Ms Notter will investigate the key factors affecting dairy farmers’ uptake of information to maintain a profitable business in an environment characterised by variations in price, climate, and cost of production.

She hopes her research in Ireland, China, India, Brazil, Argentina and Chile will identify potential new management practices and insights to herd size, exports, trading, subsidies and tariffs that can be applied to boost profits for Australian dairy farmers.

Nuffield Australia said the drive for a more sustainable Victorian agricultural sector was evident in the research to be undertaken by next year’s Victorian Nuffield scholars.

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