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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

Case study on Verified Carbon - certified carbon neutral processor logo
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Case study on Verified Carbon - certified carbon neutral processor

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

Pilot project to establish a Verified Carbon Program for an Australian red meat processor Farm Assurance system, with reference to (and review of) alignment with relevant emerging industry certification practices and global protocols.

27 Mar 2024 - 31 Aug 2026

New South Wales, Australia

Closing the loop on renewable process heat - an integrated feasibility study logo
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Closing the loop on renewable process heat - an integrated feasibility study

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

This project will complete a site techno-economic study with a unique approach to optimisation of energy efficient heat recovery, switching to cleaner fuels via electrification, and integrating renewable energy sources from solar PV and biogas. The key deliverable from the study will be the "model" sites business and action plan,...

23 Aug 2023 - 28 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) Processor carbon abatement logo
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Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) Processor carbon abatement

Australian Meat Processor Corporation (AMPC)

The project will demonstrate a real case decarbonisation pathway for Australian Red Meat Processors to learn from and/or follow as a model that wlll balance both the industry aspirational target (i.e. CN30), and customer adopted science based targets (i.e. global Science Based Target Initiative for Forest Land and Agriculture or...

28 Aug 2023 - 15 Oct 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Crop Stacking Performance Trial logo
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Crop Stacking Performance Trial

Bioeconomy Science Institute

The project aims to validate growing systems that involve ‘stacking’ a cover crop with a cash crop in larger field trials. The project will investigate the effects on soil productivity, including reducing soil and nutrient loss. It will also examine commercial viability and develop management decision tools.

3 Oct 2024 - 2 Oct 2025

New Zealand