Australian Dairies Turn to Chemical Engineers

摘要

CHEMICAL ENGINEERS will play a pivotal role in ensuring the ongoing success of one of Australia's largest industries following a grant awarded to a major research center there that focuses on Australia's dairy industry. Australia's national dairy herd of 1.6 million cows produces just shy of 10 million liters (2.6 million gallons) of milk a year. According to Dairy Australia, Southbank, Victoria, this is worth A$4 billion at the farm gate or A$12 billion at wholesale. (The Australian dollar currently is at parity with the U.S. dollar.) With 40,000 employees, dairy production is the country's third largest rural industry.