February 28th, 2023

Megan Verdon UTAS (L) and Laura Field AWSC (R) at Australian Dairy Conference

Laura was one of 5 finalists in the Young Scientist competition to present to 600 people at the Australian Dairy Conference, which included a scientific abstract, media article, poster and 6 minute presentation to the delegates, and involved a day's presenter training too. As part of that she had a very quick interview with ABC radio which aired on Country Hour.

She presented data on social interactions experienced by my experimental heifers in an integration test where they mixed with multiparous cows for the first time, and there was a lot of farmer interest in improving early-life experiences through considering the behavioural and social needs of calves which was great!