Winter is arriving. It is an early start in Moira for John Tate as his pigs are being loaded for the factory. It is a similar story over in Struell Wells near Downpatrick, as Paul Turley's Angus cross cattle have reached the perfect weight for processing. At the Bell's near Ballymena their flock of turkeys is almost ready for the Christmas market. Drew and Valerie McConnell are on alert for calving cows at their Omagh dairy farm. Henry Savage from Cullyhannna is in Ballymena for the Autumn Pedigree Limousin sales.

Bega Cheese (ASX:BGA) expects overall milk intake in FY19 to be between 1 and 1.1 billion litres of milk compared with total intake of 750 million litres in 2018. The dairy company says performance in FY19 is expected to be impacted by farm gate milk pricing pressure. Bega is forecasting normalized EBITDA in the range of $123 to $130 million as compared to $110 million in FY18. Bega says despite the current decrease in milk supply in the Australian dairy industry it is is very pleased with the integration of the Koroit facility, and, the forecast performance of that acquisition. Shares in Bega Cheese (ASX:BGA) are trading 12.3 per cent lower at $4.98.

Beauty treatments are not reserved for humans. DW visits a beauty pageant for dairy cows, and talks to a stylist who makes his clients udderly beautiful. The winners are not just cute but also very valuable as great mothers and milk machines.

Westpac (ASX:WBC) has today announced it is quitting the personal financial advice business and overhauling its management structure. The bank will sell its BT advice business to Viridian Advisory, which will offer employment to around 175 BT advisers and other management and support staff. Proceeds from the sale will depend on the size of the business that transitions to Viridian Advisory. The changes will be complete by June 30 and result in one-off costs of $250 million to $300 million across two years, but, earnings-per-share are expected to improve in the 2020 financial year due to the exit from a high cost, loss-making business. The bank also announced changes to its management team, current Consumer Bank Chief George Frazis is set to leave the Group with Business Bank Chief David Lindberg to move into the role. Shares in Westpac (ASX:WBC) are trading 0.19 per cent lower to $26.47.

Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley speaking to media in Adelaide about ruckman Paddy Ryder being cleared to play in his AFL club's season opener despite a facial injury.