The Company is divided into operational and internal service business groups. The operational business groups are: o Farm Productivity & Delivery o Technical Issues o Value Chain Innovation o National Marketing o Trade & Strategy. Dairy Australia’s internal service business groups are: o Corporate Services o Corporate Affairs o Human Resources. WHO WE CONSULTED Dairy Australia places a high priority on close and ongoing consultation with industry at all levels of its operation. Consultation took place at the strategic planning level with Group B members i.e. Australian Dairy Farmers Limited and the Australian Dairy Products Federation. Regular meetings were held with state and regional dairy farming organisations and companies as well as government agencies. Dairy Australia also used its industry reference group structures to refine and adjust specific business strategies as market and environmental conditions altered during the course of the year. These changes are reflected in the Company’s five-year Strategic Plan 2008-12 and its Annual Operating Plan 2007/08. Regular consultation ensures Dairy Australia’s work supports the dairy industry’s objectives. It also ensures that Dairy Australia and the dairy industry remain closely aligned to the Australian Government’s National Research Priorities and Rural Research and Development Priorities. Dairy Australia also sought to actively partner with research providers, companies and other industry participants around Australia in the delivery of its programs. Additional funds were sourced for its activities and, more broadly, the Company influenced the total R&D expenditure directed for the benefit of Australia’s dairy industry.
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