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On the US FTA, the dairy industry is getting on with the job of preparing for the agreement after it passed through the Senate on Friday.
Dairy expects a tripling of access to the US, estimated to be worth $2,000 to $3,000 per dairy farmer.
It's announced processors will use a government-controlled quota to allocate market share.
The Australian Dairy Farmers Federation's John McQueen says getting the quota in place early will provide all farmers a chance to access the US market from January one next year.
'I think it's fair to say that every dairy company would want to have the whole quota to themselves; but they've agreed on a process which allows companies performance at both export and domestic production to be taken into account in terms of developing a share of the quota, and for that quota to grow.'
This is a transcript from the ABC National Rural News that is broadcast daily to all states on ABC Regional Radio's Country Hour and in the city on ABC News Radio.
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