Queensland Dairying – Profitable and Growing – Industry Voice Needed

Everyone in the Queensland dairy industry is invited to meetings across the state, for input into the proposed Queensland Dairy Plan.

These meetings will be very important in identifying what will be in Queensland’s Dairy Plan.

•                Malanda Pub Monday 24 June 6.30 PM

•                Maleny Hotel Tuesday 25 June 10.30 AM (note the changed time!)

•                Millaa Millaa Pub Tuesday 25 June 6.30 PM

•                Oakey RSL Tuesday 25 June 6.30 PM

•                Warwick RSL Wednesday 26 June 6.30 PM

•                Beaudesert RSL Monday 1 July 6.30 PM

eastAUSmilk is leading development of the Plan, along with the State Government, SubTropical Dairy, Bega, Lactalis, DFMC, and Norco, and these are all members of the project’s advisory group, providing oversight of the plan’s development.

The Plan will be aimed at growing the milk pool in Queensland, building the economic viability of dairy farming and processing across Queensland, facilitating productivity and efficiency improvements, and building confidence in the future of the dairy industry in Queensland.

It will not only identify the major barriers to reducing costs, increasing productivity and profit, and growing the hectares devoted to dairying, but also find ways to sustain improvements in each those areas, which are practical and will be supported by dairy farmers and other stakeholders.

Farmers, processors and others in the industry need to speak up now. This is a big opportunity to ensure a bright future for the Queensland dairy industry, which mustn’t be missed.

If anyone can’t make it to one of the district meetings, they will be asked for input online, shortly, too. If anyone can’t make it to their most local meeting, they should feel free to go to another.

Because the whole industry is being consulted, farmers, processors and others who aren’t members of eastAUSmilk or Australian Dairy Products Federation are welcome. Separate meetings with processors, researchers, and others, will be scheduled, in the near future.

Mike Smith, EastAUSmilk Government Relations Manager