Revamped Monto Festival celebrates past and future
A well known rural Queensland festival has had a makeover and name change. For the past 44 years, the North Burnett town of Monto has held the biennial dairy festival, But there are some changes on the...
View ArticleNorth Burnett faces a bright future
Monto's future will be quite different from its past. The North Burnett town's heritage is steeped in dairy farming and timber milling, but these days most of the cows you'll see are beef cattle and...
View ArticleChurning up Woocoo's best butter
Peggy and Geraldine from the Woocoo Historical Village demonstrate butter making.
View ArticleLocal community reflected in the show pavilion
Some things give you an insight into a town, like the quality of the local mixed grill, the cleanliness of the public lavatories - and the entries at the local show.
View ArticleNot all Queensland farmers benefit from dairy surge
The milk shortage on the world market means little to Queensland farmers.
View ArticleMary Valley to become agri-tourist destination
A plan to revive the Mary Valley in south-east Queensland has identified the agriculture and tourism industries as key forces to boost the region.
View ArticleFarmers to lodge objection to ACCC over National Foods milk prices
A group of Queensland dairy farmers is taking milk processor National Foods to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
View ArticleACCC allows dairy farmers' collective bargaining
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has decided to allow Queensland and New South Wales dairy farmers to continue collective bargaining with milk company Parmalat.
View ArticleMilk prices 'a contentious issue' for producers
Delegates at a Queensland dairy industry conference on the Sunshine Coast have been told milk prices for producers are unlikely to rise until demand and supply are equal.
View ArticleDairy industry attacks milk price cut
The Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation says a supermarket's decision to slash milk prices is a major blow for producers.
View ArticleCows giving less milk after floods
Flood-affected farmers are worried about a potential price drop, but there's a more pressing concern.
View ArticleDisaster ravaged dairy farmers get helping hand
A relief fund has been set up for Queensland dairy farmers who have been devastated by the recent floods and Cyclone Yasi.
View ArticleQld dairy farmers may quit over milk price wars
The supermarket milk price wars is having a real impact on south-east Queensland dairy farmers with up to 20 saying they may walk away from their farms. Unlike Victorian farmers who export milk...
View ArticleQld dairy farmers lobby milk price war inquiry
Queensland dairy farmers are hoping to highlight concerns about the supermarket milk price war at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today.
View ArticleQueensland dairy farmer moving back to Victoria
A Queensland dairy farmer is selling her property because of what she says are unsustainable milk prices.
View ArticleDairy farmers quit amid milk price war
A Wide Bay dairy farmer in southern Queensland says it is no longer sustainable to produce milk in Queensland.
View ArticleFunds target young dairy farmers
The south-east Queensland dairy industry has been awarded more than $435,000 in funding to help strengthen farming communities.
View ArticleFears milk price war will cut production
The president of the Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation (QDO) says he fears the state's production could drop as a result of the milk price war.
View ArticleMilk price war tipped to trigger interstate imports
Queensland Dairyfarmers says it expects local farmers to fall short of producing enough fresh milk to meet the state's demands.
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