Rumen8

Martin Staines and Richard Morris started development of Rumen8 while they worked for the Department of Agriculture Food, Western Australia.

SNV Kenya worked closely with the Rumen8 developers to improve Rumen8 so it could be used by dairy consultants and farmers across Kenya and East Africa.
SNV Uganda has provided funds to further improve Rumen8, particularly for their beef consultants and producers.
SNV Ethiopia has provided further funding to improve Rumen8 and create training material supporting trainers and users.

SNV is funded by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Dairy Australia and Western Dairy provided funding to improve Rumen8 and ensure it remained freely available for farmers.

The Victam Foundation have provided funding to make Rumen8 more suitable for users located in Africa.

Dr. Hink Perdok was instrumental in introducing Rumen8 in East Africa and provided essential guidance, quality control and training. He also helped secure funding, enabling Rumen8 and associated nutrition training to be delivered throughout East Africa.

The team at ProDairy EA led by Mr Jos Creemers has provided direction and support allowing Rumen8 and the associated nutrition training to be delivered to the industry across East Africa.

PUM experts have supported the delivery of Rumen8 and related nutrition training in many countries, particularly in East Africa.

Dr Steve Little provided invaluable input into the design and scope of Rumen8 version 3.0 as part of the development of the Dairy Australia Advanced Nutrition in Action course.