Leaving the ocean to find a new way of life in dairy
Growing up in Ocean Grove, Audrey Kottek knew very little about Australia’s dairy industry and certainly had no inkling of working in it. Today, Audrey has exchanged the sandy beaches of the tourist town for the rolling hills of Korumburra...
Read moreForage Value Index worth investigating for dairy farmers
Dairy farmers who have chosen to renovate perennial pastures this autumn are encouraged to use Dairy Australia's Forage Value Index (FVI) to select the right ryegrass for their farm and ensure they are making the best decisions for the year...
Read morePandemic training reignites passion for biosecurity
In November 2019, with support from Gardiner Dairy Foundation, Amabel Grinter travelled to Nepal for an Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) training program with the European Commission for the control of Foot and Mouth Disease (a division of the Food...
Read moreDairyBio finding pasture and animal solutions
Helping dairy farmers to produce more fertile, productive and healthy herds is the impetus behind DairyBio, a $60 million bio-science innovation initiative of Dairy Australia, the Victorian government and the Gardiner Foundation. The DairyBio team works in purpose-built facilities at...
Read moreCommunity Grants Project Visits
In early February, Gardiner Dairy Foundation joined the Foundation for Rural and Regional renewal (FRRR) to deliver workshops on how to successfully apply for community grants. We visited the communities of Foster, Peterborough and Numurkah. Whilst in the regions, we...
Read moreDairy Leaders Lunch Panel Presentation (2020)
We were delighted to welcome Gardiner Nuffield Scholar for 2017, Brendan Hehir, to participate in the Project Presentations at the 2020 Dairy Leaders Luncheon. Brendan manages the family farm at Wyuna in Northern Victoria. Brendan’s study topic was international business...
Read moreCritical Conversations: Mastering the art of a difficult conversation (2020)
More than 100 dairy people of all ages and occupations came together on 19 February for the annual Gardiner Foundation Dairy Leaders Luncheon at Collins Events Centre. Keynote speaker, Anneli Blundell, got straight to the heart of the matter confronting...
Read moreRoss Anderson
Ross Anderson receive the Gardiner Foundation ARLP scholarship and will participate in Course 27 commencing in June. Ross is a dairy farmer/share farmer at Anderlea Pastoral Company in Victoria, a Director of Gippsdairy Board and Chairman of HICO Australia. For...
Read moreLeading the way for Mitta Valley farmers
Laura Sutherland loved the freedom of growing up on a dairy farm and wants to give her children the same experience. Laura was raised on a family dairy farm and now lives on the runoff property, five minutes from the...
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