Dairy Australia’s specialist staff drive and deliver programs in research and development (R&D) and on-farm extension; information collection, analysis and dissemination; issues management; national marketing; and international trade development by:

• Facilitating R&D activities to identify more profitable/sustainable growth opportunities for the farm and manufacturing sectors.
• Assisting rapid transfer/take up of research into profitable farm and manufacturing practices.
• Developing holistic approaches to farm business systems to improve industry return.
• Sourcing and providing industry information and market analysis.
• Co-ordinating industry responses to meet consumer and regulatory expectations and concerns in areas of food safety and the environment.
• Promoting the health and nutritional benefits of dairy products.
• Providing trade policy analysis and support to industry and government.
• Enhancing end user awareness and understanding of Australia’s capacity to produce safe, high quality dairy products.

The Company is divided into operational and internal service business groups. The operational business groups are:

• Farm Productivity & Delivery
• Technical Issues
• Value Chain Innovation
• National Marketing
• Trade & Strategy.

Dairy Australia’s internal service business groups are:

• Corporate Services
• Corporate Affairs
• Human Resources.