Dairy

Environment

“I’ll never forget the first iceberg we saw”

Animal scientist Dr Kristy DiGiacomo switched goats for penguins when she travelled to Antarctica as part of a global women in STEMM leadership program

Sciences & Technology

Safeguarding Australia’s dairy herd

New University of Melbourne research aims to develop a vaccine for Mycoplasma bovis mastitis - one of dairy’s major problems - using CRISPR technology.

Environment

Helping dairy cows to beat the heat

Heat stress is a key issue for the dairy industry, but some strategies may help to reduce the negative impacts on dairy cows and increase the resilience and sustainability of the industry

Sciences & Technology

Making milk powder less energy intensive

A new pilot study demonstrates the potential to use a cheese by-product to concentrate skim milk, reducing the energy required in dairy powder production

Sciences & Technology

Tricking our tongues: Creating guilt-free cheese

What have sound waves got to do with dairy fat content? It turns out it’s all in the mixing

Sciences & Technology

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Under the Microscope

Meet the cow whisperer

Kenny Oluboyede’s serendipitous journey from rural Nigeria to the University of Melbourne’s robotic research dairy in Dookie has made him the University’s own cow whisperer

Sciences & Technology

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Go Figure

Silage: Rocket-fuel for cows

Smelly, pickled grass wrapped in plastic is actually a super food for cows. Silage is full of goodness, but it also gives farmers an extra tool for managing resources

Environment

Dairy’s (climate) changing future

The dairy industry is adaptive by nature, but farmers are likely to face a range of new challenges due to the ever-increasing impact of climate change

Health & Medicine

Eating supplements cannot beat the real thing

The form that food takes when we ingest it plays a key role in how well we absorb its nutrients