News GALLERY | Australian Dairy Conference By Jeanette Severs Feb 26, 2024 All originally from Colombia, Antonia Mesa a dairy farmer at Cooriemungle, Victoria, Andrews Spragge from Pacific Agri Supplies and Jorge Massa Plaza, a dairy farmer at Cooriemungle, were keen to catch up with guest speaker, Juan Moreno (second from left), CEO of STgenetics and visiting from the US. Reece Donhardt and Tom Vitkunas, dairy farmers at Nangkita Dairies P/L, Mt Compass, South Australia. Tom said his attendance at ADC 2024 was supported by Dairy SA. Dairy farmers Renata Cumming and Matt Grant from Grant Farms, Naringal, Victoria. Peter Dunstan and Nicola Smyth, both from Fonterra. Dairy farmers Ruth Kydd, Kydd Family Company, Myrtle Park, NSW; Michele Lawrence, Janefield Dairy, Meander, Tasmania; Trish Hammond, MPH Farming P/L, Labertouche, Victoria; and Ann Gardiner, M&A Gardiner, Bamawm, Victoria. MC for ADC 2024 Tom Newton, with Jeff Odgers from Shepparton, a director of DataGene. Celia Hobbs, a dairy farmer at Lockington and member of Fonterra Australia’s Suppliers’ Council, David Colson from Dairy Shelters Australia, and Fiona Kent, from Westpac, who is also a dairy farmer at South Purrumbete. Annelie Foskett from Swan Hill; with dairy farmers Sally Bethune, from Lake Boga, Victoria; and Lucy Collins, from Dixie Park, Victoria. Margot and Stephen Henty, dairy farmers from Henty Dairy Co, Cohuna, Victoria. Representing Lactalis Australia at ADC 2024 were Mal Carseldine (CEO), James Walshe, Jason Leeman (Noumi Ltd) and Glenn Geoghegan. Dairy farmers Ann Fitzgerald, from Warrina Farms, Tongala, Victoria, and Emma Miller, Riversdale dairy farm, Rochester, Victoria. Simon Craven, a dairy farmer at Terang in Victoria, with Paul Douglas from ST Genetics, and Sander Nijskens, Dairy Innovation Australia. Meg Nisbet and Lili Ravelo, of Heytesbury Stockfeeds. Darren Smart, Sara Sarkeshik, Shane Hargreaves and Allison Hall, all from Fonterra. Representing the European Dairy Federation was its chairman Sjoerd Ydema, a dairy farmer from Denmark, with Harper Kilpatrick, a dairy farmer from Koroit, south-west Victoria. By Jeanette Severs Contributor
News Robots future-proof farmingIt is nearly 12 months since a greenfield site on an existing family farm began operation as a robot dairy milking system. By Jeanette Severs
News Gallery | Robotic dairy on showDairy farmers arrived from as far afield as Germany, and as close as the neighbours next door, when the Vening family held on open day at their dairy farm at Hedley, South Gippsland, Victoria. By Jeanette Severs
News Genetics in polled positionAustralian dairy farmers will soon have access to the most genetically diverse and high-quality polled Holstein bulls ever. By Dairy News Australia
News Genetic gains are off the chartsSome Australian dairy farmers have made genetic gains of more than 200 per cent in recent years thanks to industry tools such as the genomic testing, the Balanced Performance Index, Good Bulls and sexed semen. By Dairy News Australia