Supporting Your Dairy Business
09/30/23 • 30 min
Dairies are complex businesses requiring a very broad range of skills to manage. In today’s environment, good business management skills are more important than ever. This is recognised by industry organisations whose role is to support farmers such as the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Dairy Australia as well as farm consultants who provide individual farm support in various technical areas.
Jane Bower, who is an Extension Officer and Engagement Lead with Dairy NSW joins me to discuss some key support programs for available for dairy farmers. We cover off on the Dairy Business Support Services program, staffing or workforce programs to help you find staff and retain them, Our Farm Our Plan for getting a plan together that will get everyone on the same page and all driving the business in the direction needed to achieve your identified goals, and much more!
Links to useful resources related to this podcast:
Contact Jane Bower or the Dairy NSW Team (Jane 0427 929 694)
Wellbeing and Safety | NSW DroughtHub
Business Support Services Project
Dairy Standard Chart of Accounts
Our Farm Our Plan (Starting 2nd or 10th October, National Online programs)
Dairy Farm Business Analysis National Online October 2023 | Dairy Australia
Farm Business Fundamentals National Online November 2023 | Dairy Australia
Farming with My Team - Online 2023 | Dairy Australia
Farm Business Snapshot | Dairy Australia
Dairy Australia Farm Business Program information.
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit – please visit for further information and resources.
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include:
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
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The information discussed in
Dairies are complex businesses requiring a very broad range of skills to manage. In today’s environment, good business management skills are more important than ever. This is recognised by industry organisations whose role is to support farmers such as the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Dairy Australia as well as farm consultants who provide individual farm support in various technical areas.
Jane Bower, who is an Extension Officer and Engagement Lead with Dairy NSW joins me to discuss some key support programs for available for dairy farmers. We cover off on the Dairy Business Support Services program, staffing or workforce programs to help you find staff and retain them, Our Farm Our Plan for getting a plan together that will get everyone on the same page and all driving the business in the direction needed to achieve your identified goals, and much more!
Links to useful resources related to this podcast:
Contact Jane Bower or the Dairy NSW Team (Jane 0427 929 694)
Wellbeing and Safety | NSW DroughtHub
Business Support Services Project
Dairy Standard Chart of Accounts
Our Farm Our Plan (Starting 2nd or 10th October, National Online programs)
Dairy Farm Business Analysis National Online October 2023 | Dairy Australia
Farm Business Fundamentals National Online November 2023 | Dairy Australia
Farming with My Team - Online 2023 | Dairy Australia
Farm Business Snapshot | Dairy Australia
Dairy Australia Farm Business Program information.
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit – please visit for further information and resources.
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include:
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in
Previous Episode
Economics and Risks of Raising Non-Replacement Calves
Recently a farmer reference group was formed in the Mid Coast region of NSW to provide information and guidance on an economic and risk analysis of rearing non-replacement calves.
The project was led by Dan Armstrong, Senior Consultant with the RM Consulting Group.
In the analysis, Dan and his team used two of the farms as case studies where the goal was to sell the non-replacement calves as dairy beef and investigate whether it would be economically practical to hold onto these calves and pursue this alternative pathway.
This was the second phase of a Dairy UP project looking at Sustainable Pathways for Surplus calves, led by Dairy Australia. The first phase involved a variety of consultation activities in the Nowra region with consumers, farmers, milk and meat processors and other supply chain stakeholders looking at alternative management pathways.
Useful resources related to this podcast:
DairyUP website - further information on this project and others www.dairyup.com.au
Dairy Australia’s “Surplus Calves” and the Growing Beef from Dairy Project
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include;
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.
Next Episode
Dry Times – Fodder Supply Outlook
With much of the State of NSW currently experiencing very dry conditions NSW DPI reached out to Tim Ford, Director at Feed Central to provide an update for the industry on the current situation and outlook for fodder supply. Tim presented this information at our recent Dairy Breakfast webinar in conjunction with a presentation from the DPI Climate team on the seasonal conditions and tools available to farmers to help monitor the current conditions and assess forecasts for the period ahead. Feed Central link buyers and sellers of hay and grain across the country and provide feed analysis on what is being sold as well as a visual description. NSW DPI strongly encourage you to purchase feeds based on quality, so feed tests are a ‘must have’, regardless of where you purchase from. This episode brings you a recording of Tim’s presentation and the show notes have a link to our YouTube page to view the Climate team’s update as well as Tim’s presentation. Also within the show notes are links to resources including feed budgeting tools and NSW DPI’s Seasonal Conditions Information Portal and Feed Quality Testing Service.
Links to useful resources related to this podcast:
Dairy Breakfast Webinar - https://youtu.be/fOs4pCCIOaM
Feed Central | Buy Hay | Hay For Sale | Sell Hay | Feed Testing | Bales
Seasonal Conditions Information Portal (intersect.org.au)
Drought and Supplementary Feed Calculator (nsw.gov.au)
Drought - Local Land Services (nsw.gov.au)
Back of the envelope feed budget | Dairy Australia
Monthly back of the envelope feed budget | Dairy Australia
Feeding & Farm Systems | Dairy Australia
This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit
It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
Please share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address [email protected]
Further NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include;
DPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feed
Transcript here
Produced by Video Lift
The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.
The Business of Dairy - Supporting Your Dairy Business
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The Business of Dairy
Episode #29 Transcript – “Supporting Your Dairy Business”
Sheena Carter: Welcome to the Business of Dairy podcast. I'm Sheena Carter, Development Officer with the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Dairy Team. I've said it before and I'll say it again, dairies are complex businesses requiring a very broad range of skills to manage in today's environment, good business management skills a
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