Stanhope, a small dairy farming town in the Goulburn Valley of Northern Victoria, has launched a unique and novel way of assisting Victorian Dairy Farmers to save some of their breeding stock and maintain some dignity during this time, which is the worst drought in living memory.

The Stanhope & District Development Committee Inc. (S&DDC) has launched the “Sponsor a Cow” program.

This program will give both city folk and farmers the opportunity to “Build Bridges” between the city and country and for sponsors to learn first hand the extent of this drought and the impact and affect it is having on the whole population.