[1] In 2016, turmoil engulfed the processor as the milk price fell below production costs, prompting calls for the board to be sacked or the co-operative to be sold.
It has over 2,500 suppliers and supports over 2,000 employees, processing over 35% of Australia's milk supply (3.3 billion litres) into products that are sold to both domestic and export markets.
Its compliance with finished product specifications is independently validated by Dairy Technical Services, located in Melbourne, Victoria.
In early 2010 and again in October 2013, Devondale Murray Goulburn made a bid to take over Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings.
[7] In early 2016, the managing director of Devondale Murray Goulburn, Gary Helou, left the company after concerns were raised internally about large losses being made, followed by a profit downgrade and a subsequent farmgate milk price slash just after the co-operative partially listed on the stock exchange.