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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).
American Dairy Science Association conference
Dairy UP work was recently showcased at the conference of the prestigious American Dairy Society Association. PhD student Md Rezaul Rakib presented early findings from P9b: Milk as an Indicator of Heat Load and Adj Prof. Ian Lean presented findings from David Sheedy’s PhD studies which are part of P2a Cattle Longevity.
P2 Infectious diseases
It’s been a busy few months for Dairy UP’s P2f team who have now completed sample collection from farms.
More than 2000 samples have been collected from 72 farms
Congratulations Rose
Dr Rose Phillipzen received an Honorary Fellowship of the University of Sydney.
Rose is a member of Dairy UP’s Steering and Advisory Board and Head of Livestock and Genetics as Australian Fresh Milk Holdings, Leppington Pastoral Company.
Early alerts for calf husbandry
Recent findings by Sarah Legge and her Dairy UP colleagues provide the basis to develop early alert systems for calves being reared with automatic calf feeders.
Supplements boost profit, reduce GHG
Dairy UP PhD student Mulisa Jaji Dida has recently had an article published in the Journal of Dairy Science, entitled Dietary Concentrate Supplementation Increases Milk Production and Reduces Predicted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity in Pasture-based Commercial Dairy Farms.