A beloved cheese producer has been forced to close after 120 years with 58 staff now left in limbo. Tasmania's King Island Dairy will close up shop mid next year, Canadian-owner Saputo announced ...

King Island Hotel publican John Smith has called the island home for 30 years and said the dairy shutdown would have ripple effects across the whole community. "It's going to affect everything ...

King Island’s 2024 with dairy, mining losses and drought. King Island Dairy hit the headlines in 2024. But there were other problems for ag on the Bass Strait isle in the past year.

Signage for the King Island Dairy is seen at the visitor centre on King Island, Tasmania, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AAP Image/James Ross) The closure of Tasmania’s famous King Island Dairy will ...

King Island mayor Marcus Blackie said the closure of the iconic brand is 'sad' and 'concerning'. (Source: ABC/Instagram) An iconic dairy farm that's been running for more than 120 years in Tasmania ...

Ms Delaney, a hobby farmer who is TasFarmers King Island drought co-ordinator, said when she moved to King Island 22 years ago there were 24 dairy farms and now there were only four, including two ...

“King Island Dairy products hold a nostalgic place in the hearts of Australians (but) the brand has not maintained its position in today’s ultra-competitive food industry,” she said.

After facing the worst ever drought, King Island farmer Deb Delaney is making an impassioned plea for Australians to demand the owners of the King Island Dairy – slated to close – ensure the ...

King Island Dairy is closing its doors in mid-2025. She said the brand had spent 10 months conducting an “intensive review” of the commercial and financial alternatives, which included selling ...

How the closure of iconic King Island Dairy brand could change the rugged tourist destination that has relied on it for 120 years. King Island Dairy will close in mid-2025 ...