THE South Gippsland Shire Council convened its second meeting of organisations that work in and around the South Gippsland dairy industry on Thursday last week.
Those in attendance included representatives from Murray Goulburn, the State Government, Burra Foods, Rural Family Resources, Rural Financial Counselling, the shire council, and Long Street Family Medicine.
The group discussed the various activities being undertaken to support the dairy farmers at the moment and those that are planned to be rolled out over the months ahead.
The next meeting is scheduled for late July.
For information about dairy industry support resources in South Gippsland visit the shire council’s website: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/info/20003/business/269/farmers_in_need
Plans in place to support dairy

At the dairy meeting on Thursday, clockwise, from right to left, Jeanne Dekker from Long Street Family Medicine, Ken Fraser from South Gippsland Shire Council, Scott McArdle (Victorian Government), Reno Tomaino (Burra Foods), Di Robinson (Rural Family Resources), Peter Jennings (Rural Finance Counselling), Rick Rutjens (South Gippsland Shire Council), Cr Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks (South Gippsland Shire Council), Penni Ellicott (South Gippsland Shire Council), Virginia Stacey (South Gippsland Shire Council), Barbara Look (South Gippsland Shire Council) and Tim Cross (Murray Goulburn).