3727 research projects
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Nature Positive Farming
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
This project advances AWI’s Woolmark+ strategy by operationalising a set of science-based, nature positive farming (NPF) metrics to help woolgrowers demonstrate environmental performance while maintaining profitability. In partnership with Farming for the Future, it will harmonise metrics with existing certification schemes, build grower and certification body capability, and pilot reporting...
12 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Macdoch Foundation Ltd
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Mozzie Mapping
Dairy Australia
Vector-borne diseases such as pinkeye and Theileria, along with gastrointestinal parasites, cause significant health and production losses, and reports indicate their geographical and seasonal occurrence is increasing in Australia. To address this, the project proposes creating a seasonal outlook service to identify high-risk periods, enabling farmers to take targeted preventative...
1 Feb 2025 - 30 Dec 2025
Victoria, Australia
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Ruminal Acidosis and In-Feed Antimicrobials
Dairy Australia
This project addresses three key drivers: optimizing herd productivity by preventing subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA), which affects 8–12% of Australian dairy cows; providing evidence to support the industry’s commitment to antimicrobial stewardship under the Australian Dairy Sustainability Framework amid growing media scrutiny; and protecting trade with the EU by ensuring...
25 Jun 2025 - 30 Dec 2026
Victoria, Australia
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Gipps Dairy - Rethinking Q Fever
Dairy Australia
Dairy Australia seeks to strengthen collaboration with RDPs and maximize Commonwealth matching funds for RD&E projects. GippsDairy has secured external funding to deliver a Q Fever prevention project from FY24–FY27 and requests matching support to expand it nationally. Q Fever is a preventable disease posing serious health risks to agricultural...
7 Jan 2025 - 30 Jun 2027
Victoria, Australia
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Climate Change Adaptation for Dairy Farmers
Dairy Australia
This project addresses low farmer awareness and capability to manage climate-related risks by providing actionable information to support productivity challenges, in line with the Climate Domain Strategy. Building on the Climate Change Adaptation National Framework completed in October 2024, which outlines likely challenges for dairy businesses into the 2050s, the...
1 Oct 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
Victoria, Australia
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DataConnect Expansion
Dairy Australia
This project aims to accelerate Dairy Australia’s investment in DataGene through matching pass-through funds to support DataConnect, an initiative designed to overcome challenges farmers face in exchanging and integrating data by linking farm data to the Central Data Repository (CDR). Connecting data to the CDR enables farmers to make informed,...
8 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Victoria, Australia
Research project
Odour from Dairy Farm Systems
Dairy Australia
The Australian livestock sector lacks odour emission data for dairy farms, relying only on limited data from pig farms and cattle feedlots. With the trend toward larger herds and intensive systems such as freestall and loose housing, there is an urgent need to establish an industry-specific dataset to validate predictive...
1 Apr 2025 - 30 Jun 2027
Victoria, Australia
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Farm Environmental Tracker D&E
Dairy Australia
This project aims to finalise the development of the Farm Environmental Tracker extension approach, including online modules and supporting resources, and embed it as the industry standard for measuring and improving on-farm environmental practices. The program will help farmers enhance their environmental performance or showcase existing good practices to leverage...
15 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
Victoria, Australia
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Intensive Farm System Monitoring
Dairy Australia
The objective of this project is to extend the longitudinal research, by 2 years, (taking the analysis period to a total of 9 years) to better inform dairy farmers who are adapting their production systems towards intensive farm systems (zero-grazing), and service providers, of the operational impacts and practices that...
1 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
Victoria, Australia
Research project
Managing Farm Costs
Dairy Australia
Farm Business Snapshot (FBS) is a practical tool designed to help farmers understand their cost of production by providing an accessible entry point to business analysis compared to DairyBase, enabling users to assess historical performance, compare cash and profit positions against regional benchmarks, and identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities to...
1 Sep 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
Victoria, Australia