Our business units work across the supply chain focusing on productivity, profitability, skills, and building a trusted dairy industry.

Business units

Dairy Australia has inter-related business groups that work across the supply chain.

Farm Profit and Capability

This team delivers research, development, extension and education programs that focus on improving farm profitability and sustainability. They work at a grassroots level, translating science into on-farm programs. The farm team focuses on issues such as feed, animal performance, people, business management and environmental resources.

Key projects and programs include:

DairyBio
DairyFeedbase
DataGene
DairyBase
Fert$mart
Feeding Pastures for Profit / Top Fodder / Advanced Herd Nutrition Course
The People in Dairy
Extension activities, e.g. Discussion Groups, Focus Farms, Young Dairy Network
Regional Development programs (RDPs) i.e. GippsDairy, DairyTas, DairySA
DairyLearn

Trade and Strategy

Trade & Strategy aims to maximise wealth creation for dairy farmers by facilitating profitable international trade in dairy products. It also provides accurate information and analysis that supports business planning and decision making.

Key programs/projects include:

Dairy Situation & Outlook
International market development
Trade policy reform

Marketing and Communication

This broad based business group with the objective of transferring and communicating information, knowledge and technologies to create opportunities off-farm that ensure the manufacturing component of the dairy value chain remains innovative and competitive.

Key programs include:

Health and nutrition
Manufacturing innovation
Resource management
Dairy values
Product applications
Consumer marketing
Discover Dairy
Legendairy Capital
Issues Management

Business and Organisational Performance

This group ensures Dairy Australia`s business performance is effective and the organisation has optimum capability, thereby delivering the best possible service to stakeholders.

Dairy Moving Forward (DMF) Program Overview Video