About Dairy Futures CRC

What is a CRC?

A CRC is a research partnership driven by end-users. It is set up to address clearly articulated, major challenges that require medium to long-term collaboration efforts. Each CRC’s focus is to deliver significant economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia.
 
 
 

Dairy Futures CRC

The Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is a large-scale partnership between dairy farmers, pasture and cattle breeding companies, government and researchers.

It continues a strong history of dairy industry and government investment in breakthrough technology, and will work with a broad range of new ‘bio’ sciences to deliver real gains for dairy farmers.

Investment ranges from new genetic technology, through to activities that best position each innovation to capture value at farm, factory and community levels. Improvements in pasture cultivars and breeding dairy cattle are expected to deliver $320 million in value for dairy farmers.

Dairy Futures CRC is an example of a truly integrated innovation project, and is the single largest research program for the Australian dairy industry.

Vision

Transformational genetic innovation in profitable use on Australian dairy farms

Structure

Dairy Futures CRC has a range of participants and project partners who represent end-user organisations, research organisations and commercial service providers.

Governance is provided by a Board of Directors that comprises a non-executive Chairman, five non-executive Directors and the CEO. The Board meets formally six times a year. More details are provided in the governance section.

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