Tasmania

Dairy Farms in the Derwent Valley between Ouse and our Lenah Valley site at 215 Lenah Valley Road, Lenah Valley, Tasmania; or within a 25km distance either side of the National Highway One travelling from Ulverstone to our Lenah Valley site at 215 Lenah Valley Road, Lenah Valley, Tasmania.

• Current Dairy Licence;
• Compliance with legislation in relation to milk production, including environmental/effluent management and animal welfare;
• Historic compliance with the quality standards and quality assurance program of a member of the Bega Group* or proof of compliance with another processor’s quality standards and program;
• Commitment to work health and safety for the staff and contractors of the Bega Group;
• Safe and efficient tanker access and logistically efficient collection for the Bega Group;
• Ability to supply the Bega Group with an annual volume greater than 750,000 litres;
• Anility to supply at least 25% of their annual milk production volume in the four month period between the 1May and 31 August of each year of the Term;
• Ability to supply milk of Grade 1 quality (TPC <10,000 cfu/mL and SCC <200,000 cells/ml);
• Sufficient production capacity for a minimum milk collection of 1,800 litres per pickup on a “skip a day” basis (milk no more than 48hrs old);
• Meets assessment and verification checks;
• At the time the farmer offers to enter into this agreement, Bega Group has not already entered into sufficient milk supply agreements to meet its demand for milk;
• If the supply of milk exceeds Bega Group’s demand, priority will be given to existing suppliers to Bega Group and those suppliers who want to supply the Bega Group on an exclusive basis.

* Bega Group means Bega Cheese Limited and its subsidiaries, including Tatura Milk Industries Pty Ltd and BDD Australia Pty Ltd.