by Kirsty Jaensch | May 1, 2025 | Media 2025, P1a
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...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Dec 16, 2024 | Media 2024, P1 Project, P1a, P2 Project, P2e, P6 Project, P9 Project
In conference Four Dairy UP PhD students presented their work at the 20th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium in Christchurch in November, thanks to support from the University of Sydney Postgraduate Research scheme. From left to right in the photo, Rezaul Rakib,...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Dec 16, 2024 | Media 2024, P1 Project
Resources for resilience East coast lows: friend or foe for kikuyu ryegrass pastures? East coast low weather systems can be destructive by causing flooding, but they are also very beneficial by providing 20% of annual rainfall over a wide area of the NSW coast. LLS...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Dec 16, 2024 | Media 2024, P1a
Satellite monitoring insights Satellite technologies are improving all the time, creating new and exciting opportunities for remote pasture monitoring. But it’s not without its challenges. With more data, comes more complexity and for now, this tool may be more suited...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Nov 7, 2024 | Media 2024, P1a
The hidden cost of pasture utilisation Dairy UP’s work has recently been under the spotlight with an article ‘The hidden losses of pasture utilisation’ recently published in The Australian Farmer. The article features project P1a Remote pasture monitoring. Click here...
by Kirsty Jaensch | Jul 12, 2024 | Media 2024, P1e
P1e Kikuyu Nutritional Value Dairy UP’s P1e project has calibrated a model that simulates changes in Kikuyu’s nutritional value during regrowth. The model accounts for leaf growth, age and size and nutritive value (metabolizable energy and fibre content). Future work...
