Ellinbank webinars return

The Ellinbank seminar series will be presented via webinar with the first of the series scheduled for tomorrow.

The road to improved nutrient use efficiency for a contemporary dairy industry will be the focus of tomorrow’s webinar.

Agriculture Victoria senior research scientist Cameron Gourley will present the webinar looking at nutrient management.

Nutrient management continues to be a high priority for both production and environmental performance on Australian dairy farms.

As dairy production systems intensify, increased cow numbers result in greater reliance on imported feed and fertiliser, causing larger nutrient fluxes, greater GHG emissions, and lower nutrient use efficiency.

Increased animal densities can also mean excessive nutrient loads from excreta and an increasing proportion of manure requiring collection, storage and land application.

In this seminar, nutrient flows at the farmand within-farm scale will be presented, emphasising recent research outcomes quantifying nitrogen and carbon losses from dairy cow manure and demonstrating improved nutrient management can lead to improved productivity and environmental outcomes.

The webinar will be held at 12.30.

Upcoming webinars include:

July 1 – Dairy extension officer Maria Rose – The biosecurity plan builder: promoting uptake of biosecurity planning amongst Victorian dairy farmers.

July 15 – Research scientist Anna Thomson Multispecies forages as alternatives to perennial ryegrass: beyond white clover.