3727 research projects
Research project
Merino Genomic Reference Flock 2023 to 2025
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
The existing Sire Evaluation Flocks will be used as a base for the Merino Genomic Reference Flock. In most years there are 10 active sites across Australia with over 100 sires entered, covering a broad range of Merino types. To encourage participation, it is proposed that AWI cover half of...
8 Mar 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Genetics of foot health in Merinos
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
The health of sheep feet continues to be an issue in the Australian sheep industry, particularly in high rainfall zones and in wet years. A recent webinar on foot health hosted online by Sheep Connect received over 300 registrations demonstrating the wide industry interest in this topic, particularly in wet...
20 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2027
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
SA WD Control Coordinator
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
The proposed SA Wild Dog Control Coordinator - Stage III project sits within the much larger "Eradication of Wild Dogs from SA Sheep Country" project - 10 years - $15 million. Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has supported a full time State Wild Dog Coordinator (SWDC) in SA since 2018. The...
1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
AWI FeralScan® Support # Stage II
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
FERALSCAN® is the national Digital Platform for Surveillance, Monitoring, Reporting, Planning, and Management of Invasive Species. “works” in the absence of active mobile phone “coverage”. It was established almost a decade ago, FERALSCAN® provides for ready communication between ALL participants in feral animal control, on all aspects of control and...
15 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Sustainability Reporting for wool - Uplift Grant
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
From 2014 to 2020 the livestock industries invested in research to deliver reporting of key metrics for the ABSF, ASSF and more recently, emerging international systems focused on the EU PEF program and US market based reporting. In late 2022 this work concluded by recommending one underlying data system that...
1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Merino Ewe Mortality
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
The project will work closely with at least 42 commercial Merino businesses across WA, SA, VIC and NSW to investigate ewe mortality on-farm. Both producer reported data and veterinary investigations will be used to describe the pattern of periparturient mortality across farms. The second phase of the project will trial...
3 Jul 2023 - 30 Nov 2027
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Farming for the Future
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
Producers already know that good management of their farm’s natural resources - such as soil, water, plants and animals - is critical to the long-term viability of their operations. Yet knowledge about ‘how much’, ‘how to’, ‘where’, and ‘when’ remains largely unknown, along with a more detailed understanding of the...
17 Oct 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Measures for Environmental Performance
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
AWI has been investing in the Farming for the Future (FFTF) program, which is a national change program exploring the business case for improving on farm natural capital for agricultural industries. A key component of this research is the development of methods/metrics to measure natural capital and the management of...
27 Nov 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Lower Emission Supplements for Grazing at Scale
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
AWI initiated the National Sheep Methane Program (NSMP) which is a collaborative approach to RD&A to implement practical and safe ways for producers to reduce methane emissions in Australian sheep grazing systems. The NSMP is coordinated across sheep producing states, involving the University of New England (UNE), New South Wales...
7 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2026
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
The impact of pasture biodiversity and grazing management on pasture productivity, GHG emissions and profit
The concept of regenerative agriculture encompasses several components (e.g., lower use of synthetic fertilisers, cell grazing, plant species diversity, improved soil carbon, integration of livestock, conversion of annual to perennial systems, silvopasture etc.). However, it is difficult to determine which of these components impact on carbon, greenhouse gas emissions, production...
2 Feb 2024 - 30 Jun 2024