Dairy UP PhD Projects Interactions between dairy feeding systems, facility design, production and health This project will explore the differences in performance and response to environmental change between intensively housed or extensively managed herds: Do herds in...
Dairy UP PhD Projects Digitising forage options for intensive dairy systems Housing cows as a way to intensification is increasing in Australia. With feed being the largest cost of producing milk, developing modern and efficient feedbase options for these systems is...
Dairy UP PhD Projects Cow responses to climate extremes PhD Student Maddi Pearson Extreme climate events are increasingly in their frequency and degree with the cattle of the NSW dairy industry exposed to this environment. Maddi Pearson is investigating the...
Dairy UP PhD Projects Novel monitoring tools to optimise individual animal management PhD Student Alice Shirley Our group has revealed the variability in response to feeding that exists for both calf development and cow performance. Alice Shirley is exploring...