WestVic Dairy is the dairy industry development body for Western Victoria and aims to help advance the dairy industry in the region

WestVic Dairy Inc. collects the priorities of the region's dairy farmers and allocates part of their service levy (collected by Dairy Australia) to those research and development priorities.  When the service levy is invested WestVic Dairy creates partnerships with other agencies and attracts other funds to make these priorities happen faster.  When the work is completed WestVic Dairy makes sure the findings are communicated to all dairy farmers to increase the profitability and sustainability of the region's dairy industry.

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Cool Cows Workshops

Cool Cows Workshops

Heat stress for cows is emerging as an issue in south-west Victoria as climate variability impacts on the region. The advent of more hot days and heatwaves in the south west has prompted the first Coo...

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In2Dairy

In2Dairy

In2Dairy is a booklet produced by The People in Dairy team to help young people who are interested in a career in the Australian dairy industry but are not sure what is involved or where to beg...

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Dairy Effluent

Dairy Effluent

Dairy farmers have a legal responsibility to contain all dairy effluent within their farm boundaries and ensure that the storage of effluent and land applications are carried out in a manner that pr...

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YDDP

Recently there has been a lot of activity around the Young Dairy Development Program. A new group has recently started in the Glenelg Shire, with Jessica as Chairman, this new group is already running strong having recently run a "Dung Beetle Day" introducing a new species of winter active...

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Upcoming Events

2010 Dairy Awards

2010 Dairy Awards

The annual Great South West Dairy Awards is on again! To be held on the 22nd of April 2010. The ceremony will encompass an even wider range of awards in 2010 including the "Young Farm Leader YDDP Award", the "Photo of the Year Award" and many more. ...

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Dairy News

In this month's newsletter: $1.1 Million Spend on NRM, What Makes It Rain, Grains 2 Milk, Farming For the Future Field Day, Driving Down the Track, Dairy Shed Water Licensing, Farm Meetings, It's cool to be cool, if you're a dairy cow, New Awards for 2010, Udderly Fantastic....

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Down the Track

Down The Track - Final Report

After much deliberation and the consultation of over 1000 stakeholders, the Down The Track Final Report is available for public viewing....

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Summit Papers

View and Download the final papers which formed the basis for discussion at the Summit for Down the Track - Dairy 2020 at Deakin University early December 2008....

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Research Papers

View and Download five research papers covering the areas of capital, markets, NRM, infrastructure and people....

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