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Information Sheets

  • Information Sheet 1 – SSDI 2009 Season Update May 09
  • Information Sheet 2 – Attacking the Mastitis Problem July 09
  • Information Sheet 3 – Optimum Soil Moisture for Maximum Pasture Growth
  • Information Sheet 4 – Agriculture and the CPRS Aug 09
  • Information Sheet 5 – Carbon emissions at the MDF Information Sheet Aug 09
  • Information Sheet 6 – 2008-09 Season at a Glance Oct 09
  • Information sheet 7 – Pasture response to Gibberellic Acid & Nitrogern Fertilizer Dec 09
  • Information Sheet 8 – SSDI 2010 Season Update May 10
  • Information Sheet 9 – Carbon Farming Initiative May 11
  • Information Sheet 10 – Refrigeration heat Extraction June 11
  • Information Sheet 11 – A story of improved productivity & profitability Feb 2012
  • Information Sheet 13 – The Solar Dairy Oct 2018
  • Information Sheet 14- Spinner Cuts June 2020http://macalisterdemonstrationfarm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Information-Sheet-14-MDF-Spinner-Cuts-June-2020.pdf

 

Latest Publications

The MDF IoT Project: Introduction

December 29, 2020 By MDF

MDF Fortnightly Update 533

December 29, 2020 By MDF

MDF Fortnightly Update 532

December 29, 2020 By MDF

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The Macalister Demonstration Farm, formerly the Macalister Research Farm, is a farmer-owned co-operative established on April 13th 1960. A collaboration between dairy farmers of the MID and the Department of Agriculture at Maffra resulted in the … Read More

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