THOMAS SNARE

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What if there was a way the dairy industry could respond to some consumer concerns about the treatment of dairy bull calves, and at the same time improve profitability for farmers? It’s a question 2015 Scholar Thomas Snare has been researching, looking at ways to market the already expanding dairy industry by rearing bull calves for beef consumption.

Mr Snare is a dairy farmer near Boat Harbour, while also being a farm manager at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture Dairy Research Facility for the University of Tasmania. He hopes the findings of his Nuffield Scholarship help to drive greater improvements on-farm, particularly in terms of utilising dairy bull calves, so as to ensure best practice and welfare standards across industry.

https://www.nuffield.com.au/thomas-snare-2015

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