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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.
Resources for resilience
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 agronomist and Dairy UP team member
Resilient cattle
Dairy UP’s P6a Project is exploring the diversity in dairy cattle responses to heat events with the view to providing data to refine the model used to calculate DataGene’s Heat Tolerance Australian Breeding Value (ABV).
Satellite monitoring insights
Satellite technologies are improving all the time, creating new and exciting opportunities for remote pasture monitoring.
2025 Dairy Symposium
The Dairy Symposium will be held in November 2025
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.
DRF Symposium
TAKE the TIME to attend the DFR Symposium on the 25th and 26th November 2025
Calf Pathways
As per the plan, P10 (Calf Pathways) was completed last year. The final reports for the two P10 projects are now available on the Dairy UP website.
Podcast: Profit and risks of intensive dairying husbandry
Listen to insights from Sheena Carter and Claire Waterman on the profitability and risks of intensive dairying.
Calf husbandry
Improving calf care reduces antimicrobial use, lowers mortality rate, improves dairy business profitability and helps maintain social licence.
Congratulations Sarah
The research Sarah did for her thesis “The lasting impact of calf performance” made a major contribution to Dairy UP’s P2e Calf Husbandry project.
Resources for resilience – loose housing and freestalls
Dairy Australia’s website features some great farmer case studies that came out Dairy UP’s P3: Economics of intensification project and related work funded by DA.
Adding value to dairy waste
In Australia, about 8% of total on-farm milk production is discarded as waste. The benefits of reducing this wastage are financial, environment and improved security.
DRF Symposium
Due to clashes with other events in November and with the aim of joining forces with other industry organisations, the Dairy Research Foundation is postponing its annual symposium for a bigger and better event in 2025.
PhD students make progress on P2f Infectious diseases project
Two PhD students at UTS are working on Dairy UP’s P2f Infectious diseases project, under the supervision of Dr Barbara Brito Rodriguez at EMAI and others at UTS.
Recent Publications
Members of the P2 team have had an editorial published in the Australian Veterinary Journal Volume 102, Issue 1-2.
Resources for resilience – farm expansion goals and cattle shelters
Some great farmer case studies were produced for the Raising the Roof field days including the one held in the Hunter Valley in February.
P1e Kikuyu Nutritional Value
Dairy UP’s P1e project has calibrated a model that simulates changes in Kikuyu’s nutritional value during regrowth.
P6a Resilient Cattle (heat tolerance)
Dairy UP’s PhD student, Alice Shirley recently had a review published in the Animal Journal.
P1a results published in Scientific Reports
Dairy UP’s P1a Remote Pasture Management team have had their results on machine learning satellite training published in the prestigious Scientific Reports (a Journal of the Nature Portfolio).