Country Today has been at the United Dairy Farmers of Victoria conference in Ballarat. It’s the first in several years after the divisive leadership under former VFF president Emma Germano, which saw the UDV leadership walk away and form a breakaway group, Dairy Farmers Victoria. Just short of three years, and they’re back. You’ll hear from UDV president Bernie Free, who now has former Dairy Farmers Vic president Mark Billing is his vice president.

Then a young dairy farmer who has gone down the path in intensive dairy farming with cows housed and milked three times a day

Then it’s on to the Victorian Farmers Federation conference, and the official election of the new president Ryan Milgate, who’ll talk about what he sees as the priorities in the job

You’ll also hear from the Victorian Minister for Agriculture Michaela Settle, only appointed to the role in mid April

And dairy industry stalwart, for UDV President, octogenarian Max Fehring takes us back a quarter of a century to talk about the deregulation of the dairy industry 

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