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Survey of Australian feedlot drinking water quality logo
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Survey of Australian feedlot drinking water quality

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project aims to summarise the range of total dissolved solids (TDS) and salts in feedlot drinking water across Australia, thus determining potential impacts on cattle health and production. This project will improve feedlot decision-making regarding the conditions when water quality parameters may decrease feedlot production; and scope the potential...

15 Oct 2018 - 1 Nov 2019

New South Wales, Australia

University of New England (UNE)

Prototype feedlot autonomous mobile robot for bunk calling logo
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Prototype feedlot autonomous mobile robot for bunk calling

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The project aimed to develop a prototype of an automated feedlot mobile robot to complement the Bunk Scanner, which can be used to determine feed remaining in cattle feed bunks with greater precision and accuracy than human operators.

15 Oct 2018 - 31 Oct 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Manabotix Pty Ltd

Prototype feed truck auto delivery refinements logo
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Prototype feed truck auto delivery refinements

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) research delivered a world first technology that is retrofittable to commercial grade feed trucks for the beef feedlot sector. This project will refine the prototype for commercialisation.

14 Jan 2019 - 30 Oct 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Manabotix Pty Ltd

Review of Grain Devitalisation Methods logo
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Review of Grain Devitalisation Methods

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project consisted of a desktop review and industry interviews to provide an overview of the current challenges to bulk grain and plant-based stockfeed importation. The review focused on global grain-sterilisation techniques and the capacity for these techniques to meet Australian biosecurity requirements to identify domestic and international supply chains...

7 Jun 2019 - 28 Feb 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Colere Group Pty Ltd

Production impacts and resistance of gastrointestinal parasites in feedlot cattle logo
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Production impacts and resistance of gastrointestinal parasites in feedlot cattle

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The aim of this project is to identify the genus of gastrointestinal nematodes that commonly infect cattle during feedlot induction in Southern Queensland; and evaluate the effect of different treatment protocols on parasite resistance, average daily gain and carcase characteristics of feedlot cattle, including a mix of oral and injectable...

1 Feb 2018 - 1 Aug 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Bovine Dynamics

Effect of lairage timing and duration on rumen physiology and muscle glycogen logo
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Effect of lairage timing and duration on rumen physiology and muscle glycogen

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will determine if the duration and timing of lairage have an effect on rumen physiology, muscle glycogen levels, and carcase characteristics. This experiment will guide future recommendations for best practice dispatch and lairage of grain fed cattle.

15 Mar 2018 - 30 Jul 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Bovine Dynamics

Heat load forecast service 2018-19 logo
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Heat load forecast service 2018-19

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

PROJECT: This project covers the operating costs of trialling the heat load forecast service (CHLT) for the 2018-19financial year, incorporating daily operation of the service, including issuing alerts, plus Heat Load Data Network (HLDN) data acquisition, quality assurance and integration into the forecasts. It will also implement some upgrades to...

15 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Weather Intelligence Pty Ltd

Evaluation of feedlot heat load model adjustments logo
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Evaluation of feedlot heat load model adjustments

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

To follow on from a previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) project, which found that accumulated heat load units significantly altered the heat load response of feedlot cattle, this study conducted further evaluation of the heat load at two south-east Queensland feedlots. The primary aim of this project was to...

1 Mar 2019 - 15 Jan 2020

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Feedlot energy efficiency and cost reduction logo
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Feedlot energy efficiency and cost reduction

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will update the current energy use practices and costs in the Australian feedlot industry. This will include how energy is generated/sourced, used, and any energy efficiency/re-use measures already in place, utilizing previous data and literature.

15 Oct 2018 - 1 Nov 2019

New South Wales, Australia

All Energy Pty Ltd

Quarterly Feed E-Newsletter logo
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Quarterly Feed E-Newsletter

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The Quarterly Feed is a central communications platform and is distributed four times per year, to provide updates to feedlot stakeholders on current and completed feedlot R&D projects that are funded by grain fed levies through Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) in consultation with ALFA. It also promotes adoption of...

1 Nov 2018 - 1 Oct 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Cox Inall Communications