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Automated AI / X-Ray enabled Primal/Box/Label evaluation logo
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Automated AI / X-Ray enabled Primal/Box/Label evaluation

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Development of an AI-enabled Dual Energy X-Ray image primal in carton and label verification system, leveraging on the respective use of current systems and overlaying with AI to enhance the efficacy and precision of the verification process. This system will integrate advanced algorithms to analyze X-ray images, ensuring not only...

2 May 2024 - 9 May 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Red Meat Industry Knowledge Hub - Sub Project B Optivly Stage 2 logo
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Red Meat Industry Knowledge Hub - Sub Project B Optivly Stage 2

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

The KPMG report ‘Modernising Training’ found that 70% of the industry supported the concept of a centralised Hub and recommended that the red meat sector task an organisation to explore the feasibility of a centralised, sector-wide training platform. This will enable collaboration, consistency, and efficiency whilst also maintaining collaboration with...

1 Apr 2024 - 18 Jul 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Machine Learning as a tool to improve retention (Horizon 2) - Processor #1 logo
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Machine Learning as a tool to improve retention (Horizon 2) - Processor #1

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

AMPC invested to understand if a machine learning model could be created to predict if someone was going to leave an organisation in the next 12 months. (Horizon 3). Preliminary results have been very favorable, the next phase is to take the model- test, validate and scale ready for industry...

30 Apr 2024 - 15 Dec 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Criteria for offal disposition following plant stoppage logo
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Criteria for offal disposition following plant stoppage

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This project aims to develop and test a disposition protocol to enable offal that has not been removed from a body when a plant breakdown occurs to be assessed for human consumption rather than condemned. When the slaughter chain is stopped for more than 2 hours, uninspected offals from slaughtered...

1 Jul 2024 - 10 Aug 2026

New South Wales, Australia

From Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study to Development Framework. Formalising the adoption of a Bio-Resource Recovery Facility logo
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From Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) study to Development Framework. Formalising the adoption of a Bio-Resource Recovery Facility

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This adoption project will complete the development framework for a proposed Bioresource Recovery Facility (BioHub). This project will help facilitate adoption of an industry first BioHub, and will build upon specific prior AMPC R&D (e.g. FEED study) and create a relevant framework for final investment decision. The framework will enable...

7 Jun 2024 - 7 Aug 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Biodiversity for beneficial insects; Delivering benefits to farmers from designed native planting logo
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Biodiversity for beneficial insects; Delivering benefits to farmers from designed native planting

Bioeconomy Science Institute

This project will research the optimal mix of plant species, planting areas, and planting landscapes to maximise the number of insects providing pollination and predation behaviour without creating refuges for insect pests. It aims to produce guidance for farmers on how to design native plantings on their farms to target...

13 Aug 2021 - 12 Aug 2026

New Zealand

Development and evaluation of Automated Robotic AI 3-cut Beef Scribing System on varying cattle type. logo
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Development and evaluation of Automated Robotic AI 3-cut Beef Scribing System on varying cattle type.

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This project aims to further develop automated AI beef scribing to enhance technology capabilities improving industry adoption potential by developing and installing at plant in NSW. The system will be designed to operate with the significant variation in carcases from previous work and typical of animal type processed by the...

5 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2029

New South Wales, Australia

Automated beef carcase racking sortation system driven by objective measurement logo
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Automated beef carcase racking sortation system driven by objective measurement

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This project will develop, test and install a new beef carcase racking system using RFID to test its robustness, objective measurement will be integrated into the automated sorting system, providing an enabling tool to optimise automation such as beef scribing. It will encompass an MEQ probe at the grading station...

5 Mar 2024 - 1 Dec 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Pilot validation of AnimalEYEQ Artificial intelligence technology to count Ovine, Bovine and Caprine stock at receival and determine commercial viability in a processing facility logo
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Pilot validation of AnimalEYEQ Artificial intelligence technology to count Ovine, Bovine and Caprine stock at receival and determine commercial viability in a processing facility

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Wodonga Rendering are currently undertaking a complete upgrade to their small stock traceability and wish to trial the new AI technology from AnimalEYEQ to determine if the technology is ready from industry to a level of 99% accuracy for Ovine, Bovine and Caprine. Under the trial Wodonga and Animal EYEQ...

22 Dec 2023 - 15 Jan 2025

New South Wales, Australia

Increasing student and teacher engagement and understanding of the Australian meat processing sector and career opportunities logo
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Increasing student and teacher engagement and understanding of the Australian meat processing sector and career opportunities

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Membership to provide three-year collaboration and communication with AMPC focused on Australian education and improving students' engagement in learning about the red meat process industry. To promote AMPC opportunities and resources to school stakeholders over the membership period. AMPC School Resources Project–Using the focus of the current resources on the...

18 Dec 2023 - 1 Dec 2025

New South Wales, Australia