River Ridge Dairies

08/04/2026

Well it got the better of me, every man and his dog are selling footy shorts so why not do a custom run for the staff .

04/04/2026

27/03/2026

27/03/2026

And we are off and planting, tractor is running at 11 Lt/H. So $36-$37 per hour . 57kgs rye seed /hectare.
I’m certain not going to redo it .

25/03/2026

FROM FARM TO COFFEE ACTUALLY HAS TO BE EXPLAINED.

This morning my wife heads into town to grab diesel—nothing unusual. Six jerry cans, about 120 litres. Standard job when you’re feeding 250 dairy cows every day.

She pulls into the servo in a petrol ute… and that’s where the fun starts.

First up, a tanker driver delivering fuel decides he’s the safety police for the morning. Tells her she has to unload all six jerry cans out of the back before she can fill them due to safety concerns.No proper look, no real reason—just wanted to feel important.

So she unloads them. One by one and starts filling .

Then, surprise surprise… once she starts filling, he suddenly realises there was never actually an issue in the first place because she was filling with diesel , not petrol .

Good stuff 👍

Then, as if that wasn’t enough, along comes another bloke—arms full of coffees, hasn’t bought a drop of fuel—decides he’ll chime in too.

Starts questioning why she’s buying diesel… because she’s driving a petrol car.

You can’t make this stuff up.

So she calmly explains:
The diesel isn’t for the car.
It’s for the tractor.
The tractor mixes feed.
The feed goes to 250 dairy cows.
Those cows produce milk.

Milk… like the stuff in the two coffees he’s holding while giving her grief.

That seemed to quiet him down pretty quickly.

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Funny thing is, after all that, she still treated both of them with respect and got on with her day.

But it just shows—people are very quick to judge when they don’t understand what they’re looking at.

Not everything you see is what you think it is.

Sometimes that “random” job at the servo…
is part of putting food on your table.

Or in this case—milk in your coffee.

As soon as the soil dries out enough this week, we’ll be flat out planting winter feed.

That means more diesel.
At prices we’ve never seen before and a fertiliser cost that is barely sustainable .
This is with no real certainty around future supply or cost or indicated lift in farm gate price or milk price to the consumer .
It is certainly a leap of faith
But that’s farming.

20/03/2026

We were planning on getting the roof and walls up by Christmas 2025 , finally got it mostly done .

19/03/2026

The Giant 2.5 metre high Friesian Dairy cow in her final position. This project took a year and a half to build . This piece is 80 percent scrap metal and the stainless steel tread plate , that represents the white was new as I couldn’t find any 2nd hand . This definitely goes down as one of my pieces I’m most proud off 😎 please follow my page if you would like to see more of my work 🙏

18/03/2026

Busy as a one legged man in a butt kicking competition.
Preparing for rye grass planting , building a new shed over the milk vat extension, fixing up access to the feed pad for the tractor and feed wagon , putting in new water tanks , purchasing new equipment while still milking , feeding , etc
Staff are going great guns keeping on top of everything and picking up some new construction skills .
And then in between jobs working on Agri vis deign and marketing and chasing diesel to keep the wheels turning.

03/03/2026

26/02/2026

Big things happening behind the scenes at River Ridge Dairy 👨‍🌾🐄.

Over the past few months, we’ve been working hard not just in the dairy, but on building something new for Aussie ag workers — Agri-Viz.

Agri-Viz was designed right here on the farm. We wanted high-vis workwear that actually suits dairy, cattle yards, feed-out, fencing and orchard work — not city construction sites.

✔️ Class D compliant
✔️ Lightweight & breathable
✔️ Designed for real farm conditions
✔️ No reflective tape to spook cattle & horses

This isn’t just another clothing brand — it’s something we believe rural Australia deserves.

We’d really appreciate your support:
• Follow the Agri-Viz page
• Share this post
• Tag someone who works in ag
• Let us know what you think

Proud to be building this from the ground up 🌱

— River Ridge Dairy