Inspiring the next generation of Australia’s young dairy farmers is the focus of the innovative Proud to be a Dairy Farmer program. As Australia’s third largest rural industry, dairy is encouraging young farmers to learn more about the vibrant and rewarding industry.

Fonterra proudly supported the Girgarre Stanhope Land Protection Group with a donation of native tree seedlings and essential equipment for the Girgarre-Stanhope Rail Trail – a new pathway that connects the two townships.

Consumers and restaurants around Australia and the world are serving up around 25,000 metric tonnes of Fonterra’s Perfect Italiano Mozzarella each year.

Fonterra Australia has been awarded 32 medals at the 2023 DIAA Australian Dairy Product Awards, including gold medals for butter, cream, cheese, and milk powders produced at Fonterra’s sites in Victoria and Tasmania.

Some may consider this the best job in the world – tasting cheese and making pizza. Take a behind the scenes look at how the Fonterra Stanhope team grades each block of cheese.

When the primary cheese plant at our Stanhope factory in northern Victoria was destroyed by a fire in 2014, a major reconstruction project was required to fix it – meaning a considerable number of materials were needed, from fresh timber to new machinery and stainless-steel vats.

This International Women’s Day, we’re running a series to celebrate three women in south-west Victoria who #ChooseToChallenge.

We’ve taken home an impressive 47 gongs at the Dairy Industry Association of Australia (DIAA) Australian Dairy Product Awards.

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, we rapidly responded to keep our people safe, our milk collections going and our products on supermarket shelves.

Families across Victoria’s south west in need of emergency food relief will now see fresh milk in their Warrnambool and District Food Share hampers, with the first donations made from Fonterra’s Cobden plant.

Our Stanhope and Wynyard cheese has again been recognised on the world stage, this time picking up three golds at the annual International Cheese and Dairy Awards, held in Nantwich, UK.

Eight cuddly koalas currently recovering from illness willsoon have new homes, thanks to the Fonterra Stanhope team.

Fonterra’s growing Stanhope cheese plant has just reached another key milestone this month. Large pieces of cheese making equipment recently arrived at site and were put into place by a nearly 200-strong team of contractors.

Fonterra has opened the doors of its newly rebuilt cheese plant to bring the community inside, as part of a legendairy Community Open Day held yesterday.

The community of Stanhope can see their legacy in town after an enormous photo mural has been unveiled on the northern wall of Fonterra’s new cheese plant as final touches are made to prepare for the site’s official opening and community celebrations.

Fonterra Australia is on a mission to collect thousands of photographs in the next three months to create a massive photo mosaic wall mural at the entrance to its new Stanhope cheese plant designed to “wear our pride on our side”.