Subtropical Dairy Organisational Structure

The size and spread of the Subtropical Dairy area has led to the establishment of the Subregional Teams. Each team can focus on issues specific to their own region and farming systems.

The Subregional Teams propose their own projects. These along with other major projects that Subtropical Dairy is investigating are assessed by the Technical Advisory Group, a fairly informal group that can lend scrutiny to methodologies prior to the project being approved.

Business aspects of the organisation are managed by the Management Committee and the entire organisation is overseen by the Board, which is comprised of farmer members.

Partnerships
Subtropical Dairy works with a number of bodies to add value to its projects. These include:

• Department of Primary Industries
• University of Queensland
• NSW Dept of Agriculture
• The Tropical Dairy Research Centre
• The Qld Dairyfarmers Organisation
• The NSW Farmers Association
• Pauls Limited
• Dairyfarmers
• Norco

Subtropical Dairy Mission
"The Subtropical Dairy Program fosters a collaborative and unified approach to farm viability, by facilitating research and extension, improving technology and empowering people in the industry."

Vision and theme into the future
"The subtropical dairy industry is a profitable, sustainable and market focussed industry practicing responsible resource management and offering a fulfilling lifestyle to adaptable professional people."

The Theme is -
"Subtropical dairying - with a future".

Goals

• Productivity: To achieve annual increases in on-farm productivity of 3% by 2010."
• Natural Resource Management: To have regionally defined, nationally consistent targets for natural resource management and animal welfare by 2002 and these targets achieved by 2010.
• Human Resources: To have 50% of farm owners/operators and managers achieve Level 6 competency, and 50% of farm workers achieve Level 3 competency by 2010.
  

Reveiw the full Subtropical Dairy Strategic Plan

9 June, 2004

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