Bega Cheese chairman Barry Irvin talks about bouncing back from cancer and what it means to be a 'stupid male'.

Australia's premier dairy event, the Australian Dairy Conference, kicked off in Melbourne on Wednesday night.

Having grown up on a dairy farm Roxy Schoof, 23, now helps and encourages young people from a similar background to remain in a vital rural industry where the numbers of older participants are shrinking.

WA dairy product producers won four Champion categories at the 21st Australian Grand Dairy Awards in Melbourne last Thursday.

Lean farm management - being more productive with less waste created - will be the focus of Western Dairy's first extension workshops for 2020 starting this month.

Western Australian dairy farmer Michael Twomey is taking part in a new program to better assess his irrigation system performance and optimise pasture and crop yields.

World-leading genetics experts will outline what the future is likely to hold for the industry at a major Victorian conference in March.

Farmers encouraged to refine Joint Transition Team's proposal

Dairy farmers are asking how calls for unity have translated into the JTT's proposed single body advocating for both farmers and processors.

Global dairy prices fell 4.7 per cent on Tuesday night amid fears of the impact of coronavirus on Chinese demand.