Dairy Nutrients

The Dairy Nutrient Extension Team can provide the dairy farmer with advice on: 

• Effluent management
• Nutrient management
• Soil management

Contacts:

The Gippsland Team's brochure is: Nutrient management extension in Gippsland: Working with farmers towards healthy waterways

Guidelines for Victorian Dairy Feedpads and Freestalls

Effluent Resources

DPI Information Notes on Effluent Management are available for downloading from the DPI Victoria website.

Management of dairy effluent: 2008 DairyGains Victorian Guidelines.

DairyGains (Dairy, Government and Industry Nutrient Strategy) is an on-farm dairy effluent project. These guidelines were developed to unify information of dairy effluent management.

DairyGains is a partnership of the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV), Australian Dairy Products Federation (ADPF), the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the Environmental Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)