‘Dairy Science 2006’: a perspective of likely benefits to farmers from new technologies and learning approaches
P. T. DoylePrimary Industries Research Victoria (PIRVic), Department of Primary Industries, Kyabram Centre, 120 Cooma Road, Kyabram, Vic. 3620, Australia. Email: Peter.Doyle@dpi.vic.gov.au
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 47(9) 1059-1063 https://doi.org/10.1071/EA06262
Submitted: 5 September 2006 Accepted: 19 September 2006 Published: 6 August 2007
Abstract
The dairy industry is an important rural industry and confers significant social and economic benefits to Australia. The future prospects of the dairy industry will depend on making productivity gains to counteract declining terms of trade at the farm level. The ‘Dairy Science 2006’ symposium featured plenary papers on platform technologies forecast to deliver large gains in farm productivity, on a national project designed to accelerate adoption of technologies and on functional foods. This paper summarises the potential benefits this research and development might offer to the dairy industry, and the time it might take to realise these benefits.
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