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Feedlot Training Strategy Implementation logo
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Feedlot Training Strategy Implementation

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Attracting, training and retaining staff are key priorities for the Australian feedlot industry. In2017, MINTRAC delivered project B.FLT.8003‘Feedlot Industry Training and Leadership Development Strategy’, which outlined a blueprint for delivering the industry training requirements. The outcomes were refined by ALFA’s Feedlot Management Committee, together with a small working group, and...

30 Jan 2020 - 30 Apr 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Lot Feeders Association (ALFA)

Development of the Feedlot Industry Training Portal logo
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Development of the Feedlot Industry Training Portal

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Sub-project 1 in the Feedlot Career Development and Training (FCDT) Pathway will plan and build an online training portal, integrating a public materials library. After the completion of the training portal, on-going technical support will be given for a pre-determined period to ensure that all systems are operating effectively and...

27 Mar 2020 - 30 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Sativus Pty Ltd

Feedlot Industry Training Review logo
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Feedlot Industry Training Review

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

A series of eight sub-projects will deliver a Feedlot Industry Training Portal that enables the Australian feedlot industry to attract, retain and grow a professional and skilled workforce. The portal will provide access to information that reflects a clear career development pathway and delivers associated training, professional development and support...

29 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2021

New South Wales, Australia

MINTRAC

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MISP Feedlot Productivity Data Collection

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will determine whole of industry progress in feedlot productivity between the 2015/2016 and 2019/2020 financial years to identify if Cost of Gain ($/kg liveweight) is reduced by 1.5% in real terms and minimum whole of sector productivity growth is above baseline levels of 1%.

1 Mar 2018 - 1 Dec 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Management for Technology Pty Ltd

Australian Feedlot Research Institute Scoping logo
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Australian Feedlot Research Institute Scoping

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

A two stage application process has selected a potential host site for the Australian Feedlot Research Institute. This project will produce two series of reports for ALFA Council and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Board consideration in March(Risk Review), and May (Structure and Feasibility Review), 2020 to enable both Boards...

3 Mar 2020 - 1 Dec 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Ernst & Young

BeefUp Coordination 2020-2022 logo
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BeefUp Coordination 2020-2022

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The purpose of the project is to support Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) in the coordination, planning, promotion, delivery and evaluation of twenty-one Beef Up Forums across Queensland, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2022.

28 Aug 2019 - 29 Mar 2024

New South Wales, Australia

Capacity in People Consulting

Grazing with Self Herding to Improve Performance of Pastoral Cattle logo
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Grazing with Self Herding to Improve Performance of Pastoral Cattle

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project was designed as a proof-of-concept to test the effectiveness of self-herding for grazing land management and as Australian Farm Institute (AFI) re management tool. Self-herding methods were analysed to determine if it can reduce grazing pressure on over-used areas and encourage cattle to graze previously un-used areas.

1 Jan 2018 - 30 Mar 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Rangelands Natural Resource Management Western Australia (Rangelands Natural Resource Management Western Australia (Rangelands NRM WA))

Feeding Leucaena to manage the rumen for performance logo
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Feeding Leucaena to manage the rumen for performance

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project investigated the comparative animal performance of the new psyllid resistant Leucaena, “Redlands”, against a standard modern cultivar, Wonder graze. It also quantified the reduction in methane emissions by cattle from Redlands and Wonder graze and collected data on the growth performance of cattle fed both cultivars.

27 Apr 2018 - 29 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Queensland (DAFQ)

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Investigating the causes of calf losses

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project seeks to revolutionise research into calf mortality by facilitating the identification of the time and location of calving. The activity of calves can then be monitored, so that researchers can be notified when a calf dies and can easily locate the calf to conduct a necropsy.

31 Jan 2018 - 30 May 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (NTDPIR) [NT]

2nd Edition Leuceana guide for establishment & Management logo
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2nd Edition Leuceana guide for establishment & Management

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The primary aim of this project is to update the 1st edition of the grazier manual, “Leucaena A guide to establishment and management” with new content, material and relevant producer case studies, to create a 2ndedition of the manual for publication that would support the adoption and impact of grazing...

29 Jan 2018 - 21 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)