Lillie Smith says her DemoDAIRY Foundation scholarship helped cover training costs.
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There aren’t many dairy cows on the streets of London, but former Londoner Lillie Smith has found her calling in life on a dairy farm at Ecklin South in south-west Victoria.
Ms Smith, 26, arrived in Australia on a backpacking holiday five years ago with partner Ethan Brown.
Working on a banana farm at Cairns was their first taste of the country’s farming system, but Ms Smith wanted to give dairy farming a go.
“The banana farm was very different and we came to love the farming lifestyle,” she said.
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Ecklin South farmer Michael Krybolder.
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Dairy farmers looking to maximise home-grown feed production and utilisation are invited to attend one of two upcoming courses.
The industry renowned Feeding Pastures For Profit (FPFP) returns this year and will again provide the foundation for best pasture and feeding management.
Participants will learn how to improve farm profit by growing the maximum quantity of high-quality pasture, along with using purchased feeds appropriately to further drive profitability.
Ecklin South farmer, Michael Krybolder completed FPFP when he returned to the family farm two years ago.
Mr Krybolder still uses the information he learned from the course every day to help make informed feeding decisions for his 450-cow herd.