Project jumpstarts community investment in local dairy farms People passionate about dairy farming in Far North Queensland are invited to an information session on FNQ Dairy Pathways – a new project set to see the local dairy sector thrive into the long-term and support the next generation of farmers. Dairy Farmers Milk Cooperative (DFMC) is […]
Supplying quality milk is important for us and our processing partner Bega. The following members supplied very high-quality milk with low somatic cell counts during the last quarter of last year (October to December). OCT – DEC 2023 Queensland KF & SC Collins Ravenshoe 73,277 MB Daley Millaa Millaa 103,533 […]
Kingaroy based DFMC supplier Jason Tessmann has been selected to participate in the Proud To Be A Dairy Farmer program and is heading to Melbourne for an intensive three day event squarely focused on our industry. The goal of the program is to attract, support and retain better informed people within the dairy industry. It focuses […]
It’s the end of an era for Wendy Jones and her son Rod with the sale of their farm at Kennilworth going through. Purchasing the property in 1975 Wendy, and her late husband David, has milked cows at the foothills below Maleny alongside the Mary River for decades. Recently the property was put up for […]
Immediately following the formalities of the AGM over 150 DFMC members and people from across the Darling Downs came together for the Grassroots to Greatness lunch with Queensland Rugby League great Wayne Bennett. As some may be aware, Bega sponsor the Dolphin NRL team and so we were able to use connections to secure Wayne […]
Over 30 DFMC farmers and staff took part in the DFMC South-East Queensland Farm Tour to the University of Queensland (UQ) Gatton Research Dairy and JP Bourke & Co (Gladfield, north of Warwick). DFMC staff have been working closely with the team at UQ, so it was an ideal opportunity with the AGM being in […]
Following 12 years on the DFMC board, including 6 as chair, Andrew Burnett has decided to stand down to devote more time to his family and farm. At the recent AGM in Toowoomba Andrew was presented with a gift on behalf of all members and a couple of attendees took the opportunity to publicly thank […]
Congratulations to Kevin & Sharron Collins (plus Sean back home milking) from Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tablelands who won DFMC’s 2023 Ian Stewart National Milk Quality Award. The Collins’ had an average Bulk Milk Cell Count of 86 with averaged components of 4.21% Fat and 3.33 Protein over 1.7 million litres for the year. The […]
With the AGM format necessarily different last year we didn’t present the annual Quality Awards as we have traditionally done. To see the regional and national winners please click on the image below.
Dairy Farmers Milk Cooperative welcomes the announcement that, after over two years of being on the market, Lion Dairy & Drinks has been bought by ASX-listed Bega Cheese Ltd. Bega is a strongly established Australian dairy and food business, with over 120 years of heritage. It is clear that Bega is ideally positioned to drive […]
We called for nominations for co-operative directors in South Australia (region 4) and Victoria (region 5) earlier in the year. At the AGM on November 17 chairman Andrew Burnett was pleased to announce that with one candidate nominating in each region Greg Ault was elected in Victoria and that Sandy Rathjen was elected in South […]
