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Beef cattle
Research project

Wagyu Beef Eating Quality and MENA Sensory data

This project aims to investigate and determine if there is a ‘Wagyu effect’ on eating quality over and above the …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 Nov 2019 -
    15 Mar 2022

  • Research organisation

    University of New England (UNE)

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Processing & packaging
Research project

Estimation of the age/maturity of beef hide samples

This project will examine whether NIRS of skin/hide samples can be used to accurately estimate the age/maturity of …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Mar 2019 -
    30 Nov 2021

  • Research organisation

    Charles Darwin University (CDU)

Sheep & lamb
Animal technology
Research project

NE NSW Wild Dog Coordinator

Mitigate the impacts by wild dogs and vertebrate pest species through the delivery of effective best practice wild dog and …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    29 Mar 2021 -
    1 Mar 2024

  • Research organisation

    Centre for Invasive Species Solutions

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Eggs Pork Poultry Sheep & lamb
Animal technology
Opportunity

Global DX: Animal health diagnostic technology - partnership opportunity

Opportunity for

  • Animal health distributor with industry connections (farming, biosecurity, etc) for Herdscreen© lateral flow test range in Australia.
  • Led by

    Global DX Ltd

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking partners

  • Express interest by

    Friday, 31 May 2024 12:00 Australia/Sydney

  • Readiness
    Late (TRL 8-9)
    Commercial optimisation of the product/service, testing and commercial distribution.
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Sheep & lamb
Crop protection
Research project

Grazing Intelligence

This project aims to help producers make better grazing decisions . Food Agility, together with the NSW Department of Primary Industries and agtech company Pasture.io, will deliver machine learning models that remotely predicts animal performance and daily pasture availability. These ‘Grazing Intelligence’ models will improve the confidence of producers in making grazing and livestock value-adding decisions. They will provide clear animal performance recommendations and projections through the Pasture.io software.
  • Funded by

    Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2021 -
    30 Jun 2023

  • Research organisation

    Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

Cross industry
Research project

Grazing bytes

Improving pasture production and utilisation and savings on labour costs provide significant opportunities to improve the profitability and productivity of …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    31 May 2019 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    Murdoch University

Cross industry
Data and AI
Research project

Artificial Intelligence in Wool

The Australian wool industry generates large amounts of data every day. Novel sources of data include digital imaging, GPS location …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    18 May 2018 -
    15 May 2019

  • Research organisation

    Nextgen Agri Limited

Multiple industries
Dairy Pasture, fodder & feed
Multiple technology areas
Automation Plant science
Research project

Dairy Up project 1d: Unlocking the potential of kikuyu based pastures - environmental impact

The Australian dairy industry is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). This project will develop whole-farm GHG mitigation strategies …
  • Funded by

    Dairy Australia

  • Project date

    1 Apr 2021 -
    30 Jun 2025

  • Research organisations

    Dairy Australia, The University of Sydney (USYD)

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

Phase 2: Development of a single processor data feed

MLA receives carcase feedback data from processors and other sources in multiple ways and it is provided in a variety …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 Nov 2020 -
    30 Nov 2021

Pork
Research project

Western Australian Pork Producers Association Agtech Up-take Project

This project aims to facilitate the acceptance and use of Data PigTM technology by Western Australian pork producers. Data PigTM …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    29 May 2021 -
    6 May 2023

  • Research organisation

    Western Australian Pork Producers Association Inc

Cross industry
Data and AI
Research project

Virtual Fencing for cropping and weed management

Virtual fencing provides the opportunity to maximise animal production, maintain sustainable crop and pasture grazing pressure and control weeds through …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    20 Jun 2019 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Eggs
Research project

Development of practical measures of hen welfare

The aim of the project is to develop a reliable and repeatable methodology for the prediction of animal welfare for …
  • Funded by

    Australian Eggs

  • Project date

    1 Jan 2018 -
    31 Dec 2021

  • Research organisation

    Deakin University

Poultry
Multiple technology areas
Data and AI Imagery Machinery & hardware
Opportunity

AgriFutures Australia: Software for intensive and semi-intensive animal production systems

Opportunity for

  • Software companies interested in commercialising products and services for animal production systems
  • Companies interested in commercialising sensor / vision based products and services
  • Led by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Opportunity type

    Seeking interest, Joint venture, 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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Wool
Research project

Promoting welfare solutions for Australian Merinos

Surgical mulesing is a painful husbandry procedure, carried out to minimise the risk of breech flystrike throughout life of a …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    18 Jun 2015 -
    15 Jan 2019

  • Research organisation

    The University of Sydney (USYD)

Animal technology
Research project

Effective stunning and slaughter for poultry training workshops

Animal welfare is a high priority for the Australian poultry industry and maintaining skills and knowledge in this area with …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    22 Jun 2020 -
    15 Jan 2021

  • Research organisation

    National Meat Industry Training Advisory Council Limited (MINTRAC)

Wool
Research project

Demonstration of a new method for WEC ASBVs

This project investigated the use of a more sensitive worm egg count (WEC) method (using the Mini-FLOTAC technique) for Australian …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    2 Oct 2017 -
    12 Dec 2020

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