Investor Presentaiton
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The dairy industry in Tasmania
A guide for investors
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Government support
The Tasmanian Government is putting
the state's primary industries on the path
to achieving a tenfold increase in the
value of the sector by 2050. It recognises
that the development of the dairy
industry is important to the economic
future of Tasmania and encourages
potential investors to investigate the
benefits of dairy production and value
adding in the state.
Office of the Coordinator-General
The Office of the Coordinator-General
is the Tasmanian Government's
principal entity to attract and support
investment, which provides free
confidential services and professional
advice to investors.
www.cg.tas.gov.au
Department of Primary Industries,
Parks, Water and Environment
The Department of Primary Industries,
Parks, Water and Environment
(DPIPWE) is responsible for the
sustainable management and protection
of Tasmania's natural and cultural
assets for the benefit of Tasmanian
communities and the economy.
DPIPWE's activities inform the use
and management of Tasmania's land
and water resources. The department
is also responsible for delivering the
services that support primary industry
development and for the protection
of the state's relative disease and
pest-free status.
www.dpipwe.tas.gov.au
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture
The Tasmanian Insititute of Agriculture
(TIA) works closely with its partners in
government and industry to improve
the performance of Tasmania's
agricultural sector, across all industries
and value chains. TIA is recognised
nationally and internationally for
its research excellence. It partners
strategically with many other
organisations around Australia.
Internationally, TIA is rapidly increasing
its research portfolio, influence and
student numbers.
www.utas.edu.au/tia
TIA's Dairy Centre provides research
services and support to the dairy
industry. A website dedicated to
informing the Tasmanian dairy industry
about TIA's activities offers a host of
resources and tools for innovative
dairy farmers.
www.utas.edu.au/tia/dairy-grains-and-
grazing/dairy
Industry support
DairyTas
DairyTas is the Tasmanian service
delivery arm of Dairy Australia,
investing farmer levies and other
funds to support the Tasmanian dairy
industry.
DairyTas' main aim is to identify,
promote, facilitate and leverage
opportunities for research,
development and extension activities in
the Tasmanian dairy industry, which will
assist dairy farmers to manage change.
The DairyTas Board seeks to encourage
the development of a sustainable and
dynamic dairy industry in Tasmania that
offers economic and social rewards to
dairy farmers and those in the wider
community.
DairyTas provides small project grants
to assist regional groups, industry and
advisors with local projects for the
dairy industry.
www.dairytas.com.au
Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers
Association (TFGA)
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers
Association (TFGA) is Tasmania's
farmer organisation, representing over
5 000 members who live and work on
farm businesses across Tasmania.
The TFGA is an active lobby group that
is owned and governed by farmers, for
farmers. Since its formation in 1948,
the TFGA has generated substantial
benefits for the agriculture sector.
The TFGA consists of five commodity
groups Dairy, Meat, Wool, Agriculture
and Vegetable - as well as a number of
committee groups including Cereal and
Seeds, Poppies, Environmental Policy,
Climate Change, Game Management,
Native Vegetation, Water, Weeds and
Forestry.
TFGA members lead each of these
groups and regularly work with
Australian and Tasmanian Governments
on the wide range of issues that impact
modern farming.
www.tfga.com.au
Tasmanian Irrigation
To capitalise on Tasmania's comparative
water advantage, Tasmanian Irrigation
Pty Ltd (TI) was established as a state-
owned company to progress a suite of
regionally significant irrigation schemes.
TI's board and staff provide the
technical, financial and project
management skills to take a
$310 million suite of irrigation schemes
from concept, through feasibility,
detailed design and approval stages,
to construction and operation.
Tl schemes are demand-driven
and constructed as public-private
partnerships, to which the Australian
Government is contributing
$140 million, the Tasmanian
Government $80 million and the
private sector $90 million, through
the purchase of fully tradeable water
entitlements to particular schemes.
Schemes developed by TI deliver water
at 95 per cent reliability. A significant
amount of this new irrigation will water
dairy pastures around the state.
www.tasmanianirrigation.com.au
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The Tasmanian brand
Tasmania is globally recognised for
its pristine environment, as a tourist
location of historical and environmental
significance, and as a producer of
high-quality food and wine.
Tasmania is an island of difference.
Its people are resourceful, applying
the kind of creativity that arises from
geographical isolation to their business
activities, scientific research and artistic
endeavours.
Tasmanian businesses are world leaders
in many areas of specialisation, including
large-scale, high-speed catamarans,
marine evacuation gear, high-
performance radio antennae
and aquaculture equipment.
The state is a natural larder, with
clean air, unpolluted water and rich
soils giving rise to the production of
100 varieties of specialty cheeses, as
well as milk powders, butter and other
dairy products. It also produces rock
lobsters, oysters, scallops and abalone,
Atlantic salmon, beef, premium beers,
leatherwood honey, mineral waters,
fine chocolates, fresh berries and stone
fruits, apples, vegetables and award-
winning cool-climate wines.
Other export products include
essential oils such as lavender,
pharmaceutical products and
premium wool that is sought after
in Europe and Asia.
www.brandtasmania.com
Exports and licensing
International dairy exports from
Tasmania totalled $141 million in
2016-17, with the largest contributor
being powdered full cream and skim
milk valued at $95 million. Exports
were predominantly made up of
milk powder and cheese.
The Tasmanian Dairy Industry
Authority (TDIA) is responsible for
the food safety licensing, inspection
and auditing of dairy processors and
dairy farms.
www.tdia.tas.gov.au
Tasmania has food processing facilities
that are export licensed and Halal
certified, which comply with the most
stringent food safety requirements.
Exporting from Australia also
requires a licence from the Australian
Government Department of
Agriculture (DAFF).
www.agriculture.gov.au/export/
controlled-goods/dairy
9. Tasmanian Agri-Food Scorecard 2016-17,
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