Subtropical Dairy, Dairy Australia, Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI), NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) and Dairy Farmers Milk Co-operative (DFMC) invite you to an online information forum for the Queensland and northern NSW agri-banking sectors.

This forum will give an up-to-date account of the Australian dairy industry market trends and dairy farm performance with a focus on the Queensland and northern NSW dairy regions and other factors surrounding the dairy industry. Presentations will be delivered by Dairy Australia, QDPI and NSW DPI using the latest Situation and Outlook figures as well as the most recent data available from Queensland Dairy Accounting Scheme (QDAS) and NSW Dairy Farm Monitor Project (DFMP), the regions two farm financial performance benchmarking projects. There will also be an update regarding benchmarking carbon emissions in Australias dairy value chains as well as an overview from DFMC of the new Far North Queensland Dairy Pathways project. Agenda

1. Situation and Outlook future outlook for the Queensland and NNSW dairy regions

2. QDAS and DFMP results and drivers of farm profit in Queensland and NNSW

3. Carbon emissions in Australian dairy value chains

4. Far North Queensland Dairy Pathways

5. What is the banking sector seeing in Queensland and NNSW? How can regional service providers and government assist?

6. Open discussion

SDP Agribusiness Information forum - Online