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Beef cattle
Automation
Research project

Automated Bunk Management – Commercial trial

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and Manabotix have commercialised alidar-based bunk scanner (Australian Patent number: 2018203945) which is more precise and …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Jun 2020 -
    30 Nov 2021

  • Research organisation

    Manabotix Pty Ltd

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Research project

Productivity (On Farm) & Feedlot Evaluation

The primary aim of this project was to assess a combination of the potential and actual benefits of RD&…
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    8 Apr 2019 -
    29 Feb 2020

Beef cattle
Research project

Australian Feedlot Research Institute Scoping

A two stage application process has selected a potential host site for the Australian Feedlot Research Institute. This project will …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    3 Mar 2020 -
    1 Dec 2020

Sheep & lamb
Research project

Sheep Feedlotting and Containment Management

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and Sheep Producers Australia commissioned this project to update previously published documents regarding sheep feed …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Jul 2019 -
    29 Feb 2020

Beef cattle
Research project

Phosphorus Map of Queensland Grazing Land

This project will produce a one-hectare, high resolution phosphorus map for three of Queensland's major beef producing regions and create …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    17 May 2019 -
    30 Mar 2022

Beef cattle
Research project

Animal health and welfare workshops

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has invested in a suite of projects to develop and present animal health and welfare …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Apr 2019 -
    30 Sep 2019

Other rural industries
Research project

Rangeland goat PGS SLP – increasing profitability

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has developed a Supported Learning Program (SLP) for Profitable Grazing Systems (PGS)specifically targeted to …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Oct 2018 -
    20 Jul 2020

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy
Consumer health
Research project

Longitudinal analysis of antimicrobial resistance of grain-fed beef cattle

PROJECT: Previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) projects (Barlow et al. 2015; Barlowet al. 2017) conducted slaughter surveillance in2013 at 31 Australian abattoirs …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Sep 2018 -
    1 Sep 2021

  • Research organisation

    The University of Adelaide (UA)

Sheep & lamb
Research project

Sheep Genetics Database Interface Upgrade

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) launched this project to improve the rate of genetic gain of the Australian sheep industry …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    17 Jan 2020 -
    8 Jan 2021

Wool
Research project

PARABOSS #PHASE II

ParaBoss is the national resource for sheep parasite control in Australia, responsible for the development and delivery of national best …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    9 May 2016 -
    30 Jun 2021

  • Research organisation

    University of New England (UNE)

Beef cattle
Research project

Quantifying the benefits of breeding for immune competence

The aim of this project is to validate findings from a previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) project (B.STU.0244)…
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    31 May 2019 -
    31 May 2022

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Cross industry
Input management
Research project

Integrated management and development of additional agents for Parkinsonia

This project builds on previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) research that focused on biological control of Parkinsonia, by releasing …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    2 Dec 2019 -
    1 Apr 2024

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Beef cattle
Research project

Livestock Language Review Expert Group consultation

This project will support preparing documentation for the Livestock Language Review Expert Group, in the form of Recommended National Standards …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    17 Jun 2020 -
    18 Jun 2021

Sheep & lamb
Research project

Sheep Genetics Database Interface upgrade

This project engaged a NSW Department of Primary Industries Technical Specialist for sheep breeding to provide input into the upgrade …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Jun 2019 -
    1 Mar 2020

  • Research organisation

    New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment (NSW DPIE)

Cross industry
Input management
Research project

A new hope for the biological control of blackberry

Blackberry is one of the top ten weeds of priority to Australian grazing industries. Over 9 million hectares of productive pastures …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    29 Jun 2020 -
    30 Apr 2026

  • Research organisation

    Department of Jobs Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]

Sheep & lamb
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Automation Processing & packaging Robotics
Research project

Calibration and accreditation of the SOMA device to measure IMF in sheepmeat

Soma Optics, Ltd is a Japanese supplier of near infrared technologies to assess meat quality characteristics in livestock. This project will support the final calibration of three SOMA devices to predict intramuscular fat (IMF) in Australian sheepmeat, which is an indicator of eating quality.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 Oct 2021 -
    29 Dec 2023

  • Research organisations

    FHK FUJIHIRA INDUSTRY CO., LTD

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Research project

Feedbase Fact Sheets Editing

The Feed base Adoption Plan (FAP) projects are designed to assist producers to better understand and manage and improve pasture …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Sep 2020 -
    29 Aug 2021

Cross industry
Plant science
Research project

Dieback: Determining the Role of Ground Pearls

This project forms part of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Pasture Dieback response under the federal government grant. The primary …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    25 Aug 2020 -
    30 Jul 2024

  • Research organisation

    The University of Queensland (UQ)

Beef cattle
Research project

Regional feedlot investment study update

In 2014, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) engaged Deloitte Access Economics to undertake the B.FLT.0472 ‘Regional feedlot investment study’ project, …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Jun 2018 -
    9 Nov 2018

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