Macalister Demonstration Farm

Dairy Research Farm demonstrating best management practice

 

Macalister Demonstration Farm

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The Future or Goals & Challenges

Strengths of the business:

"paddock work"The MDF is able to achieve its profitable production levels because of:

High stocking rate;
Relatively simple, self-contained system;

  • Capable farm manager;
  • Attention to feed margins;
  • Not much debt; and
  • Is in God’s own country! (Or at least in the best dairying area in the world)

Challenges for the business into the future :

"farming community"At a high stocking rate the challenges to the business are in the form of risk:

  • Low water allocation;
  • High feed price;
  • Low milk price; and
  • Is dependent on a good operator.

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Macalister Demonstration Farm

285 Boggy Creek Road
Riverslea, Victoria
Postal Address:
PO Box 87
Maffra VIC 3860

Phone: 0488 175 366

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December 9, 2019 By MDF

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About the MDF

The Macalister Research Farm, known as the Macalister Demonstration Farm since 2008, is a farmer-owned co-operative that was established on April 13th 1960. The brief was to acquire a commercial dairy farm on which systems of farming that had the … Read More

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