Prof Danny Donaghy

Contact details

• Ph: 85112
  Location: 2.29, AgHort B
  Campus: Turitea

Research Interests

pasture agronomy and physiology

grazing management

dairy farm systems

international dairy development

Thematics

Future Food Systems

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences (070000): Agriculture, Land and Farm Management (070100): Agronomy (070302): Crop and Pasture Biochemistry and Physiology (070303): Crop and Pasture Nutrition (070306): Crop and Pasture Production (070300): Farming Systems Research (070107)

Keywords

pasture

grazing

dairy

systems

Consultancy

• Sept-Oct 2005 - Best-fed Chile
  developed and ran workshops with consultants, presented at field days with Chilean farmers and agribusiness
• Aug 2013 - Intelact Ltd
  presented at annual industry conference, developed and ran workshops with consultants, presented at field days with farmers and agribusiness

Courses Coordinated

• 283.301 Pasture Production and Practice

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• Sam Wilson - Doctor of Philosophy
  Investigating the impact of abiotic stresses on the ability of plantain to reduce nitrogen losses from pastoral systems.
• Priyanath Jayasinghe Mudiyanselage - Doctor of Philosophy
  Investigating Tropical Forages to Improve Dairying in the Tropics
• Sagara Yapa Hetti Pathirennehelage - Doctor of Philosophy
  Investigating reproduction and nutritional interactions of dairy cows

Co-supervisor of:

• Athanas Ngou - Doctor of Philosophy
  Evaluation of the Causes of Infertility in Dairy Cattle in Tanzania
• Bia Anchao Oliveira - Doctor of Philosophy
  Species diversity in pastures as a tool that provides pasture stability persistence and defoliation flexibility
• Pablo Dominguez Martinez - Doctor of Philosophy
  Integration of different grass species, as a strategy to reduce seasonality and increase stability and persistance of pastures.
• Nguyen Truong Thi Nguyen - Doctor of Philosophy
  Effect of plantain on milk production and nitrate leaching by dairy cows
• Javier Garcia Favre - Doctor of Philosophy
  Agricultural function of Bromus valdivianus as part of New Zealand grazing systems
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• Ivan Ordonez Vasquez - Doctor of Philosophy
  Pursuing pasture sustainability through species with different functional traits and soil-plant-water interactions
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Completed Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

• 2020 - Stacey Hendriks - Doctor of Philosophy
  Behavior changes in grazing dairy cows during the transition period are associated with risk of disease

Co-supervisor of:

• 2019 - Martin Ladislao Correa Luna - Doctor of Philosophy
  Dietary crude protein and nitrogen utilisation in two contrasting dairy systems
• 2016 - Jeerasak Chobtang - Doctor of Philosophy
  Appraisal of the environmental sustainability of milk production systems in New Zealand