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New Kikuyu varieties identified
Three new Kikuyu lines have been identified by Project P1c for further screening. This will involve larger plot trials at more locations in 2024.
Congratulations Alice!
Big congratulations to Dairy UP PhD student, Alice Shirley, for her success in the University of Sydney’s 2023 Three Minute Thesis Competition!
Our latest PhD candidate
Welcome to Andrew Lean who has recently joined the DairyUP team as a PhD candidate working on the P2 (Unlocking the potential of the cow) project.
Sheena shines
Sheena Carter recently presented the results from Dairy UP’s P3 project (Economics of intensification) at the NSW DPI Breakfast.
Symposium from the grass roots
Hear about recovery, resilience and looking forward from the grass roots at this year’s DRF Symposium.
This is a ‘dairy-farmer-only’ panel session featuring Jorge Massa, General Manager Hilltop, Western Victoria, Phil Tate, Albion Park, NSW, Ruth Kydd, Finley, NSW and Peter Morgan, Waikato, New Zealand.
EPA ‘sustainable partnership’
Dairy UP has received a 2023 ‘sustainable partnership’ with EPA NSW. This provides a grant which will allow Dairy UP to expand our work to include assessing carbon emission/balance on some of Dairy UP’s partner farm network.
P2f Infectious diseases update
Dairy UP’s Infectious Diseases project has made significant progress recently. As at July 2023, more than 1800 swabs have been collected from about 550 cows and calves on 26 farms.
P4 Maize project in the press
The P4 Maize project team have recently had a journal article published with their latest findings.
Road trip report
In June, Dairy UP held its first road trip in collaboration with Dairy NSW, visiting a farm near Bodalla on day 1 and Cobargo on day 2. Participants included farmers, service providers and members of the Dairy UP and Dairy NSW teams.
Corstophine farm trials
A number of Dairy UP projects are now utilising the University of Sydney’s Corstophine farm, offering the opportunity to add controlled trials to our on-farm monitoring network.
Dairy UP’s C research
The 2023 DRF Symposium will be a great way to hear more details about Dairy UP’s work in the Carbon space.
You won’t want to miss Prof. Luciano Gonzalez talk about Dairy UP’s P1d project (environmental footprint of Kikuyu-based pasture systems).
Dairy UP vox pop
The recent Dairy Research Symposium provided a great opportunity to ask delegates (who happened to be leaders in the NSW dairy industry) what excited them about some of Dairy UP’s projects.
2023 Symposium date claimer
Don’t miss out! Put the 2023 Dairy Research Foundation Symposium in your calendar now. It will be held 7-8 November. More details to come soon.
P10 Sustainable Pathways for Surplus Calves
The follow-on project from P10 is now underway. Growing Beef from Dairy is a joint extension project between Dairy Australia and Meat and Livestock Australia.
Camden show
The Dairy UP team has been spreading the good news locally, attending the Camden Show in March.
PhD opportunity
Barbara Brito Rodriguez and her team at NSW DPI (EMAI) are advertising for PhD positions for the DairyUP Infectious diseases project (P2f). The project involves a genomic microbial surveillance of NSW dairy calves. The candidate will be enrolled through the University of Technology Sydney.
Calf bugs
In recent months, Barbara Brito Rodriguez and her team have been busy visiting 20 dairy farms to collect samples from sick and health calves as part of Dairy UP’s P2f project – Infectious diseases.
ARC funding for P2f
Congratulations to Dr Barbara Brito Rodriguez and the Dairy UP team working on infectious diseases in dairy calves (project P2f) who have received additional $434k funding from the Australian Research Council’s Linkage scheme!
DRF Symposium now on Youtube
Couldn’t make it to this years DRF Symposium? Watch the recordings on the Dairy UP YouTube channel.
Seeking sick calves
Barbara Brito Rodriguez is looking for NSW dairy farmers who are willing to allow samples to be collected from sick calves by the Dairy UP team over the first half of 2023.