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Manure value calculator

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will develop and validate a decision support tool for organo-mineral nutrient budgeting, assisting the farming community to reduce fertiliser inputs and improve soil health, through optimising the mix of manures and mineral fertilisers.

1 Jun 2019 - 1 Dec 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

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Tailored feed additives towards reducing methane

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Methane is produced by a class of microbes known as methanogens. This intends to develop feed additives that disrupt the production of methanogens

5 May 2020 - 2 Mar 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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Pathways to carbon neutrality for Australian feedlots

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The objectives of this project are to create a booklet that outlines pathways to carbon neutrality for Australian feedlot organisations, and compile five case studies on the economics of carbon neutrality for grain-fed beef brands, whole product lines and feedlot organisations.

23 Apr 2020 - 15 Apr 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Integrity Ag and Environment

Effect of feed withdrawal on truck effluent logo
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Effect of feed withdrawal on truck effluent

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will support development of sound practices for management of truck effluent for feedlot cattle. Possible management techniques include capture of effluent in truck tanks with appropriate disposal at approved discharge points.

12 Jun 2020 - 1 Nov 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Country Choice Processing

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Methane emissions of Australian feedlot

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will evaluate the opportunity to suppress methane in feedlot cattle through inclusion of 3-Nitrooxypronal (Bovaer, DSM, Holland) in the diet. Additionally this will provide Australian data to develop an emissions fund methodology (ERF) methodology, as well as evaluate the current baseline methane prediction equations for feedlot cattle in...

1 Aug 2020 - 1 Jan 2022

New South Wales, Australia

University of New England (UNE)

Revision of Key National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Methods for Australian Feedlots logo
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Revision of Key National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report Methods for Australian Feedlots

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

MLA has outlined an aspirational goal for the red meat industry to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030. The feedlot sector wishes to understand how this can be achieved via reducing emissions, and it is evident that some methods used in the National Inventory Report (NIR) over-estimate the emissions from feedlot...

21 Sep 2020 - 1 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Integrity Ag and Environment

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Feedlot Adoptionbunk scanner field trials

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Manabotix recently delivered a prototype automatic bunk calling system for feedlots, and demonstrated that the prototype’s feed remaining predictions were more precise and accurate than human callers. This project will undertake additional validation through in-field observations with different bunk designs and road conditions to determine how robust the technology is,...

29 Jun 2018 - 3 Mar 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Manabotix Pty Ltd

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Clean cattle manual

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will develop the requested manual will develop a manual that outlines available solutions that different feedlots(small, medium and large) can utilise to keep cattle clean (remove or prevent dags) and prepare them for pre-slaughter inspection.

15 Jun 2018 - 3 Mar 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Premise Australia Pty Ltd

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Feedlot Guidelines and BMP Handbook

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The aim of the project is to develop a suite of documents that can be delivered to feedlot industry to enhance capability, capacity and knowledge in promoting improved practices to manage interactions with activist groups.

15 May 2019 - 30 Oct 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Agricircle Pty Ltd

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Adjacent paddock feeding discussion paper

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The increasing use of areas adjacent to feedlots for backgrounding and pre-feeding preparation of feeder cattle has the potential to give rise to animal welfare, environment, biosecurity, sustainability and public perception concerns for the Australian feedlot industry. This project will review these activities and associated regulations and industry programs, and...

7 Feb 2020 - 15 Aug 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Scolexia Pty Ltd