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Gippsland - How Now Gippy Cow
February 2011 Edition

Dairy Facts

Most of the nation’s dairy industry is based in south eastern Australia where the climate and natural resources enable 70-75% of cattle feed requirements to come from grazing in a year of 'normal' conditions. This results in efficient, high quality milk production.

Feedlot based dairying remains the exception in Australia although 94% of farmers fed more than 1.5 tonnes of grain or concentrates per cow in 2009-10. Owner operators dominate the industry. Share farmers are employed on 15% of farms nationally although that figure is 20-25% in Gippsland. Corporate farms make up 2% of the total.