Site visit to Ellinbank Research Facility with Dr Cameron Gourley from Agriculture Victoria
16 May 2018
Outside pasture walk
Tour of the dairy and animal house chambers with
Prof Peter Moate, who discussed his field of
research of methane capture
High tech dairy milking station
Cameron Gourley in the lab discussing nutrient use
efficiency
Students were given an overview of the business
operation of Burra Foods before commencement of
the site visit
Bernie Harrison from Burra Foods conducted site visit
Cameron gave a high level presentation to the students covering global population explosion, demand for protein with less arable land and higher use of fertilisers. Synthetic protein likely to be the face of future. Participation was sought from the students during the session. The continuum of ‘soils, pasture, cows, milk, manure, and the environment’