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Dairy industry dinner highlights success
On March 20, the inaugural Tasmanian Dairy Industry Dinner, organised by DairyTas, was held in Ulverstone.
Meisha wins Young Scientist Communication Award
TIA PhD student, Meisha Holloway-Phillips, has won the 2012 Young Scientist Communication Award.
Make most of science, dairymen told
RESEARCH and development must be treated seriously, according to CSIRO chairman Simon McKeon.
Dairy Projects website launched
A website has been launched to feature tools and information for the dairy industry.
Funding provided by the Tasmanian State Government through this merger allows us to build on our past strengths and also explore new opportunities, increasing our capacity to provide research, development and extension of an international calibre.
The Dairy Centre maintains a close working relationship with Dairy Australia and DairyTas. The centre receives support from Dairy Australia and DairyTas to distribute Tassie Dairy News to dairy farmers throughout Tasmania. They also fund specific research, industry development and extension work carried out by the TIA Dairy Centre.
The Centre’s areas of work include:
- Feed production – the production and consumption of pasture crops, grazing and harvesting management, water use efficiency and nutrient requirements.
- The factors affecting milk production – supplementary feeding, feed conversion, body tissue mobilisation, milking frequency, genetic merit and developmental epigenetic effects.
- Management of the dairy environment – synchronisation of fertiliser use with weather conditions, plant demands and soil properties, nutrient budgeting and management, and improvement of catchment water quality.
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More information about the operations of the Dairy Centre can be found at the Tasmanian Dairy Projects website.
The TIA Dairy Research Facility at Elliott is a fully-operational 320-head dairy farming operation and is home to structured experiments based on a wide range of key industry issues.