WestVic Dairy
WestVic Dairy is a regional extension service under Dairy Australia delivering training, advisory, and community programs to dairy farmers in South West Victoria. Funded through the statutory dairy service levy, government matching, and partner co-funding, it operates as a non-profit and provides all programs free to farmers.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2003
- HeadquartersWestern Victoria, Australia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What WestVic Dairy does
WestVic Dairy is a regional extension service operating under Dairy Australia Limited, the national services body for the Australian dairy industry established in 2003. Headquartered in Western Victoria and one of eight regional teams (alongside Gippsland, Murray, NSW, South Australia, Subtropical, Tasmania, and Western Australia), WestVic Dairy delivers training, advisory, and community programs to dairy farm businesses across South West Victoria. Programs are delivered on-farm, off-farm, and through group formats, covering animal health (Transition Cow Management, Milking and Mastitis Management), feedbase (Nutrition Fundamentals, Feeding Pastures for Profit, Fertsmart), farm business management (Farm Business Fundamentals, Our Farm Our Plan, Business Focus Farms), workforce (Young Dairy Network, Employment Starter Kit Initiative, Farm Safety Starter Kit), and industry recognition (biennial Great South West Dairy Awards).
The organization's business model is levy-funded and non-commercial: WestVic Dairy does not charge farmers for services. Funding flows from the statutory dairy service levy collected by the Commonwealth and disbursed to Dairy Australia under a Statutory Funding Contract (10-year term through 31 December 2034), supplemented by Commonwealth/state/local government matching, NRM and regional development boards, and commercial partnerships. The organization operates with approximately 9 staff — a Regional Manager, Administration Coordinator, Project Coordinator, Farm Engagement Lead, four Extension Advisors, and a Communications Advisor — governed by a 9-member board of 6 farmer directors and 3 industry service provider directors.
WestVic Dairy's go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: discussion groups, farm walks, study tours, workshops, and the 2,500+-member Young Dairy Network. There is no proprietary technology platform, no software product, no AI capability, and no IP moat beyond community relationships and statutory mandate. Most recent strategic move is the November 2025 expansion of the WorkSafe Victoria co-funded Rethinking Q fever project into Western Victoria, executed with RM Consulting Group and regional medical clinics.
WestVic Dairy firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- WestVic Dairy
- Legal name
- Dairy Australia Limited
- Website
- https://westvicdairy.com.au
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2003
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- WestVic Dairy is a regional extension service under Dairy Australia delivering training, advisory, and community programs to dairy farmers in South West Victoria. Funded through the statutory dairy service levy, government matching, and partner co-funding, it operates as a non-profit and provides all programs free to farmers.
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- akta.pro rank
WestVic Dairy industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Dairy Agricultural Extension Services
- NAICS
- Support Activities for Animal Production (1152), Support Activities for Animal Production (115210), Farm Management Services (115116)
- SIC
- Agricultural Services (700), Services-Educational Services (8200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Milking Parlor & Dairy Farm Support Services (Non-veterinary) (AFAEALAK)
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Where WestVic Dairy is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Western Victoria
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices2 records
Markets served
WestVic Dairy business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others
Revenue model
- Dairy Service Levy: Funded through the dairy service levy paid by dairy farmers, collected by the Commonwealth and paid to Dairy Australia under a Statutory Funding Contract.
- Government Funding: State, Commonwealth and local government agencies provide additional funding for programs. NRM and regional development boards also contribute.
- Commercial Partnerships: Commercial businesses co-fund relevant programs as appropriate and aligned to dairy industry priorities.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels6 records
WestVic Dairy product offering
Product offeringCore offering
WestVic Dairy is a regional extension service team under Dairy Australia that delivers region-specific agricultural education, training, and advisory programs to dairy farm businesses across South West Victoria. Its offerings include structured training courses in animal health and fertility, feedbase and pasture management, and farm business fundamentals; longer planning programs such as Our Farm, Our Plan and Business Focus Farms; peer-learning Discussion Groups; the Young Dairy Network for early-career dairy professionals; farm safety and employment resources; and regional events including the biennial Great South West Dairy Awards. All programs are delivered to farmers at no charge, funded through the statutory dairy service levy, Commonwealth and state government matching payments, regional NRM/development boards, and commercial partner contributions.
