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More Than Milk

More than Milk shares the incredible stories of the farmers and industry professionals from the dairy industry. Showcasing the diversity, the challenges, the successes and the passion for all things dairy.

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Episode 33. June Tarlinton

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2023/10/16

June Tarlinton spent her childhood as a timber cutter, living in the bush from the age of 9 traveling down the NSW coast clearing trees as they went before ending up at Wandella, when she was 16. It was there she met Richard, her now husband, who was a local dairy farmer. And it’s Cobargo that she’s called home for the last 40 years. The original farm milked 80-100 cows with a mixed herd and a low flow creek running through it, so after they were married June wasn’t needed physically to work on the

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Episode 32. Joe Meggetto

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2023/10/09

Joe Meggetto farms in Warragul, where he purchased his farm in 1991, before combining with his father, down the road in 1994. And for the last 26 years worked alongside his father Mario until his sudden death last year. Throughout those years he has taken every opportunity as it presented to purchase land and expand the business, working with the very simple farming philosophy, to make milk as cheaply as possible concentrating on animal welfare, soil health and the environment and waiting to upgrade

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Episode 31. Rob Howell

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2023/10/02

Rob Howell is the director of Supply Chain and Operations for Fonterra Australia, starting out as a Chemical Engineer he never imagined he would be in charge of 8 sites across Victoria and Tasmania. In this chat he gives a great insight into the various processing and manufacturing sites and how they all work together to ensure a diverse and profitable product mix making the most of each litre of milk. He shares some of the processes that have changed and others that haven’t when it comes to

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Episode 30. Chris Petzel

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2023/09/26

Chris is a Senior lecturer at Charles Sturt University based in Wagga Wagga, teaching in the veterinary science degree as well as animal production subjects. But before becoming an academic, he first became a vet, hoping it would help him ultimately become a sheep farmer. His first job was in Corowa, in mixed practice which was his first exposure to the dairy industry and it wasn’t until he was overseas working in the UK and eventually Ireland that he became a dairy vet. When he eventually returned

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Episode 29. Simone Jolliffe

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2023/09/18

Simone farms in Wagga Wagga, where she is one of only a handful of dairy farms left. She and husband Neil purchased the farm, through succession from Neil's family after starting out as sharefarmers. In those early days, they increased cow numbers and even went to 3 milkings per day, wanting to increase production and ultimately cash flow to help with debt load. But it was around 2010, 2011 the idea came to put the cows into a housed system, as pasture management has always been a limiter and to

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Episode 28. Cindy Lucas

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2023/09/10

Cindy Lucas will certainly be a familiar name for those interested in Calf Rearing. She became a contract calf rearer in Mudgegonga, in North East Victoria, after she retired from teaching and working in the Mining Industry. Although the plan was never to become a calf rearer, it was only after she purchased a property in 2009 with a calf shed, specially designed for contract calf rearing on it, that the passion for calves began. In this week’s episode she shares how the Black Saturday fires

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Episode 27. Roger Heath

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2023/09/04

Roger Heath has the Jersey & Illawarra Stud, Wanstead and a real passion for cows. In this week's epsiode of the podcast he shares his passion for genetics, how he uses embryo transfers and IVF to speed up the improvement & genetics of his herd and shares his experience with classifying cows, what goes into scoring a cow and shares the highest peak so far with one of his cows just going 95 points. Roger’s passion continue into the showing arena, supporting his many local shows as well as Dairy Week

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Episode 26 PART 2 - Meaghan Johnston

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2023/08/28

Meaghan Johnston is currently the milk supply manager for Bega based at the Koroit Site. This is Part 2 of her incredible story!!! In Part 1 she gave an insight into her experiences getting into the dairy industry, her passion for Murray Goulburn, what the industry looked like in those days, the impacts of deregulation and the drought and sets the scene for the eventual demise of Murray Goulburn. If you missed Part 1 please scroll back to listen before today’s episode. In this conclusion she

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Episode 26 PART 1 - Meaghan Johnston

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2023/08/21

Meaghan Johnston is currently the milk supply manager for Bega based at the Koroit Site. Although as you may have noticed, this is only Part 1 of this incredible story!!! Meaghan grew up in Melbourne and undertook an Ag Science degree specializing in Milk Quality. Undertaking work experience at the Murray Goulburn Factory in Koroit. It was here she fell in love with dairy more broadly as well as milk quality, but is also where her love for the the Murray Goulburn Co-op began, in her words, it was

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Episode 25. Brooke Lane

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2023/08/13

Brooke Lane farms in Alvie, near Colac. She wanted to undertake a dairy apprenticeship in year 10, but her mum wouldn’t let her. She could never have imagined that just a few short years later she would fall in love with a dairy farmer. Alongside partner Clint, they have progressed over the last 9 years to leasing their farm, where they currently milk 400 holsteins, over 3 calvings. In this chat Brooke shares the journey from share-farming to leasing, the reason behind calving 3 times per year, how

