Gardiner Dairy Foundation fosters an understanding of the challenge of feeding the world by supporting delegates to attend Australia’s leading food security event at Parliament House in Canberra. Bringing the global food crisis home Each year the Crawford Fund hosts...

This three year project took place between 2010 and 2013 to improve best practice for hygiene protocols in dairy factories. Practical implications for stakeholders The microbial safety of dairy products is a fundamental requirement. The detection of pathogens in dairy...

Practical implications for stakeholders In order to make the manufacturing process of milk powders more efficient, this project aimed to better understand the relationship between milk functionality and farming factors. High quality milk powders require milk with appropriate heat stability...

Practical implications for stakeholders Artificial Insemination (AI) conception rates are declining and delayed ovulation is occurring more often in high producing dairy cows.  Fertility is highest in the window of 0-16 hours before ovulation and a recent study revealed that...

The project integrates new mastitis research with extension need in Australia by examining the links between improved pre-milking hygiene and reduced mastitis risk. Practical implications for stakeholders A reduction in mastitis increases a farm’s milk production and cow health, while...

In 2003 the Gardiner Dairy Foundation partnered with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) to initiate the ‘Working in Dairy Communities’ small grants program. It assists small communities in the dairy regions of Victoria with grants of up...

Gardiner Dairy Foundation supports thought leadership and innovation in the dairy industry by funding eminent international agricultural leaders to visit Australia and speak with dairy farmers, politicians and decision-makers. Connecting Australian dairy with International thought leaders Gardiner Dairy Foundation has...

MITI partners multidisciplinary student teams from Monash University with leading Australian and international dairy processors to design innovative solutions to real issues in dairy manufacturing. MITI is Gardiner Dairy Foundation’s major investment in the post-farm gate space. Connecting the dairy...

Gippsland dairy farmer Graeme Nicoll was awarded the Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarship in 2010, sponsored by Gardiner Dairy Foundation. Graeme, along with his wife Gillian, owns and operates a 240ha dairy business at Fish Creek in Gippsland, Victoria. They milk...

Jamie Snell, from Merrigum in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, received the Nuffield scholarship supported by Gardiner Dairy Foundation in 2006. Lifetime of dairyfarming sparks curiosity Jamie and his wife Anne both have a lifetime background in dairying, and...