The advisory group which is guiding development of Queensland’s updated dairy plan has begun the task of reviewing the feedback received to identify priorities and common themes.
The new plan is all about growing Queensland’s milk pool, building the economic viability of the industry, facilitating productivity and efficiency improvements, and building confidence in the future of the industry in Queensland.
With eastAUSmilk leading development of the plan, feedback was received from district meetings, discussions amongst advisory group members themselves, and individual discussions with SubTropical Dairy, larger processors, and others.
Notes of district meetings and other discussions, together with online and email input, have amounted to many thousands of words and over a hundred pages of notes.
The advisory group is made up of representatives from each of eastAUSmilk, SubTropical Dairy, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Lactalis, Bega, Norco and DFMC.
Once that group has digested all the feedback and proposals received so far, the next steps will include seeking advisory group consensus on the issues which must be addressed and proposals for change.
The group will then have to weave them into a draft plan.
When draft documents are ready to be put in front of farmers, processors and other stakeholders, another round of face-to-face consultations will be scheduled.
For more information about the plan go to the eastAUSmilk website.
