The ACCC has delivered its interim report into the dairy sector and, wow, just wow. Any doubt that the regulator was listening must now have been removed. We farmers have been handed a ladder and...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/11/30/accc-delivers-dairy-farmers-a-ladder/
Forget mad cows, this time last week, the milk maid was practically frothing at the mouth. The MLA had told me there were new rules but – not to worry – just go ahead and break them. Every ti...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/09/21/biosecurity-dairy-debacle-what-farmers-need-to-know/
Buckle up. That’s the message threaded right through a report on Australia’s dairy supply chain by Rabobank‘s Michael Harvey released today. While so many of us are aching for some stabilit...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/09/18/the-change-has-only-just-begun-rabo/
I tweeted yesterday that I had voted “yes” for same sex marriage because who others love is none of my business. I am sure of that but I made the mistake of thinking the same sex marriage sur...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/09/14/ruok-day-and-the-ssm-test-for-people-like-me/
How things have changed. The pastures are finally no longer moisture stressed and neither am I. In a wintry week that’s likely to see snow carpet our sky line, I’m grateful for hope. The idea...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/09/04/theres-a-spring-back-in-my-step/
My recent brush with 650kg of angry cow triggered a discussion on social media about the best way to protect yourself from an attack. Veterinarian Dr Zoe Vogels offered some interesting insights ...
I love a supermarket bargain as much as any mum trying to balance the family budget. But there’s one I won’t be buying and that’s a 1kg block of cheese for $6. Why? To explain, Zoe and I ha...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/08/28/the-truth-about-6-cheese/
I can see why the Senate delayed its report into the dairy industry: it has no meaningful solutions. But it does seem pretty sure that the two main responses to the crisis – a voluntary code of...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/08/18/senate-get-the-accc-to-fix-it/
1570 came roaring out of the dozen cows and calves, head lowered, eyes bulging. I had nothing. No dog, no stick and nowhere to run. I’d been standing on the side of the road to shepherd the gro...
https://milkmaidmarian.com/2017/08/13/when-a-cow-is-more-dangerous-than-a-bull/
Sorry if that headline created a word picture you’d rather forget but it wasn’t mine. It’s the phrase used by a farmer describing almond “milk” that caught Twitter’s attention yesterd...