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The competition was developed by Red Sky Agricultural and Intelact Australia and is unique in its focus on dairy business management and absolute profitability.
This year, more than 70 entries from farmers in Victoria, southern New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
Dairy Australia and National Australia Bank (NAB) Agribusiness are the gold sponsors of the competition, and it was judged by Associate Professor Bill Malcolm of Melbourne University and NAB's Head of Agribusiness for Southern Australia, Neil Findlay.
Mr Findlay said the calibre of entries in the competition this year has been outstanding.
"The entries were judged on a number of financial measures, the key one being return on capital as it provides the real return on the business and is vital for where you invest in the future," Mr Findlay said.
"Every entrant had their farm business performance analysed as a benchmarking exercise. While 2008 prices were high, this year's winners have demonstrated outstanding performance that should see them through the challenge of lower milk prices and in some instances, extended drought conditions.
"A combination of rewarding excellence in business and providing information to allow entrants to benchmark their performance will help the industry as a whole to become more successful."
The competition was divided into categories for the regions of Victoria's Gippsland, Northern and South West; Central and South East South Australia; Tasmania; Western Australia; and the Southern Riverina in NSW.
There are also categories for low, medium and high input systems, for dryland and irrigated systems, young farmers and sharefarmers and for most improved.
Winners: Dairy Business of the Year Competition 2009
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| Award |
Name |
Locality |
Area* & Cows |
Milk Production* |
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Supreme Winner (irrigated) & Gippsland & Medium Concentrate & Pasture Harvest
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Geoff, Carol & Mark Landy |
Briagalong, VIC |
170 hectares. 750 cows |
2420 kgsMS/ha. 32,877 litres/ha |
| Southern Riverina NSW & Most Improved |
Neville & Ruth Kydd |
Finley, NSW |
371 hectares. 730 cows |
1071 kgsMS/ha, 12,464 litres/ha |
| Central South Australia & High Concentrate |
Rockwella Farms - Wes & Rita Hurrell |
Yankilla, SA |
103 hectares, 285 cows |
1926 kgsMS/ha,
26,416 litres/ha |
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Joint Tasmania & Dryland
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Wayne & Angela Huisman
Bob & Carol Campbell
Bradley Watson Gerry Vaughan |
Togari, TAS |
158 hectares, 528 cows |
1788 kgsMS/ha,
22,948 litres/ha |
| Joint Tasmania |
Paul & Nadine Lambert |
South Spreyton, TAS |
134 hectares, 515 cows |
1601 kgsMS/ha, 17,345 litres/ha |
| Western Australia |
B.J. Depiazzi & Co |
Dardanup, WA |
166 hectares, 265 cows |
1100 kgsMS/ha, 15,439 litres/ha |
| Northern Victoria |
Greg & Joy Johnson |
Oxley Flats, VIC |
53 hectares, 165 cows |
1827 kgsMS/ha, 23,986 litres/ha |
| South-West Victoria |
Daryl Sell |
Barongarook, VIC |
155 hectares, 230 cows |
848 kgsMS/ha, 11,575 litres/ha |
| South East South Australia |
Craig & Catherine Cleggett |
Glencoe, SA |
86 hectares, 220 cows |
1344 kgsMS/ha, 18,909 litres/ha |
| Low Concentrate |
Danny & Nikki Everingham |
Deniliquin, NSW |
336 hectares, 920 cows |
826 kgsMS/ha, 10,786 litres/ha |
| Sharefarmer |
Rohan & Jackie Shawcross |
Scott River, WA |
249 hectares, 380 cows |
684 kgsMS/ha, 9,917 litres/ha |
| Young Farmer |
Damien & Heidi Pinnuck |
Strathmerton, VIC |
65 hectares, 160 cows |
1376 kgsMS/ha, 18,143 litres/ha |
For more information please refer to the attached Information Sheet (PDF, 159KB).
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