The award celebrates the top 100 milk producers across the country and crowned all four of Norco farmers gold, two in the Dairy NSW region and two in the south-east Queensland region.
Norco chair Mike Jeffery said it was an honour for its co-op members to be recognised as champions and a testament to the brand’s high quality standards and dedication to create fresh, great tasting dairy.
“Our farmers live and breathe dairy so we’re very proud to have our people’s efforts recognised in Australia’s most prestigious dairy competition,” Mr Jeffery said.
“It’s a huge honour and we encourage people to try our great tasting milk and show support for Australian dairy producers.”
Receiving the award for the fourth consecutive year in NSW was Norco couple Philip and Debbie Borham, who were ecstatic with being recognised for their commitment to animal welfare and handling.
“Our 250 cows are part of our family, and we pride ourselves on providing the highest quality of care which has resulted in us receiving the gold quality milk award for the fourth year,” Mr Borham said.
Joining the Borhams as gold recipients in the Dairy NSW region was the McDonald family partnership, who said after the toughest year to date, it was a very pleasant surprise to receive gold“.
The McVeighs and Zischkes, both family partnership operations were the gold recipients for the south-east Queensland region.
The Zischkes who are based in Haden, Queensland said they were honoured to have won their sixth straight gold and were absolutely delighted for the recognition.
Dairy Australia’s Milk Quality Awards distinguish the top 100 farms nationally with the lowest bulk milk cell count and have been running since 2002.