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Hundreds of dairy cows were killed and farms across Tasmania severely damaged this month in the worst flooding many farmers have ever experienced.

It's business as usual for NSW farmers Stuart and Hayley Menzies even though they're now the sole suppliers of a product touted as the world's first safe-to-drink raw milk.

The milk pricing system in Australia, with its lack of transparency and risk mitigation tools across the industry, is holding back expansion of dairying and needs to be improved.

The month has been challenging for Australian dairying, the two largest companies' milk price revisions having hit many southern producers in the short term.

A group of Gippsland, Victoria, dairy farmers are suggesting alternative recovery measures to those announced by the Federal Government.

Fonterra is facing strong competition for milk supply in western Victoria.

Australian dairy farmers are to get $600 million taxpayer money to help them endure the slump in farmgate prices.

A Chinese company will take a majority stake in Australian dairy processor Burra Foods, subject to approval by the foreign investment review board.

Dairy Australia's next 'Situation and Outlook' report will be released on June 1, as a challenging season for many farmers approaches its end.

The low milk price is starting to bite Australian farmers.