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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Poultry Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

Department of Industry, Science, and Resources (DISR)

The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for all Australians.
  • Location

    Australia

  • Organisation type

    Government agency

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Forestry Fruits Game Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Vegetables
Organisation

The Northern Western Australia and Northern Territory Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub

The Northern Western Australia and Northern Territory Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub will be one of eight national Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs created as an initiative of the Future Drought Fund. The consortium of regional partners is committed to building the resilience and sustainable prosperity of rural industries and communities across the region.
  • Location

    Northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory

  • Organisation type

    Other

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cross industry Fruits Packaged food Vegetables
Organisation

LYRO Robotics

LYRO Robotics is solving the labour shortage in the food supply chain by creating robots that work. More than 60% of food is left to rot because they were unable to source labour.
  • Location

    Global

  • Organisation type

    Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Dairy Fruits Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Vegetables Wine Wool
Organisation

South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub

The South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SW WA Hub) is one of eight Hubs established around the country through the Australian Government’s $5 billion Future Drought Fund. It is led by the Grower Group Alliance (GGA), a Western Australian producer-led network that awarded an $8 million Australian Government investment to lead the Hub until at least 2024.
  • Location

    Western Australia

  • Organisation type

    Accelerator or Incubator, Investor, Industry body

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Honey bees Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Vegetables Wine Wool
Organisation

Grower Group Alliance

The Grower Group Alliance is a thriving state-wide network of over 60 local grower groups with a collective membership base exceeding 4,000 Western Australian farm enterprises operating across all sectors of the agriculture industry at all different levels of scale and purpose. GGA’s vision is a producer-led system of agricultural innovation, adoption and collaboration and GGA currently works within the agriculture ecosystem locally and nationally partnering in multiple R&D projects aligned to priorities of our stakeholders.
  • Location

    Western Australia

  • Organisation type

    Industry body

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Oilseeds Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed
Organisation

Main Sequence Ventures

Main Sequence Ventures aims to help Australia’s most ambitious deep tech founders build the industrial giants of tomorrow. Our …
  • Location

    Australia wide

  • Organisation type

    Investor

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Research project

Updating Shipping Route Data for the Heat Stress Risk Assessment (HSRA) Model

The current heat stress risk assessment (HSRA) model used when transporting livestock in ships relies on historical weather data for routes to port, but climatic conditions may vary. This project will deliver an updated data set of climatic conditions and variability on sailing routes to 63 ports, that will be fed into the HSRA model as it undergoes an upgrade.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    10 Sep 2021 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Beef cattle
Multiple technology areas
Automation Food processing technology Machinery & hardware Processing & packaging Robotics
Opportunity

Waterless knife sterilisation for meat processing plants

Opportunity for

  • Solution providers wanting to develop new solutions for sterilisation of knives and other tools for Australian red meat abattoirs. Participants may be: 
    • Wishing to brainstorm and evaluate (without substantially building) new approaches (this can be initially focussed and limited to knife sterilisation) 
    • Ready to build and evaluate designs for new approaches 
  • Led by

    Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Research partner, Field trial, Innovation challenge, Seeking solutions

  • Readiness
    Early (TRL 1-4)
    Describes the challenge or opportunity being pursued and undertakes preliminary R&D to determine if the concept is feasible.
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Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

FreshChain Systems Pty Ltd

FreshChain is a fully integrated, blockchain enabled, paddock to plate assurance system that verifies the food you eat. Consumers can scan a unique serialised QR code using any smartphone to learn about product provenance, pick and pack date, storage conditions, recipes, new varieties and other key information.
  • Location

    Global

  • Organisation type

    Industry consultant, Startup or Scaleup or SME

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Cross industry Fruits Poultry Vegetables
Organisation

ARECO

Created in 1998, ARECO is a French Food Tech, specialising in the performance of fresh food departments, in the service of the fight against food waste, the promotion of better eating and the preservation of the environment.
  • Location

