2025 DRF Symposium

2025 DRF Symposium

2025 DRF Symposium Join us in Wollongong for the 2025 Dairy Research Foundation symposium. This year’s theme is TIME: technology, investment, management and environment. Sessions will include growing the industry, what cows can do for you, what pastures can do for you...
Welcome to Dairy UP

Welcome to Dairy UP

Welcome to Dairy UP Dr Tori Alexander has joined Dairy UP on a part time basis to help with the next phase of project P1a Remote Pasture Monitoring.  She is co-ordinating development-related activities with Dairy Australia, Dairy NSW and LLS. Tori completed a PhD at...
Remote pasture sensing workshop

Remote pasture sensing workshop

Remote pasture sensing workshop In February, more than 20 service providers, consultants and researchers attended Dairy UP’s remote pasture sensing workshop. Results to date were presented from Dairy UP’s findings for remote sensing of Kikuyu pastures. The workshop...
Milk with less lactose

Milk with less lactose

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. Lactose is a focus of this work as it is responsible for incorporating water into milk. Results to date show significant...
Markers for cow longevity

Markers for cow longevity

Markers for cow longevity 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). This project involved collecting...