Multiple industries Beef cattle Sheep & lamb Research project Educational Pathways: Creating a Highly Skilled Meat Industry - Year 2 This is the second year of the Educational Scholarship Pathways Program: Creating a Highly Skilled Meat Industry (ESP), aiming to … Funded by Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) Project date 3 Mar 2018 - 4 Mar 2019 Research organisation Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
Other rural industries Research project Kangaroo Commercial Code Review This project aims to deliver a revised National Code of Practice for the humane slaughter of kangaroos and wallabies for … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 2 Mar 2018 - 25 May 2019 Research organisation New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI)
Research project Improving carbon markets to increase farmer participation The objective of this project is to prepare a synthesis of the learnings to date related to farmers participation in … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 2 Mar 2018 - 15 Apr 2019 Research organisation Australian National University (ANU)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Cotton Forestry Fruits Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Sugar Vegetables Wine Crop protection Research project iMapPESTS: Sentinel Surveillance for Agriculture Improving plant pest management through cross-industry deployment of smart surveillance technologies and diagnostics Funded by Hort Innovation Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 16 Jan 2022 Research organisation Hort Innovation
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Economics of ameliorating soil constraints in the northern region: Spatial soil constraint diagnoses Approximately 75% of Australian soils have single or multiple constraints that limit agricultural productivity, and in the GRDC's northern region, these … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 6 May 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Cereal grains Oilseeds Pasture, fodder & feed Pulse grains Input management Research project Economics of ameliorating soil constrains in the northern region: Program co-ordination – communication, extension and evaluation Approximately 75% of Australian soils have constraints that limit agricultural productivity. In the GRDC's northern region, these commonly take the form … Funded by Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 11 May 2022 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Multiple industries Beef cattle Sheep & lamb Multiple technology areas Automation Food processing technology Machinery & hardware Research project Prevention of Contamination of Rendered Meal and Tallow by Foreign Matter The specific aim of this project is to ensure that meal and tallow are not contaminated with foreign matter by: … Funded by Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 1 Nov 2018 Research organisation All Energy Pty Ltd
Multiple industries Beef cattle Sheep & lamb Research project Development of “Is it fit to process?” guides for Tier 1 export abattoirs and small to medium enterprises processing for the domestic market This project will develop “Is it fit to process?” guides for small to medium enterprises (SME) processing for the domestic … Funded by Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 1 Dec 2018
Wool Consumer health Research project IWTO Product Wellness Working This investment contributes to the IWTO Product Wellness Working Group (PWWG). The PWWG is an international wool forum for developing … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 13 Dec 2021
Cross industry Data and AI Research project Reinventing Australian agricultural statistics system The Australian agricultural statistics system is in a process of evolution, but is still far from ideal. There is a … Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 1 Dec 2018 Research organisation Australian Farm Institute (AFI)
Beef cattle Research project MISP Feedlot Productivity Data Collection This project will determine whole of industry progress in feedlot productivity between the 2015/2016 and 2019/2020 financial years to identify if Cost … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 1 Dec 2020 Research organisation Management for Technology Pty Ltd
Sheep & lamb Food processing technology Research project Cuts based lamb development – lamb turn The project will provide answers to two important areas of the Sheep meat value chain:1) Can consumers detect differences in … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 19 Jun 2019 Research organisation Murdoch University
Sheep & lamb Food processing technology Research project Resource Flock Sensory Evaluation and MS This project will collect 3,600 muscle samples from various lambs for sensory evaluation tested against 6,000 consumers. The results of which will … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 30 Jun 2019 Research organisation University of New England (UNE)
Pork Indoor agriculture Research project Pathogens and piggery effluent - an updated review Almost 20 years ago, the food and water borne pathogens and their potential environmental pathways within a piggery were identified to … Funded by Australian Pork (APL) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 29 May 2019 Research organisation Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)
Pork Multiple technology areas Machinery & hardware Renewable energy Research project Understanding Energy in Pig Production Energy sources such as electricity, fuel and gas are a significant cost for pork producers, as prices have risen by 25 … Funded by Australian Pork (APL) Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 1 May 2018 Research organisation Australian Pork (APL)
Research project Risk Management in Australian Agriculture To identify strategies to improve the availability and effectiveness of risk management options in the Australian agriculture sector. Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 17 Dec 2018 Research organisation Australian Farm Institute (AFI)
Multiple technology areas Automation Robotics Research project Identification of gaps in Australia's agtech ecosystem The purpose of this project is to identify gaps in the Australian agtech ecosystem with a focus on improving collaboration … Funded by AgriFutures Australia Project date 1 Mar 2018 - 31 Aug 2018 Research organisation AgThentic
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project Monitoring abalone juvenile abundance following removal of Centrostephanus and translocation A new system of Abalone recruitment modules (ARMs) has proven to be successful in collecting juvenile abalone in Tasmanian waters. … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Feb 2018 - 30 Nov 2018 Research organisation University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Aquaculture Aquaculture technology Research project Exploring the occurrence and potential associated risk factors for Pilchard Orthomyxovirus (POMV) in Tasmanian farmed Atlantic Salmon Pilchard orthomyxovirus (POMV) is an emerging viral disease and little is known about effective strategies to control and prevent its … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Feb 2018 - 30 Aug 2019 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Wild catch fisheries Fisheries technology Research project NCCP: the likely medium- to long-term ecological outcomes of major carp population reductions The National Carp Control Plan (NCCP) is developing a plan for the potential release of the virus Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 (CyHV-3) … Funded by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) Project date 28 Feb 2018 - 31 Jul 2018 Research organisation University of Canberra