Wild weather at dairy expo PrintIncrease Text SizeDecrease Text Size30 Sep, 2013 04:00 AMJEANETTE SEVERS Wild weather hit the South Gippsland Dairy Expo at Korumburra on Thursday last week.Wild weather hit the South Gippsland Dairy Expo at Korumburra on Thursday last week. DAIRY farmers are a hardy group of people, as was evidenced at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo last week, at Korumburra. Expo organisers experienced their worst weather in the 15 years it has been held, but that did not deter dairy farmers keen to hear about their industry and look at the vast array of machinery on display. While the Wednesday of the Expo was calm and fair, Thursday – the main day of the event – provided a fantastic storm that uprooted a tree, blocking the highway and part of the venue grounds and caused further alarm as a marquee flew out of the grounds and other marquees threatened to follow suit throughout the day. However, the breakfast and morning panel sessions were well attended and, between downpours, people were able to visit exhibitors and discuss their machinery, education and other needs. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan opened the Expo at breakfast and expressed his support for dairy in particular and agriculture in general. “The dairy industry brings people together and there’s plenty of room for everybody in this market. “We as a government have enormous belief in this industry,” Mr Ryan said, before announcing his imminent intent to travel to Asia on a trade mission to access international markets for Victorian agricultural producers and food manufacturers. In his other guise as Minister for Regional and Rural Development, later in the day Mr Ryan also announced a contribution of funding towards plant expansion at the Burra Foods factory, in Korumburra. The announcement of the $1.5 million grant contributes to an investment of $4 million in water saving and treatment initiatives as part of Burra Foods’ expansion into nutritional milk powders over the next six months. Other speakers at the breakfast were Ian Reid, Director of Reid Stockfeeds, Bill Bodman, a Director of Murray Goulburn and Matt Reid, of Carlisle River, who travelled overseas as part of the Horizon 2020 project. Ian Reid forecast the potential for bullish harvest pricing in this financial year.
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 05:19:00 +0000
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