DAF Dairy Team

Kylie Dennis

Mark Bauer

Principle Extension Officer
B.App.Sc(Rural Technology)

Professional Experience

Mark has been involved in a range of agricultural industries, especially intensive production systems, for the last 25 years. Mark’s areas of interest are farm risk and business management, cow comfort, housing and adaption, feed base development, improvement and implementation at the farm level and differential feeding systems.

Amy Anstis

Amy Anstis

Research Scientist,
B Agr Sc (Hon)

Professional Experience

Amy has more than 13 years experience in research and extension particularly within the nutritional management field. Amy is involved in managing demonstration sites.

 

 

Alicia Richters

Marcelo Benvenutti

Research Scientist
PhD Animal Husbandry
M Science Ruminant Nutrition

Professional Experience

Marcelo has 25 years of research experience in Australia and Argentina. During the past 5 years, Marcelo has primarily worked on feedbase research and development. This included the development of grazing management strategies to increase both pasture intake and utilisation. Marcelo’s work also has included the development of forage management strategies to improve yield and quality of crops for silage in the context of water use efficiency.

Wendy Wallen

Anthony Cootes

Technical Officer
Dip Agriculture

Professional Experience

Anthony works with the team to make sure trial work, such as the summer demonstration trial, get done.  He is also involved with the dairy beef project and can be regularly found taking soil samples.

Jo Shorj

Kieran Ison

Senior Scientist – Dairy Farm Business Management, QDAS
B Ag Science

Professional Experience

Kieran is developing subtropical feeding systems by conducting and analysing trials into the effect of varying ration and grazing intake in a PMR diet. He is also involved in the data analysis of summer and winter forage demonstrations. 

Ross Warren

Ross Warren

Senior Extension Officer
B Agr Sc (Hon)

Professional Experience

Ross is a Dairy Extension officer being involved in all facets of dairy research and extension in Qld and northern NSW for the past 24 years. He is involved in the C4Milk and Resilient Farms projects.

 

 

Ray Murphy

Joanna Srhoj

Dairy Development Officer
B Ag Science
M Agribusiness

Professional Experience

Jo is based in north Queensland where she has many roles in the dairy industry.  She is facilitating a dairy discussion group, working to increase pasture intake and supporting north Queensland extension efforts.

Ros DÁddona

Ros DÁddona

Farm Business Resilience Program

Professional Experience

Ros is a part-time Dairy Extension Officer working mainly throughout the Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley regions. Her main role is working with dairy farmers to develop their Farm Business Resilience Plans, part of the Queensland Government Drought Assistance program.

Wendy Wallen

Wendy Wallen

Operational Officer

Professional Experience

Wendy has been part of the dairy team for 10 years, at first providing administrative support and now as an operational officer. Wendy provides operational support to the many forage trials and experiments, animal experiments and other dairy activities.