Australia
News Our grandest dairy produceThe nation’s very best dairy products were recognised at the 26th Australian Grand Dairy Awards, held at the Melbourne Showgrounds on October 30. By Dairy News Australia