South Australian consumers wanting to buy local and sup- port SA dairy farmers will have a new way to show their support – through a new cheese range, launched by SA Dairyfarmers’ Association (SADA).

The SADA Fresh cheese range is the new cheese range available to SA consumers as a result of a partnership led by SADA in collaboration with Coles, Beston Global Foods and Australia’s Finest.

The cheeses, which includes cheddar, gouda and colby lines, were launched by Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development David Basham last week.

SADA President John Hunt said the cheese range means SADA will be able to expand its work in promoting the interests of SA dairy farmers while continuing to build collaborative manufacturing relationships across the supply chain.

“SADA is grateful to Coles and Beston for supporting SA producers,” Mr Hunt said.

“This means that our farmers sell more milk, South Australian cheese makers, cutters, packers and transporters are employed and consumers can purchase quality South Australian produce with confidence.

“SADA, through its business entity SADA Fresh, supports SA dairy farmers by ensuring a good price is paid by the cheese manufacturer, in this case Beston Global Foods, to the farmer.

“For this cheese product, Beston pays $7.20 per kg milk solids to SA farmers, which is above the longterm average for this type of product.

“Our goal is to take our milk and cheese range global with further work to begin export of our range in 2021.”

Beston Global Food Company Chairman Dr Roger Sexton said the company is proud to partner with SADA on this initiative to deliver strong support to SA dairy farmers.

“It is with great pleasure that Beston Global Foods has entered a supply arrangement with SADA to provide high quality cheese styles for distribution across the Coles SA network,” he said.

“We continue to deliver strong milk pricing to South Australian dairy farmers which represents our confidence and material contribution to a strong SA dairy industry.

“In combination with SADA and Coles, it is heartening to be able to turn Beston’s investment in SA farmers, into products that provide quality alternatives to interstate dairy products on Coles shelves in South Australia and helps firm up the South Australian dairy farmer’s future.”