Product overview
WestVic Dairy is a regional extension service under Dairy Australia providing comprehensive support to dairy farmers in South West Victoria. The organization offers a portfolio of educational programs and resources including the Young Dairy Network for professionals aged 18-40, training programs covering animal health (Transition Cow Management, Milking and Mastitis Management), feedbase management (Nutrition Fundamentals, Feeding Pastures for Profit, Fertsmart), and farm business skills (Farm Business Fundamentals, Our Farm, Our Plan). Additional services include Business Focus Farms advisory program, Discussion Groups for peer learning, farm safety resources (Farm Safety Starter Kit), employment guidance (Employment Starter Kit Initiative), quarterly newsletters, and the biennial Great South West Dairy Awards. These programs are funded through the Dairy Service Levy, government agencies, regional NRM boards, and commercial partners.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Young Dairy Network (YDN)
- Transition Cow Management (Springer to Calver) A one-day workshop focused on implementing transition cow management plans to improve herd health and productivity, part of the InCharge: Cow Health and Fertility course.
- Milking and Mastitis Management A two-day course designed to achieve best practice in milk harvesting, including detection and treatment of clinical mastitis cases, for dairy farm operators and milking staff.
- Nutrition Fundamentals A two-day course providing dairy farmers with a basic understanding of cow nutritional requirements, focusing on maximizing pasture consumption and addressing feed gaps with supplements.
- Feeding Pastures for Profit A 12-month program delivered over two classroom sessions and five on-farm days throughout the seasons, focusing on challenges and opportunities of pasture-based feeding systems for dairy farmers.
- Farm Business Fundamentals A workshop covering good record keeping systems, understanding the Standard Chart of Accounts, business obligations, annual farm budgeting, and DairyBase introduction for dairy farm operators.
- Our Farm, Our Plan A two-day workshop facilitated by an experienced farm consultant to help dairy farmers identify long-term goals, improve business performance, and manage volatility.
- Fertsmart An advisory program providing easy-to-follow steps for fertiliser planning to improve efficiency, profitability of fertiliser use, and soil health on dairy farms.
- Business Focus Farms A regional advisory program giving farmers the opportunity to learn from featured farm businesses with a strong focus on key profit drivers and business management, supported by consultant-led groups.
- Discussion Groups Farmer groups that provide opportunities to share experiences, explore new ideas and technologies, and support adoption of best practices through group-based extension activities.
- Farm Safety Starter Kit A safety manual and resource program providing farmers and industry personnel with farm safety resources, distributed by WestVic Dairy and used in WorkSafe farm safety programs.
- Employment Starter Kit Initiative (ESKi) An employment guide written and published by Dairy Australia, available electronically on The People in Dairy website and as a physical folder with regular updates for dairy farmers managing employees.
- WestVic Dairy Newsletter A quarterly communication covering the latest dairy farming news, events, and stories from Western Victoria, distributed as email newsletter and downloadable PDF.
- Great South West Dairy Awards A biennial awards program recognizing skill, dedication, leadership, ingenuity and environmental responsibility of the farming community in south-west Victoria, with categories including Dairy Farm Business Management, Natural Resource and Sustainability Management, Employee, Young Dairy Leader, Service Provider, Dairy Farm Photo, and Dairy Industry Honour Board.
Quantifiable outcome
- More than 2,500 young dairy professionals engaged through Young Dairy Network
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Companies that use WestVic Dairy
Customer profileNamed customers6 records
Segments1 record
Ideal customer profiles1 record
WestVic Dairy technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
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WestVic Dairy partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- WorkSafe VictoriacoreWorkSafe Victoria co-funded the Rethinking Q fever project providing subsidised Q fever testing and vaccination for Victorian dairy farmers until May 2027. Project led by GippsDairy and expanded to Western Victoria and Murray Dairy regions.
- RM Consulting GroupminorProject management partner for the Rethinking Q fever project funded by WorkSafe Victoria and Dairy Australia.
- Portland Family PracticeminorMedical clinic providing Q fever testing and vaccination services for dairy farmers in Western Victoria region.
- Timboon Medical ClinicminorMedical clinic providing Q fever testing and vaccination services for dairy farmers in Western Victoria region.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
WestVic Dairy competitors and assessment
Company assessmentOthers
- Gardiner Foundation: Australian dairy industry research, development, and education foundation. Provides scholarship support (e.g., to Lucy Collins) and co-funds projects that complement WestVic Dairy's programs; comparable as an industry-aligned funding body serving the same dairy farmer base.
