Nutrition Fundamentals is a new course that has been delivered by Dairy Australia's regional teams since 2018.

It gives farmers an understanding of the basic nutritional requirements of cows, how nutrition affects profitability on-farm, how best to approach purchasing of feed and feed budgeting.

The course is a two-day or three-day program (depending on the region) which may also include an optional half day on a farm to discuss practical application of the learnings.

Nutrition Fundamentals is an ideal course for people who may wish to progress to doing the Advanced Nutrition in Action program.

• understand how the rumen works and problems that may occur
  

• understand nutrition terminology
  

• understand cow requirements in relation to performance
  

• understand the nutrients provided by different feeds
  

• use tools for feed & water budgeting