Managing cows in wet conditions With summer in full swing, it’s the time of the year when floods can be unpredictable and destructive. Dairy Australia has resources to help dairy farmers prepare for and recover from floods and what to avoid (see photo above). Here are...
P5 Our Farm Our Plan Our Farm, Our Plan offers activities to help dairy farmers set long term goals, improve business performance, and manage risk by developing a strategic plan including business and personal goals. It is delivered in NSW through Dairy NSW,...
P1d Carbon on NSW dairy farms The Dairy UP team is working with the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to identify and evaluate options towards carbon neutral dairy production. This Dairy UP project, led by Prof Luciano Gonzalez (USyd) includes many areas of...
Dairy beef The Growing Beef from Dairy project is a follow-on project from Dairy UP’s P10 Sustainable Pathways for non-replacement calves. The project is developing an extension and adoption package to help farmers make better decisions for breeding, feeding, managing...
P9b Monitoring heat load in milk Dairy UP’s P9b project is researching the value of a modified ELISA test using milk samples to monitor heat load in dairy cows. This would be less invasive than testing through traditional methods of blood and saliva. There’s also less...
Managing cows in hot, humid weather With summer in full force, many dairy farmers around the country are looking for ways to manage cows in hot, humid weather. Dairy Australia’s website has some quick handy tips as well as it’s Cool Cows manual which provides detailed...
