News & Stories

Membership of GrowerCo, a Farming Together-backed co-operative has earned some north-west NSW croppers a total 200% return.

20 December 2017: Farming Together welcomes today’s news that Freedom Foods Group (ASX: FNP) and Mountain Milk Co-operative (pictured right) today announced they will work together to form a new supply arrangement for milk from north-east Victoria. The state’s newest...

14 December 2017: Farming Together has helped a small northern NSW farming community develop a new identity and a new marketing energy. A group of 11 local farmers of the Burringbar region was led by dairy farmer Suzanne Harnett who has successfully launched her Tweed...

11 December, 2017:Olive producers from across Australia are finding a common meeting point through a Farming Together-backed project. The Queensland Olive Council project was a successful recipient of a Farming Together, Farmer Group Project grant and will use the...

6 December 2017: The Farmer eXchange project, a collaborative web application boosting knowledge-sharing and best practices in Australian agriculture, will be launched early next year. The project was funded $168,700 by the Farming Together program to be a virtual...

4 December 2017: Feed testing has now become a regular event on Steve Jarvis’ NSW sheep property, a direct beneficial result of participating in the Farming Together program. The South West Slopes poll merino breeder is also now feeding his flock more regularly after...

27 November 2017: Data captured by on-farm machinery could mean dollars for farm businesses, with plans for a data co-op established in the broadacre cropping regions of the Wimmera and Mallee in Western Victoria. Farming Together-backed farmer meetings held in...

19 November 2017: A grain growers’ co-operative in South Australia assisted by Farming Together has signed a deal to develop a logistics/export business. Eyre Peninsula Co-operative Bulk Handling Limited (EPCBH) has agreed to an MoU to develop a new grain distribution...

The Australian Government’s $13.8 million Farm Co-Operatives and Collaboration Pilot Program (Farming Together) is investing into the Victorian dairy industry to help maximise profits at the farm gate. The Alpine Valleys Dairy Consortium (above) consists of Kiewa...

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