The following are recent events at DemoDAIRY. Click on the `Read More' links to see the complete articles.
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Sunday, 5 September 2010 A new program has been launched at DemoDAIRY to showcase adaptation strategies that will help south-west dairy farmers combat climate variability. The Future Ready Dairy Systems project will...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 Guest speaker at the July Farmer Forum was Paul Douglas – Business Development Manager from Genetics Australia. Paul spoke on the advantages of ‘GENESCREEN’ for building a profitable robust herd...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 2 June 2010 Kevin Kelly, Senior Agronomist with the Department of Primary Industries, gave an informative talk at the monthly farm walk session on June 2 on his research into the mitigation of...  READ MORE
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Monday, 10 May 2010 A workshop was held at DemoDAIRY in April 23 as the conclusion to a south-west dairy nutrient management project. Dairy farmers in south-west Victoria have saved money and...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 28 April 2010 Dairy Australia's recently appointed managing director Ian Halliday inspected DemoDAIRY during hius first visit to the south-west. Mr Halliday also attended the Great South West Dairy Awards while in the...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 14 April 2010 DemoDAIRY on April 14 hosted an outside broadcast by Ace Radio (Coast FM/3YB) as part of promotions for the upcoming Great South West Dairy Awards. DemoDAIRY project manager Louise...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 7 April 2010 Graeme Ward DPI and Alex Goudy DPI in the maize crop at DemoDAIRY which has had one application of second pond effluent before the seed was planted. No fertiliser was...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 3 March 2010 The March farm walk heard from guest speaker Trevor Waterfield from the Commonwealth Bank who presented a CBA Markets Update. Trevor explained how business confidence in Australia was bouncing back, largely because...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 3 February 2010 Farm safety was the topic for the latest DemoDAIRY farm walk on February 3. Daniel McConville, Safety and Risk Consultant from CGU gave a demonstration on CGU’s Risk Radar. He...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 6 January 2010 Participants in the January farm walk inspect some of the non-native grasses on the farm. At our first farm walk for 2010, STIPA Native Grasses Association CEO Graeme Hand...  READ MORE
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Tuesday, 8 December 2009 Photos from the launch of the Virtual DemoDAIRY on December 8. 3D visualisations of how climate change may impact on farms in south west Victoria and DemoDAIRY in particular...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 On Wednesday November 4, Dr Joe Jacobs was guest speaker at the monthly DemoDAIRY Farm Walk for dairy farmers and farm employees. The walk began with morning tea and then...  READ MORE
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 The DemoDAIRY annual meeting was held on October 28, with chairman Tim Bligh being returned to the position. Michael Spitse was elected as the new vice-chairman after Bryan Dickson... READ MORE
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 Guest speakers at the DemoDAIRY farm walk on October 7 were Bill O’Shea and Rick Mansbridge from Direct Seed (revegetation and seed supply specialists) and the day was run in...  READ MORE
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Wednesday, 2 September 2009 David Lewis from Quality Silage Systems was guest speaker at this month's DemoDAIRY Farm Walk. More than 20 dairy farmers and employees took part in the discussion and then...  READ MORE
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Monday, 17 August 2009 On Wednesday August 5 2009, DemoDAIRY conducted its monthly Farm Walk for dairy farmers and farm employees. The walk began with morning tea followed by guest speaker Richard Gloyne (Drain Tech)...  READ MORE
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Monday, 27 July 2009 The Grassland Society of Southern Australia visited DemoDAIRY on July 17 as part of its annual bus tour. Members of the Society inspected several projects underway on our farm and...  READ MORE
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