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Gallery | Cream of the crop day two

By Jeanette Severs

Aug 20, 2025

At the Gippsland Jersey factory, Courtney Gleeson from Warrnambool, Sallie Jones co-founder of the company, Jess Brown from Fonterra and Chloe Brown from Kirkstall. Jess and Chloe are co-founders of the Cream of the Crop conference. Photo by Jeanette Severs

Day two of the Cream of the Crop conference 2025 saw dairy farmers and industry representatives out in the field, visiting Ellinbank SmartFarm, at Ellinbank, and Gippsland Jersey’s fromagerie factory and retail store at Pakenham.

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At the Ellinbank SmartFarm, conference attendees heard about research into farming to reduce methane emissions, the carbon footprint of industry, using renewable energy, and improving pastures.

They also toured the dairy and paddocks to see and hear about some of the trials in action at Ellinbank.

At Gippsland Jersey, attendees toured the factory, which has been in operation for less than 12 months for the company, which is expanding its cheese production.