It all began with 3 or 4 cows that were hand milked into a bucket whilst the cow was tethered to a fence.

Neville’s life was cut short in 1987 due to cancer and he left behind his wife Joan and three young children. Joan took up the reins for 9 years and expanded the herd to 130 cows until her second son Joel was old enough to come home to farm after completing a diploma in Agriculture.

The business took on a new name “Reeve Farming Pty Ltd” and expanded steadily from there. Two neighbouring farms were purchased and the herd expanded to 850 cows.

Our cheese and butter business kicked off in 2012 due to an ongoing battle with our milk buyer over production quota. The cheese factory was installed very close to the dairy so the milk could literally be pumped directly from the cow to the cheese vat.