Sydney Royal Easter Show

The Sydney royal easter show was again a huge event on the Calendar for all people in NSW along with many interstate and overseas visitors. It is an impressive event with the number of people who attend, the facilities and the animals of course. eastAUSmilk representatives Joe Bradley, Sam Nicholson and Eric Danzi attended the show and had the pleasure of speaking to lots of dairy farmers and seeing many impressive cows. 

There were so many eastAUSmilk members at the show and it was a great opportunity for eastAUSmilk to get to know our members better and gain feedback on what our members expect from us. Also, we were able to speak to many potential eastAUSmilk members, and we really appreciated their time and honest feedback.

Our members were very clear about what they expect us to achieve. A special mention to Simon Atkins from Dorrigo who was unequivocal in his expectation that eastAUSmilk would secure disaster assistance for the farmers in NSW who were smashed by cyclone Alfred. We had strong engagement with Minister Saffin and her team about cyclone Alfred. We believe that her strong history of passionate support for northern NSW regional communities will be a big asset for the dairy industry.

There were around 400 cows in the show which was bolstered by the high number of jerseys since the world jersey conference was held in Sydney during the show.

The supreme champion cow was Sorella Gin and Tonic which is an Ayrshire cow of Pat Buckley and April Browne from Camden. It is the first time an Ayrshire has been crowned supreme champion since 1987.

Max, Gavin and Sarah Wake won the best Brown Swiss cow.

Thanks to all the dairy farmers who made this such a special event. I look forward to seeing you all again next year.

Eric Danzi, CEO eastAUSmilk