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Publications

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ANNUAL REPORTS

  • Annual Report 2015 / Financial Report 2015
  • Annual Report 2014 / Financial Report 2014
  • Annual Report 2013 / Financial Report 2013
  • Annual Report 2012
  • Annual Report 2011
  • Annual Report 2010
  • Annual Report 2009
  • Annual Report 2008
  • Annual Report 2007
  • Annual Report 2006
  • Annual Report 2005
  • Annual Report 2004
  • Annual Report 2003

 

PROJECT REPORTS

  • MID Tracker Project final report Oct 11
  • SSDI Project Final Report Aug 11
  • Carbon Emissions Reduction Plan June 11
  • Managing Dairy Effluent Ponds Profitably Oct 08
  • Information sheet 5 Pasture response to Gibberellic Acid & Nitrogen Fertiliser Dec 09

 

MEDIA RELEASES

  • O’Briens’ dairy success
  • $5,000 for Macalister Demonstration farm study
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PUBLICATIONS

Our Publications page is regularly added to, so return here each month to download our newsletters, information sheets and our annual reports.

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NEWSLETTERS

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Information Sheeets

      • 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

 

 

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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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