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PhD Scholarship in Dairy Science
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Up to $40,000 annual stipend scholarship assistance is available to a PhD student where the focus of their research is on the development of new strategies and Feedbase options for intensified Australian dairy systems.
Partners in practise.
The Dairy UP team is grateful for the contribution of farmers from the NSW mid and north coast who participated in a recent Taree workshop about remote pasture monitoring.
Dairy UP PhD team grows
Dairy UP welcomes three more PhD candidates: Vivien Tan, Mulisa Faji Dida and Blessing Azubuike.
Tech Officer appointments
We recently welcomed three technical officers to the Dairy UP team: Chloe Wilson who is based in Bega, Josh Hack based on the mid coast and Zac Geldof, based in the Northern Rivers region.
Dairy UP Introductory video
Dairy UP has produced a short (90 second) introductory video to explain how the various partners and sponsors are working together.
Please circulate the link within your network!
Dairy UP expands its team
Dairy UP welcomes two PhD candidates. Alice Shirley and Maddi Pearson will work with the Dairy Up group that is developing novel monitoring tools to optimise individual animal management, under the supervision of Cameron Clark at the University of Sydney.
P2f: Infectious Diseases – New tools for diagnosing causes of scours and respiratory diseases in dairy calves.
This project aims to determine the occurrence and spread of viruses and bacteria in NSW dairy herds. The information will provide a foundation for tools to help farmers and vets monitor and treat diseases such as scours and respiratory disease.
Crunching the numbers on farming systems
All dairy farming systems can be profitable if managed well, but preliminary data analysis from NSW’s Dairy UP program suggests there’s more variability in tough seasons for non-grazing systems. That was the message from NSW DPI Development Officer and Dairy Business Advisory Unit leader Sheena Carter, who presented some early farm financial and physical performance information to the Dairy Research Foundation Symposium.
Predicting and preventing disease to keep older cows milking
Dairy UP’s geriatric cow project is investigating ways to retaining more older cows in the herd, because they can produce 16 per cent more milk, while providing farmers with 8 per cent more calves or heifers to sell.
Data drives future dairy management
Data could hold the key to a future where calves are weaned according to their rumination development, resilient cows identified to cope with our extreme environments and supplement allocations are optimised within herds.
That’s according to University of Sydney Associate Professor Cameron Clark.
Rare opportunity for aspiring dairy researchers
Dairy UP – the $16m project to unlock the potential of the NSW dairy industry – is calling for candidates for nine PhD projects, creating a rare opportunity for aspiring dairy researchers.
Dairy Research Foundation 2021 Symposium
Online 17 & 18 November 2021
The 2021 Dairy Symposium will be live online for the second year in a row. We can’t meet face to face this year, but we can take advantage of the technology and just ‘zoom it’.
Niall Blair appointed chair of Dairy UP
New collaborative dairy research and development program Dairy UP appoints former agriculture Minister Niall Blair as new Chairperson of its Steering and Advisory Board.
Dairy UP hits the ground running
Dairy Up – the new $16 million research, development and extension program is up and running.
The 5-year program which started in July 2021, is structured around 10 projects which collectively address improving on-farm productivity and profitability, de-risking the industry and developing new markets.
Researchers call for NSW dairy farmers
Dairy UP researchers are looking for NSW dairy businesses with good records to join its network of monitored dairy farms.
Program Leader, Professor Yani Garcia, said information collected on the monitored farms would contribute to Dairy UP’s two biggest projects which aim to unlock the potential of kikuyu pastures and unlock the potential of the dairy cow in intense feeding systems.
University of Sydney leads $16m NSW dairy recovery program
A new collaborative bushfire resilience project including government, the private sector and the University of Sydney, will apply research to future-proof the dairy industry, it was announced by Agriculture Ministers David Littleproud and Adam Marshall today.