Dairy farmers talk about the benefits of once-a-day milking

David and Narelle Macalister switched to once-a-day milking 7 years ago and have never looked back. “If I had to milk twice a day, I don’t think we would be dairy farmers anymore,” David says. The Macalister Farm is located in Orbost, East Gippsland in Victoria, Australia. David and Narelle occupy an area of about 300 acres (121 hectares). “Some of it is river flat and we have some hill country,” David says. “We have been here for 16 years. We purchased the neighbouring property 5