Dairy
Dairying and Drought
A Management Guide covering animal welfare, financial considerations, feeding & water requirements and drought recovery.
IN THIS SECTION
- Fodder production & animal nutrition
Pasture establishment and management, fodder conservation, feed rations, cost calculator, ration analysis, drought feeding and research results. - Health and disease
Internal and external parasites, poisoning, diseases and disorders of cattle. - Herd management
Rearing calves, handling, milk harvesting and drought management. - Welfare
Animal welfare during drought, transport accidents, humane destruction, and Standard Operating Procedures for the use of cattle in research and teaching. - People on dairy farms
Engaging and managing staff, employers responsibilities and requirements, finding staff, relief milkers and other human resources information. - Business management
Business analysis, shed management and accounting information. - Natural resource management
Calculators for irrigation and soil/water management, environmental self-assessment tools, catchment management projects. - Research
The Animal Production research unit carries out research to further improve animal production efficiences in NSW. - FutureDairy 2
This research and extension program is a collaborative dairy program that involves I & I NSW, Sydney University, Dairy Australia and industry partner De Laval in world class feed base systems approaches and innovative technologies for Australian dairy farms. Management Guidelines 2010 - for pasture-based AMS farms has recently been published by the FutureDairy 2 program. - Dairy pathways project
A partnership between NSW DPI and Dairy Australia to deliver extension activities to improve dairy business performance whilst enhancing the physical, environmental and social sustainability of the industry. - Contacts
Contact details for NSW DPI staff. - Podcasts
- Links
Links to key industry organisations and information.
Dairy podcasts
Dairy podcasts contain a range of interviews on subjects important to the NSW dairy industry.
Dairy News
A quarterly newsletter covering industry news and events.
Dairypathways
The Dairypathways project is a partnership between NSW DPI and Dairy Australia. It aims to deliver extension activities and tools to improve dairy business performance.
Recent News Releases
PROfarm courses
- Dairy people focus groups - one day course
- Dairy people focus groups - three day course
- People in dairy focus groups - improving people productivity on a dairy farm
- Feeding the milk business
- Working with people in dairy - professional development in human resource management for dairy advisers
- Managing pasture for profit