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Ruminal Acidosis and In-Feed Antimicrobials
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
Research project
Gipps Dairy - Rethinking Q Fever
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
Research project
Climate Change Adaptation for Dairy Farmers
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
Research project
DataConnect Expansion
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
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
Research project
Farm Environmental Tracker D&E
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
Research project
Intensive Farm System Monitoring
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
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
Research project
Dairy Farm Business Analysis refresh
The Dairy Farm Business Analysis (DFBA) course, developed in 2015 to teach farmers economic principles and introduce DairyBase, requires a major update after eight years. Based on feedback, the course needs refreshed materials, updated language, new case studies, and online content, along with a restructure to allow deeper topic engagement....
1 Sep 2024 - 1 Sep 2026
Victoria, Australia
Research project
FBM Co-development project with DairyNZ
Dairy Australia has a strong suite of farm business management tools, but there is a clear need for an industry-owned product offering advanced dairy-specific business management training. This product will strengthen the business culture of the dairy industry, complement rather than compete with generalist commercial offerings, and equip farmers to...
1 Mar 2025 - 30 Aug 2027
Victoria, Australia