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Subtropical Dairy Projects
Projects just completed:
- Perennial grass development (Lowe - Mutdapilly)- New sp of Fescue,
Rye etc.
- Managing concentrate inputs (Moss - Mutdapilly) - Efficient use of
supplements.
- Dairying Better n' Better I (Gramshaw)- Better management practice
(nrm).
- Regenerating old cropping soils on D'Downs (Chataway).
- Sub Regional Teams - small project examples;
- Neospora abortion - NQ
- Maize particle size - FNC
- Pasture evaluation trials - MNC
- Brassica trials FNC
- Mutdapilly visits - CQ, SEQ, Burnett
- Young people seminar - FNC
- NZ Tour - MNC, FNC
- Chicken manure fertilizer recommendations
Current Projects:
Large Projects:
- Milk Business - Business management for future dairy enterprises.
- Tick - Fungal Control - QDPI - Ongoing research.
- Farmlets - Mutdapilly - Comparing farming systems.
- Dairying Better n Better II - Improving uptake of better management
practice.
- TopFodder, InCalf , CowTime, Countdown Downunder.
- Dairyinfo.biz - dairy information website.
- Milk Protein % - Extension to farmers soon.
- Heat stress & nutrition - Wollongbar - Ongoing research.
- Tropical legume seed viability & management - To reduce cost of
production.
Small Projects:
- Ration formulation & Feed libraries - NQ, SEQ, CQ
- Dung Beetle workshops -SEQ, FNC
- Temperature/humidity and reproduction - NQ
- Labour management workshops - Combined SRT
- Heifer mastitis at calving - SEQ
- Vaccination programs - SEQ
- SRT Newsletters
- Farm success stories - FNC
New Projects
Large Projects in development:
- Tick Training projects - Increase adoption of better management practices.
- Tick Genetic Markers - Identify & breed resistant Holsteins and
Jerseys.
- Dairy NRM project coordinator - Coordinate NRM projects/groups across
Qld.
- Developing NRM targets - Industry to define on-farm NRM targets.
- Lameness & InCalf extension - To be delivered soon.
- Mentor program - To provide mentors for young/new farmers.
Small Projects in development:
- Soil mapping - FNC
- Rubber matting laneways - NQ
- New buffalo fly trap - Combined SRT
- Labour Management Workshops - Combined SRT
Visit each
Subregional team for a list of their projects
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