Milk Supply Agreements 2026/27

Milk Volume required:

33ML in total for New South Wales

Statement of Circumstances

DFMC will enter into this agreement if the farmer is a member of the co-operative (or agrees to become a member immediately after entering into this agreement) and for the:

Mid-North Coast

Dairy farms located within:

• a 15km radius of Wingham town centre;
• a 30km distance either side of the Pacific Highway (A1) travelling between Buladealah and Johns River; or
• a 10km distance either side of The Bucketts Way travelling between Stroud and Gloucester.

Hunter Valley

Dairy farms located within:

• a 50km radius of Hexham town centre;
• a 30km distance either side of the New England Highway (A15) travelling between Branxton and Scone;
• a 15km radius of Denman town centre; or
• a 50km radius of Hexham town centre to a 40km radius of Maitland town centre.

Further Criteria

• Current Dairy Licence;
• Compliance with legislation in relation to milk production, including environmental/effluent management and animal welfare;
• Historic compliance with the quality standards and quality assurance program of a member of the DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group* or proof of compliance with another processor’s quality standards and program;
• Commitment to work health and safety for the staff and contractors of DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group;
• Safe and efficient tanker access and logistically efficient collection for DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group;
• Ability to supply DFMC with an annual volume greater than 750,000 litres;
• Ability to supply quality milk (TPC <10,000 cfu/mL and SCC <200,000 cells/ml);
• Sufficient production capacity for a minimum milk collection of 1,800 litres per pickup on a “skip a day” basis (milk no more than 48hrs old);
• Meets assessment and verification checks;
• At the time the farmer offers to enter into this agreement, DFMC has not already entered into sufficient milk supply agreements to meet its demand for milk;
• If the supply of milk exceeds DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group’s demand, priority will be given to existing suppliers to DFMC and those suppliers who want to supply DFMC on an exclusive basis.

Milk Volume required:

33ML in total for New South Wales

Statement of Circumstances

DFMC will enter into this agreement if the farmer is a member of the co-operative (or agrees to become a member immediately after entering into this agreement) and for the:

South Coast

Dairy farms located in New South Wales within:

• a region within the following borders: a straight line (West to East) from the coast to our Penrith site at 2257 Castlereagh Rd Penrith 2750; a line from our Penrith Site down to Bowral, a line from Bowral to Nowra and then a straight line from Nowra directly East to the coast; or
• a 30km radius of Bowral town centre; or
• a 20km radius of Nowra town centre.

Central West

Dairy farms located in New South Wales within:

• a quadrilateral shaped region with the following four points as corners; Bathurst, Orange, a location 40km west of Forbes and a location 40km south of Cowra.

Milk Volume required:

33ML in total for New South Wales

Further Criteria

• Current Dairy Licence;
• Compliance with legislation in relation to milk production, including environmental/effluent management and animal welfare;
• Historic compliance with the quality standards and quality assurance program of a member of the DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group* or proof of compliance with another processor’s quality standards and program;
• Commitment to work health and safety for the staff and contractors of DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group;
• Safe and efficient tanker access and logistically efficient collection for DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group;
• Ability to supply DFMC with an annual volume greater than 750,000 litres;
• Ability to supply quality milk (TPC <10,000 cfu/mL and SCC <200,000 cells/ml);
• Sufficient production capacity for a minimum milk collection of 1,800 litres per pickup on a “skip a day” basis (milk no more than 48hrs old);
• Meets assessment and verification checks;
• At the time the farmer offers to enter into this agreement, DFMC has not already entered into sufficient milk supply agreements to meet its demand for milk;
• If the supply of milk exceeds DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group’s demand, priority will be given to existing suppliers to DFMC and those suppliers who want to supply DFMC on an exclusive basis.

DFMC will enter into this agreement if the farmer is a member of the co-operative (or agrees to become a member immediately after entering into this agreement) and for the:

Victoria, Riverina New South Wales, Southeast South Australia – specifically the following local areas:
Local Government Areas; Victoria Greater Shepparton, Moira, Campaspe, Gannawarra (east of Kerang), Wangaratta, Indigo, Ballarat, Towong, Alpine,
Wodonga. Southern NSW specifically; Murray, Berrigan, Corowa

Local Government Areas of Gippsland specifically: Wellington, Latrobe, Baw Baw,
South Gippsland, Bass Coast (east of San Remo), Cardinia, Yarra Ranges and a
30km radius of Orbost in East Gippsland.

Western Districts specifically: Colac Otway (25km radius of Colac township),
Corangamite, Moyne, Warrnambool, Glenelg, Southern Grampians. South Australia
specifically: Grant and Wattle Range (south of Lucindale).

Further Criteria

• Current Dairy Licence;
• Compliance with legislation in relation to milk production, including environmental/effluent management and animal welfare;
• Historic compliance with the quality standards and quality assurance program of a member of the DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group* or proof of compliance with another processor’s quality standards and program;
• Commitment to work health and safety for the staff and contractors of DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group;
• Safe and efficient tanker access and logistically efficient collection for DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group;
• Ability to supply DFMC with an annual volume greater than 750,000 litres;
• Ability to supply quality milk (TPC <10,000 cfu/mL and SCC <200,000 cells/ml);
• Sufficient production capacity for a minimum milk collection of 1,800 litres per pickup on a “skip a day” basis (milk no more than 48hrs old);
• Meets assessment and verification checks;
• At the time the farmer offers to enter into this agreement, DFMC has not already entered into sufficient milk supply agreements to meet its demand for milk;
• If the supply of milk exceeds DFMC’s processing partner Bega Group’s demand, priority will be given to existing suppliers to DFMC and those suppliers who want to supply DFMC on an exclusive basis.

DFMC will enter into this agreement if the farmer is a member of the co-operative (or agrees to become a member immediately after entering into this agreement) and:

• the farm is within the regions defined by the following:
  • Local Government Areas; Victoria Greater Shepparton, Moira, Campaspe, Gannawarra (east of Kerang), Wangaratta, Indigo, Ballarat. Southern NSW specifically; Murray, Berrigan, Corowa
  • Western Districts specifically: Colac Otway (25km radius of Colac township), Corangamite, Moyne, Warrnambool, Glenelg, Southern Grampians.
• the farmer wishes to supply DFMC on an exclusive basis;
• the farmer can supply DFMC with an annual volume greater than 240,000 litres;
• the farmer can supply milk of a high quality (TPC <20,000 cfu/mL and SCC <300,000 cells/ml);
• Current Dairy Licence;
• Compliance with legislation in relation to milk production, including environmental/effluent management and animal welfare;
• Bega is obligated to acquire the milk the subject of this agreement from DFMC pursuant to the Milk Supply Agreement between DFMC and Bega; and
• the farmer has demonstrated compliance with DFMCs Milk Policy (if the farmer has supplied DFMC before) or is able to demonstrate that the farmer can comply with DFMC’s Milk Policy and this agreement;

provided that DFMC has a demand for milk at the time a farmer offers to enter into this agreement with DFMC, with priority being given to farmers who are existing DFMC members.