The collaborative dairy RD&E program for NSW

Unlocking the potential of milk, cow and water to increase productivity and profitability,
de-risk the dairy industry and develop new markets.

2025 DRF Symposium

The Dairy Research Foundation Symposium will be held on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th November 2025.

Welcome to Dairy UP

Dr Tori Alexander, Dr Laura Ruiz Espinosa and Dr Sarah Legge join the Dairy UP team.

Remote pasture sensing workshop

In February, more than 20 service providers, consultants and researchers attended Dairy UP’s remote pasture sensing workshop.

Milk with less lactose

Dairy UP’s P9a project is looking for ways to produce cows’ milk with high concentrations of solids and less water.

Results from Dairy UP PhD student, David Sheedy’s, work have been published in the Journal of Dairy Science. He is investigating biomarkers associated with increased aging and number of calvings (parity).

Amazing maize

Dairy UP’s P4 project (Feedbase – Maize for Silage) is progressing well. The team is currently working with Pioneer Seeds to evaluate the yield and nutritional characteristics of conventional and ‘brown mid-rib’ (BMR) hybrids grown under full irrigation at the University of Sydney “Lansdowne” farm in Camden.

Quick Reads

Pressed for time? Our summary documents give a quick understanding of the scope of Dairy UP.

Executive Summary

Key Achievements

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Why

Helping farmers increase
productivity and profitability

De-risking the dairy industry

Developing new markets

What

3 theme areas
10 projects
5 years
A coordinated network of monitored dairy farms

Who

The Dairy Research Foundation (DRF)
The Program Coordination Group (PCG)
The individual Project Teams (PT)
The Steering & Advisory Board (SAB)

News

Project releases and updates

Contact

Dairy Research Foundation
Dairy UP is located at the Centre for Carbon, Water and Food (CCWF) on Camden Campus, Faculty of Science,
The University of Sydney.

General Enquiries
Phone: (02) 4651 9871

Media Enquiries:
Phone: 0419 349 244
lmonks@monkscom.com.au

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