    Global

  • Organisation type

    Corporate

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Pasture, fodder & feed Sheep & lamb
Multiple technology areas
Crop protection Input management Plant science
Research project

Management options and species evaluation to increase productivity in dieback affected pastures - PHASE II

Pasture dieback is a condition that causes the death of sown and native pastures by affecting plant health and function, reducing productivity. By continuing work to evaluate new practices for the control of pasture dieback, and feed options for livestock, this project will help ensure the productivity and profitability of red meat enterprises in affected regions of Queensland.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Sep 2021 -
    30 May 2023

  • Research organisation

    Applied Horticultural Research (AHR)

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Multiple technology areas
Alternative protein Food processing technology
Research project

Red Meat Protein Ingredient Opportunities

This project aims to identify new formats for red meat proteins and new occasions for their use, with a view to developing a red meat protein supplement/ingredient that excites consumers and new and existing product manufacturers.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Sep 2021 -
    29 Jan 2023

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Other rural industries Sheep & lamb
Data and AI
Research project

Data stocktake, analysis and implementation roadmap

Significant amounts of animal welfare and productivity data are collected through the livestock export supply chain, but is often managed …
  • Funded by

    LiveCorp

  • Project date

    1 Sep 2021 -
    1 Apr 2022

  • Research organisation

    KPMG Australia

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Game Sheep & lamb
Multiple technology areas
E-commerce & market platforms Traceability
Research project

Economic Analysis of Regulation in the Livestock Export Industry

Livestock exporters must adhere to substantial regulatory requirements set by the Australian government, and the cost of compliance impacts the …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    31 Aug 2021 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    LiveCorp

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Organisation

BlueMount Food and Agriculture

BlueMount Food and Agriculture, a subsidiary of BlueMount Capital (Vic) Pty Ltd, is the catalyst successfully linking investors and Australian food and agricultural businesses to create world class investment opportunities within the Australian food and agricultural sector.
  • Location

    Australia and global

  • Organisation type

    Investor, Industry consultant, Other

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Pork Vegetables Wine
Multiple technology areas
Automation Data and AI Food processing technology Harvest technology Imagery IoT & smart-farming Machinery & hardware Robotics Traceability
Opportunity

Rubens Technologies: Real time and non destructive fruit quality testing

Opportunity for

  • Partners or investors with potential distributor networks with an initial focus on Australian and south east Asian markets
  • Partners looking to integrate this product (real time, non-destructive fruit quality testing device and analytics) within an established agricultural data platform
  • Investors to support the commercialisaiton of the devices and provide full time support for customers 

^This opportunity is only for professional and sophisticated investors.

  • Led by

    Rubens Technologies

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Seeking investment, Licensing, Seeking partners

  • Readiness
    Mid (TRL 5-7)
    Proof of concept in the laboratory then in the field resulting in the development of a minimum viable product (MVP).
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Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
E-commerce & market platforms
Research project

Hargraves Institute Development and Delivery of Capability Building Modules for the MLA Co-Innovation Program

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) supports innovation across the red meat sector by co-funding innovation managers for a term of three years. This projects seeks a qualified service provider to develop innovation capability resources and to maximise the performance of these managers in their roles.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Aug 2021 -
    30 Dec 2022

  • Research organisation

    Hargraves Institute Pty Ltd

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Game Sheep & lamb
Animal technology
Research project

Uptake of Training and Animal Health and Welfare Practices

Encouraging greater uptake of leading animal health and welfare practice across the livestock supply chain is important to reduce risks, increase productivity and support industry sustainability. This project aims to produce a sustainable training strategy tailored to the specific requirements of the livestock export industry.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Aug 2021 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    LiveCorp

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Game Other rural industries Sheep & lamb
Research project

Improved uptake of training and animal health and welfare practices

This project identified training opportunities in the livestock export supply chain and developed a strategy to increase uptake of best …
  • Funded by

    LiveCorp

  • Project date

    15 Aug 2021 -
    30 Apr 2022

  • Research organisation

    National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council Limited (MINTRAC)

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