Dairy 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...
Read moreProgram to help farmers achieve long-term goals
A new program from Dairy Australia is helping dairy farmers to document their long-term goals on a single page and put plans in place to achieve them. 'Our Farm, Our Plan' has been developed by Dairy Australia with support from...
Read moreSeven exceptional rural students receive Gardiner Dairy Foundation tertiary scholarships
Seven Tertiary Scholarships have been awarded to students from each of the major Victorian dairy regions who are commencing their first year of tertiary study in 2020. These students have demonstrated sound academic achievement, a commitment to further study and...
Read moreGrants to support Victorian dairy communities
Gardiner Dairy Foundation is once again partnering with FRRR to offer grants of up to $5,000 to not-for-profit groups to strengthen small Victorian dairy communities in Gippsland, Northern Victoria and South West Victoria with a total funding pool of $120,000....
Read moreShepparton scholarship recipient inspires young achievers
Despite growing up in Melbourne, a career in agriculture was always on the cards for Shepparton’s Harriet Bawden who hopes to inspire others to follow her footsteps. Harriet’s parents had a hobby farm near Colac, her uncle was a farmer...
Read moreDraft Australian Dairy Plan
For the first time, the key dairy organisations representing the whole industry supply chain have come together to form a single national plan with an agreed vision for success, commitments and initiatives. It is based on one of the largest...
Read morePredicting fertility of dairy cows a game changer
Agriculture Victoria research scientists have developed a model that can predict how likely a dairy cow is to conceive to first insemination with up to 77 per cent accuracy. The world-first research combines mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIR), which shines an infrared...
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