Dairy discussion dinners to roll out over NSW and Qld focusing on milk price and contracts

In late April and throughout May, eastAUSmilk will be conducting several dairy discussion dinners across Queensland and New South Wales to chat about farm business resilience planning, milk pricing and contracts. These discussion dinners will be beneficial to farmers across the two states leading up to the release of Milk Supply Agreements on 1 June.

The meetings will be led by Matt Hall, Eric Danzi and Jade Chan. Matt has over 25 years over experience in the dairy industry, having worked predominantly in the Gippsland region of Victoria. He has previously worked for milk processors and has an in-depth knowledge of milk price and contracts to provide support to our dairy farmer members.

The discussions will be robust, focusing on market exposure and pricing agreements however the topics can be driven by demand and interests on the night. It would be a good opportunity for farmers to meet Matt and scope out how he can provide a service on your farm. Matt’s knowledge includes farm systems, soils, pasture and grazing management, cow nutrition, succession planning, benchmarking and farm sustainability.

Some venues are still being confirmed for NSW & SEQ, but proposed schedules are as follows: (undetermined venues are marked with an asterisk*).

Queensland (workshops through the Farm Business Resilience Program with additional discussions around Business Planning, preparedness around disasters and learnings from the Finley Farm Tour)

 ·         29 April Malanda 6.30pm

(The Big Pub, 2 English Street, Malanda QLD)

·         30 April Millaa Millaa Hotel 6.30pm

(15 Main Street, Millaa Millaa QLD)

·         19-23 May Darling Downs, Southern Burnett and Scenic Rim regions*

New South Wales (workshops focusing on milk price and contracts)

·         7 May Blighty Pub 6.30pm

(2371 Riverina Highway, Blighty NSW)

·         12 May Nowra 6.30pm

(Worrigee Sports Club, 131 Greenwell Point Road, Worrigee, NSW)

·         13 May Jamberoo 6.30pm

(Bowls Club, 11 Allowrie Street, NSW)

·         14 May Bodalla Pub 6.30pm

(73-77 Princes Hwy, Bodalla NSW)

·         27 May Singleton Diggers 6.30pm

(49 Castlereagh St, Singleton NSW)

·         28 May Gloucester 6.30pm

(Roundabout Inn, Church St, Gloucester, NSW)

·         29 May Taree 6.30pm

(Club West, Edinborough Drive, Taree NSW)

Two additional meetings for southern NSW are in the works, dates and locations TBA.

Please keep an eye out on the eastAUSmilk website, newsletter or Facebook page for updates on locations and dates.

Jade Chan, Project Manager - eastAUSmilk