- Meat & Livestock Australia: Research and development corporation for the Australian red meat industry, funded by statutory livestock transaction levies. Functionally comparable to Dairy Australia as a peer RDC: similar levy-plus-government-matching funding model, regional extension delivery, and farmer-facing service mandate, but in a different livestock sector.
Direct peers
- Subtropical Dairy: Regional dairy extension team under Dairy Australia covering subtropical production systems in northern NSW and southeast Queensland. Competes for the same Dairy Australia funding pool and serves the same farmer archetype, but with distinct climatic and production systems.
- GippsDairy: Another regional extension team under Dairy Australia, serving the Gippsland dairy region in Victoria. Closest structural and functional peer to WestVic Dairy, sharing the same levy funding model, program portfolio, and Statutory Funding Contract, and is the co-lead on the cross-regional 'Rethinking Q fever' project with WestVic Dairy.
- South Australian Dairy: Regional dairy extension team under Dairy Australia serving South Australia. One of the eight regional extension teams that pool resources and program IP with WestVic Dairy.
- Western Dairy (WA): Regional dairy extension team under Dairy Australia serving Western Australia. Direct peer to WestVic Dairy with same funding model and program structure, despite name similarity relating only to be the regional designation rather than a corporate affiliation.
- Dairy Tasmania: Regional dairy extension team under Dairy Australia based in Tasmania; the team works closely with WestVic Dairy's Communications Advisor, who serves both Tasmania and Western Victoria. Operates the same funding and program model in a different regional setting.
- Dairy NSW: Regional dairy extension team under Dairy Australia serving New South Wales. Peer to WestVic Dairy by virtue of sharing the same national services body, levy funding, and program portfolio adapted to a different state geography.
- Murray Dairy: Regional extension team under Dairy Australia serving the Murray region along the Victoria-NSW border. Operates the same levy-funded regional extension model as WestVic Dairy, with overlapping program categories (animal performance, feedbase, farm business) and is the third regional partner on the WorkSafe-funded Q fever project.
Broad incumbents
- Dairy Australia: National services body for the Australian dairy industry; WestVic Dairy is one of its eight regional teams. Comparable in that it designs the program frameworks, allocates the levy funding, and provides the national infrastructure (DairyBase, Carbon Calculator, People in Dairy) on which WestVic Dairy builds its local delivery.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
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WestVic Dairy leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
WestVic Dairy funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
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WestVic Dairy M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about WestVic Dairy
What does WestVic Dairy do?
WestVic Dairy is a regional extension service team under Dairy Australia that delivers region-specific agricultural education, training, and advisory programs to dairy farm businesses across South West Victoria. Its offerings include structured training courses in animal health and fertility, feedbase and pasture management, and farm business fundamentals; longer planning programs such as Our Farm, Our Plan and Business Focus Farms; peer-learning Discussion Groups; the Young Dairy Network for early-career dairy professionals; farm safety and employment resources; and regional events including the biennial Great South West Dairy Awards. All programs are delivered to farmers at no charge, funded through the statutory dairy service levy, Commonwealth and state government matching payments, regional NRM/development boards, and commercial partner contributions.
Is WestVic Dairy a public or private company?
WestVic Dairy is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was WestVic Dairy founded?
WestVic Dairy was founded in 2003. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is WestVic Dairy based?
WestVic Dairy is headquartered in Western Victoria, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does WestVic Dairy make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Dairy Service Levy is the primary driver. The others are government Funding and commercial Partnerships.
Who are WestVic Dairy's main competitors?
Others on record are Gardiner Foundation and Meat & Livestock Australia. Direct peers are Subtropical Dairy, GippsDairy, South Australian Dairy, Western Dairy (WA), Dairy Tasmania, Dairy NSW and Murray Dairy. Dairy Australia is listed as a broad incumbent.
Does WestVic Dairy have an API?
No public API is recorded for WestVic Dairy.
What industry is WestVic Dairy in?
WestVic Dairy's product category is Dairy Agricultural Extension Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAEALAK, Milking Parlor & Dairy Farm Support Services (Non-veterinary). Its NAICS code is 1152 and its SIC code is 700.