Forum format

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Forum format

• Welcome and Introduction
• Situation Outlook report
• The Region / WestVic Dairy
• Down the Track - Regional Dairy Industry
  Strategic Plan
• Investing the Levy?

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Western Victorian Dairy Industry

• 1530 farms in Western Victoria producing 2.1 Bn
  litres of milk

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Western Victorian Dairy Industry

• 400km of 1 litre milk cartons/day
• In 2008 value of Industry about 4.6 Bn
• In parts of the region (eg. S. Corangamite) Dairy
  delivers 50 of the GDP
• WestVic Dairy - Advance the Industry in the
  Region

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WestVic Dairy
What do we do? 1) Collect levy payer
priorities 2) Allocate funds from Dairy
Australia to those priorities 3) Find other
investors to make the priorities happen
faster 4) Manage project where theres market
failure
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WestVic Dairy

• How do we do it?
• Board of 7 govern WVD
• Roma Britnell - Chairman
• Joe Giblin - Vice Chairman
• Ron Page - Treasurer
• Peter Musson
• Kay Anthony
• John Dalton
• John McLean

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WestVic Dairy

• How do we do it?
• Admin team based at Demo Dairy
• Mike Weise - Executive Officer
• Lisa Chesshire - Finance and Contracts
• Jocelyn Bevin - Writer
• Ben Sloane - Administrator
• 9 Contract staff delivering projects to

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WestVic Dairy

• How do we do it?
• February
• review strategic investment plan
• assess priority setting findings
• develop draft Annual Operating plan
• June 30 Finalise AOP

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WestVic Dairy

• How do we do it?
• AOP 2010-11
• Feeding cows - 3030 project
• Employment Image Awards
• Employment - Careers Coordination
• Leadership/Image YDDP
• Profit and NRM Focus Farms
• Business Mgt Modelling
• Image Cows Create Careers
• Information Knowledge Mgt

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Down the Track

• In 2006 we started a project to create a regional
  strategic plan - Down the Track
• Funded by RDV, farmers, factories Shires
• gt1000 people consulted
• Goal to increase milk
• production by nearly
• 50 in 11 years
• 3Bn litres by 2020

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Down the Track
Down the Track - 7 Pillars 1) People 2)
Natural Resources 3) Infrastructure 4)
Capital 5) Markets, 6) Knowledge 7)
Production System