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Episode 24. Jodi Probert

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2023/08/06

Jodi Probert and partner Brett farm in Curdievale, having progressed through the industry, starting on a ⅓ share, moving to a 50/50 share before building enough equity to purchase their current farm. Jodi openly shares her dislike of mornings and milking, even in the new dairy and how having a great team around her allows for self appointed sleep-ins. She also shares the reasons behind building the new dairy which has resulted in them milking 720 at peak, with potential to grow. Throughout the chat

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Episode 23. Mel McDonald

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2023/07/31

Mel McDonald is a 4th generation dairy farmer, who farms alongside her husband Will in Bessiebelle. Mel never thought she’d return to her family farm, she never imagined her life the way it turned out, but would't change it. She shares the decision from Will to become a farmer and the move home to the farm. She shares her roles within the business and her belief that although she has all of the capability and skills needed to put cups on, it’s NOT something she does. We delve into finding her

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Episode 22. Tom Newton

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2023/07/23

Tom Newton works for Maxum Foods, and whilst you may not recognise the company name I'm sure you will recognise the calf milk powder brand, Maxcare. Tom grew up in Queensland and although was surrounded by agriculture with his family involved in wool production and horticulture, notably stone fruits. He had no dairy knowledge before taking up a role with Maxum, but over the last 16 years has become incredibly passionate about the dairy industry, the people involved and calf rearing. In this chat we

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Episode 21. Sarah Chant

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2023/07/03

Sarah Chant milks about 270 Jersey cows, on her family farm, which she took over from her dad 7 years ago after he passed away from Cancer. Although taking over the farm hasn’t been easy, especially amongst so much grief, Sarah always knew she was going to be a farmer! In this chat we discuss the transition from it being her dad’s farm to Sarah's own farm, her passion for breeding jersey’s and herd improvement, her experience with showing cows & the community within dairy and what she’s hoping for

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Episode 20. Michael Harvey

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2023/06/25

Michael Harvey is a Senior Dairy Analyst at Rabobank, with decades of experience within the dairy industry. He grew up on a dairy farm in Northern Victoria before heading to Melbourne for Uni, working at Dairy Australia before making the move to Rabobank. He publishes a yearly seasonal outlook report around Global Markets, local conditions and gives an independent view on the farmgate milk price and the year ahead. In this week's episode we delve into the many aspects that influence dairy markets,

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Episode 19. Monique Jeffries

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2023/06/22

Monique Jeffries is an agri-accountant, working for McLaren Hunt in Warrnambool. She always had an aspiration to be an accountant, growing up in New Zealand, it was her fathers accountant who was a real inspiration. But It was whilst working on her family farm that Monique took a role with open country, a milk processor in New Zealand, before making the big move to Australia to work at UDC as a field officer. Monique has a real passion for helping farmers be equipped with the best knowledge and team

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Episode 18. Jacqui Suares

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2023/06/05

Jacqui Suares is a dairy farmer at Calderbrae Holsteins, in Larpent where she and husband Ross milk around 165 Registered Holsteins. Whilst at Ross’s family farm in Hordern Vale, their eldest daughter was diagnosed with a disability and so they made the move closer to Colac for the best opportunities for her. Jacqui began her working life as a nurse, but it soon became clear the services on offer for their daughter Mia, weren’t what they wanted so she made the move into the disability sector where

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Episode 17. Paul Weller

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2023/05/28

Paul Weller is based in Lockington, Northern Victoria, and has spent his life in dairy. His father and grandfather farmed before him, with many changes to the farm over the years. In the early days, Paul had seen the dairy business fund the beef operation and quickly came to the conclusion that dairy was the best financial return. Although now is running both cropping and dairy businesses on his farm with Share-farmers. Paul has a real focus on advocacy and the united voice of agriculture, having

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Episode 16. Rebecca Toleman

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2023/05/21

Rebecca Toleman is the newly appointed Teaching & Education Manager for Agriculture at South West Tafe. Although she never completed high school herself and never imagined she would get into Education - she is an absolute trailblazer. Having spent time on farm before making the move into teaching she has a real passion for people and sharing knowledge, especially those key skills she would have loved to have in her early days on farm. In this chat we explore Bec’s pathway into Agriculture, the

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Episode 15. Celia Hobbs

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2023/05/14

Celia Hobbs grew up on a sheep property in the Wimmera before her parents made the move to Northern Victoria, where their sheep were surrounded by dairy cows. Her parent's made the switch to dairy farming in 2018, but it wasn't until after her brother stepped away from the farm that Celia made the move to take over the operation. She always thought a career off farm and within the arts was where she would end up, but life had other plans. She is currently farming alongside partner Brian, where they

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