Dairy R&D in SA

Discipline: environment; Keywords: Greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sinc, pasture-based dairy farms, soil carbon levels, soil health, biodiversity.

Discipline: quality; Keywords: Phosphate, Alizarol test, Psychrotropic bacteria, NIR, biofilms, gelation, UHT milk.

Discipline: calf rearing; Keywords: once or twice a day milk feeding, labour costs, health, mortality, rumen development.

Discipline: feeding; Keywords: concentrate feeding, milk yield, stocking rate, replacement, diminishing returns, gross margin.

Discipline: management; Keywords: KPI’s, TMR, breakeven milk yield, reproduction parameters, margin above feed costs.  

Discipline: environment; Keywords: GHG, nitrogen use efficiency, phosphorus, mixed pastures, soil health.

Discipline: lameness; Keywords: claw health, dirt lot, free stall, sole ulcer, white line.

Discipline: crossbreeding; Keywords: milk production, adaptability, Nguni, veld supplementation, suckling, temperament.

Discipline: genomic assessment; Keywords: homozygosity, pedigree-based inbreeding, dairy breeds, Dairy Genomics Program.

Discipline: selection; Keywords: female fertility, service records, pedigree data, genetic evaluations.