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 Australian dairy company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has come to the rescue of 40 farmers caught up in the receivership of an independent processor.

Extremist animal welfare group PETA’s campaign (Rural News, April 21) against the Australian wool industry has led to a number of advocacy groups in the sector taking action against its misleading promotion.

Australia's largest dairy co-op is set to embrace Fonterra’s TAF-style capital structure.

Tasmanian dairy farmers are said to be saving money on power bills thanks to energy efficiency assessments on their farms.

The value of goods exports to Australia ($8.7 billion) surpassed those to China for the year ended March 2015, says Statistics New Zealand.

Australian dairy farmers are unhappy with a new energy white paper unveiled this month by the Federal Government.

Australian researchers say the reason ewes produce many more lambs of one sex in one year than in others is traceable back to their diet in the leadup to joining.

Aussie dairy farmers have long been interested in how their trans-Tasman neighbours produce milk. 

Australian farmer Mark Billing does not consider himself a technology nerd, but is certainly an early adopter of techniques and equipment to improve his herd management.

Western Australian dairy farmers Ruth and Ian McGregor can only rely on pasture for five months of the season on their Chapman Hill farm, near Busselton, so each blade grown must be maximised.