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
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
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