Dairy Business Networks

Murray Dairy developed a strategy titled ‘Growing the Murray Dairy Region’ in 2007 that focused on supporting existing farm business to recover from drought and grow in the future, this led to the development of the Dairy Business Network (DBN) pilot project.

DBN’s are groups of 8-15 dairy farm business that meet 8 times a year with a suitably qualified consultant to:

Improve farm business management skills;
Review the performance of their business;
Analyse future management changes or capital investments;
Identify and evaluate opportunities for their businesses;

Farmers participating in the DBN also have the opportunity gain the National Centre for Dairy Education Australia (NCDEA) competency standard in ‘Analysing Business Performance’. Farmers are assessed by their Consultant during the course of the program.

Murray Dairy currently has 11 DBN groups in place across Northern Victoria and the Southern Riverina.

For an overview of the DBN project click here.

To read about participant stories click here.