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John Piltz
BSc, MRurSc
Position Livestock Research Officer (NSW DPI)
Adjunct Research Associate (CSU)
Location NSW Department of Primary Industries, Pine Gully Road, Wagga Wagga
Phone 02 6938 1839
Fax 02 6938 1809
Email john.piltz@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Career Brief
Mr Piltz completed a BSc degree in Wool and Pastoral Science in 1982. In 1984 he joined NSW DPI as a Technical Officer and worked on various forage conservation and feed evaluation research projects. He completed a MRurSc entitled ‘The digestibility of Australian maize silages’ during that time.
In 2003 Mr Piltz was appointed inaugural National Coordinator of the TopFodder Silage program, which promoted best-practice silage management to the dairy industry, and was subsequently extended to beef and sheep producers. Mr Piltz was a major author and co-editor of the internationally acclaimed publication ‘Successful Silage’ that was the major reference book for the the TopFodder Silage program. Successful Silage was translated in Chinese version and released in 2008. Mr Piltz was appointed to his current position of Livestock Research Officer in October 2005 and continues to conduct feed evaluation and forage conservation research. Since 2006 he has been involved with a project to increase dairy production in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Research
Research is focused around the role for conserved forages in sustaining Australian agriculture and improving productivity of livestock industries.
- Evaluation of cereal and cereal vetch forage crops for hay and silage production
- Evaluation of triticale/pea forage crops for hay and silage production
- Effect of ensiling on the viability of weed seeds; role as part of an integrated weed management system.
Interests
- Improved livestock production systems using better forage production and conservation
- Methods for evaluating livestock feeds
- The role for new legume species in mixed farming systems
Selected Publications
Piltz J, Rodham C, Walker J, Matthews P, Hackney B and Wilkins J (2011). Cereal based forage crops for hay and silage production. In ‘Grassland Farmers – Opportunities, Threats & Realities’ Proceeding of the NSW Grassland Society 26th Annual Conference, Bathurst, July, 2011.
Piltz J, Stanton R, Rodham C and Wu H (2011). Effect of ensiling on weed seed viability. In ‘Grassland Farmers – Opportunities, Threats & Realities’ Proceeding of the NSW Grassland Society 26th Annual Conference, Bathurst, July, 2011.
Piltz JW, Bailes KL, Clayton EH and Kaiser AG (2008). Reducing feedout losses due to aerobic spoilage (heating). Dairy Australia Project DAN 11905 - Final Report. NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga, May 2008, 28 pp.
Wilkins JW and Piltz JW (2008). Increasing milk production from cattle in Tibet. Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research project LPS/2002/104 – Final Report, June 2008, pp55.
Kaiser AG, Piltz JW, Burns HM and Griffiths NW (Eds) (2004) Successful Silage, 2nd ed.,ISBN 0 7347 1583 5 (NSW Department of Primary Industries and Dairy Australia) 419 pp.