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Dairy UP’s C research
The 2023 DRF Symposium will be a great way to hear more details about Dairy UP’s work in the Carbon space.
You won’t want to miss Prof. Luciano Gonzalez talk about Dairy UP’s P1d project (environmental footprint of Kikuyu-based pasture systems).
Dairy UP vox pop
The recent Dairy Research Symposium provided a great opportunity to ask delegates (who happened to be leaders in the NSW dairy industry) what excited them about some of Dairy UP’s projects.
2023 Symposium date claimer
Don’t miss out! Put the 2023 Dairy Research Foundation Symposium in your calendar now. It will be held 7-8 November. More details to come soon.
P10 Sustainable Pathways for Surplus Calves
The follow-on project from P10 is now underway. Growing Beef from Dairy is a joint extension project between Dairy Australia and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Camden show
The Dairy UP team has been spreading the good news locally, attending the Camden Show in March.
PhD opportunity
Barbara Brito Rodriguez and her team at NSW DPI (EMAI) are advertising for PhD positions for the DairyUP Infectious diseases project (P2f). The project involves a genomic microbial surveillance of NSW dairy calves. The candidate will be enrolled through the University of Technology Sydney.
Calf bugs
In recent months, Barbara Brito Rodriguez and her team have been busy visiting 20 dairy farms to collect samples from sick and health calves as part of Dairy UP’s P2f project – Infectious diseases.
ARC funding for P2f
Congratulations to Dr Barbara Brito Rodriguez and the Dairy UP team working on infectious diseases in dairy calves (project P2f) who have received additional $434k funding from the Australian Research Council’s Linkage scheme!
DRF Symposium now on Youtube
Couldn’t make it to this years DRF Symposium? Watch the recordings on the Dairy UP YouTube channel.
Seeking sick calves
Barbara Brito Rodriguez is looking for NSW dairy farmers who are willing to allow samples to be collected from sick calves by the Dairy UP team over the first half of 2023.
PhD Scholarship in Dairy Science
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Up to $40,000 annual stipend scholarship assistance is available to a PhD student where the focus of their research is on the development of new strategies and Feedbase options for intensified Australian dairy systems.
Partners in practise.
The Dairy UP team is grateful for the contribution of farmers from the NSW mid and north coast who participated in a recent Taree workshop about remote pasture monitoring.
Dairy UP PhD team grows
Dairy UP welcomes three more PhD candidates: Vivien Tan, Mulisa Faji Dida and Blessing Azubuike.
Tech Officer appointments
We recently welcomed three technical officers to the Dairy UP team: Chloe Wilson who is based in Bega, Josh Hack based on the mid coast and Zac Geldof, based in the Northern Rivers region.
Dairy UP Introductory video
Dairy UP has produced a short (90 second) introductory video to explain how the various partners and sponsors are working together.
Please circulate the link within your network!
Dairy UP expands its team
Dairy UP welcomes two PhD candidates. Alice Shirley and Maddi Pearson will work with the Dairy Up group that is developing novel monitoring tools to optimise individual animal management, under the supervision of Cameron Clark at the University of Sydney.
P2f: Infectious Diseases – New tools for diagnosing causes of scours and respiratory diseases in dairy calves.
This project aims to determine the occurrence and spread of viruses and bacteria in NSW dairy herds. The information will provide a foundation for tools to help farmers and vets monitor and treat diseases such as scours and respiratory disease.
Crunching the numbers on farming systems
All dairy farming systems can be profitable if managed well, but preliminary data analysis from NSW’s Dairy UP program suggests there’s more variability in tough seasons for non-grazing systems. That was the message from NSW DPI Development Officer and Dairy Business Advisory Unit leader Sheena Carter, who presented some early farm financial and physical performance information to the Dairy Research Foundation Symposium.
Predicting and preventing disease to keep older cows milking
Dairy UP’s geriatric cow project is investigating ways to retaining more older cows in the herd, because they can produce 16 per cent more milk, while providing farmers with 8 per cent more calves or heifers to sell.
Data drives future dairy management
Data could hold the key to a future where calves are weaned according to their rumination development, resilient cows identified to cope with our extreme environments and supplement allocations are optimised within herds.
That’s according to University of Sydney Associate Professor Cameron Clark.