Elgin Dairies

29/06/2026

08/06/2026

Heading into the new season, dairy farmers are facing a range of important business and management decisions.

Join Greg Duncan, Dairy Australia's Farm Business Program Lead, together with experienced farm consultants Fiona Smith, Matt Harms, and Tom Farran, for insights and observations from their work with dairy farming businesses. The session will cover practical tactics to support farmers planning for and managing the impacts of increased costs and tighter margins.

This webinar is on 12 June at 12:00pm AEST and is designed to provide an update on current industry settings as well as information to support decision-making.

Register now: dairyaustralia.com.au/events-calendar/2026/06/03/farm-business-management-webinar---tactics-for-the-year-ahead

28/05/2026

📲 Stream the Australian Story 'Regeneration' now on ABC iview: https://bit.ly/4fFNNhp

When Instagram trolls accused actor and director Rachel Ward of 'letting herself go', she used the attention to talk about her passion, regenerative farming, which has given her a renewed sense of purpose.

28/04/2026

Farmers get less than half of what you pay for a litre of milk.

Australians enjoy some of the cheapest fresh milk in the developed world, but dairy farmers are facing some of the highest costs of production, and are being squeezed by skyrocketing fuel and fertiliser prices on top of energy, water and labour costs.

ADF and its six state members today call for a transparent increase in retail milk prices of around 30 cents per litre. We seek a guaranteed pass-through so value flows processors to farmers, and stronger clarity and compliance under the Dairy Code of Conduct.

Read more here: https://australiandairyfarmers.com.au/media-release/farmers-call-for-fair-milk-pricing-to-secure-australias-food-supply/

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28/03/2026

🐄 They earn Australia’s third-highest milk prices, but Western Australian dairy farmers will be looking for a boost amid soaring input costs – while others focus on their on-farm productivity >>> https://bit.ly/3POl7b7