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The Sense in Supplementation logo
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The Sense in Supplementation

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site will show producers that supplementation of lambs on finishing crop and pasture systems can significantly increase liveweight gains and overall net profits.

28 Feb 2019 - 30 Jul 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Monaro Farming Systems CMC Inc

PDS: Winter Forage Tropical Grass System logo
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PDS: Winter Forage Tropical Grass System

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site will demonstrate a winter forage programme to beef producers, to further develop their existing winter forage programme and enhance tropical pasture management.

13 Sep 2019 - 15 May 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Norco Rural Stores

Post-weaning management strategies logo
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Post-weaning management strategies

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site aims to quantify the cost benefit of different postweaning management systems for cattle in the Limestone Coast of South Australia and the Western District of Victoria, to maintain adequate growth rates and reach production targets in steers and heifers.

1 Aug 2019 - 30 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

MacKillop Farm Management Group

PDS: Sustainable Long Term Leucaena pastures logo
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PDS: Sustainable Long Term Leucaena pastures

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The aim of this project is to demonstrate the most suitable leucaena-grass pasture system for northern Australia. This will include optimal row spacing for both dryland and irrigated leucaena planting, cultivar choice and long term management strategies that will support sustainable, high value beef production.

1 Aug 2019 - 1 Mar 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Leucaena Network Association Inc

The Derwent Catchment Project – Forage Shrubs logo
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The Derwent Catchment Project – Forage Shrubs

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Previous projects have identified that forage shrubs are an ideal management option to improve grazing productivity of North-facing slopes in the Derwent Catchment. This Producer Demonstration Site will apply learnings from the mainland states and design, implement and evaluate the productivity benefits of forage shrubs in Tasmanian grazing systems and...

30 Jul 2019 - 15 Dec 2023

New South Wales, Australia

The Derwent Catchment Project Inc

PDS: Exclusion Feeding for Lambs in Drought logo
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PDS: Exclusion Feeding for Lambs in Drought

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site will demonstrate that early introduction and exclusion feeding of lambs during drought can result in enhanced weight gain, early weaning and profitable lamb production.

9 Aug 2019 - 15 Dec 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Farmlink Research Limited

Demonstrating productive, regenerative grazing practises logo
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Demonstrating productive, regenerative grazing practises

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site will demonstrate that regenerative grazing practices result in improvements in soil health, pasture production and diversity, and herd performance in the Collinsville region of the Burdekin Dry Tropics.

25 Feb 2020 - 28 Aug 2025

New South Wales, Australia

NQ Dry Tropics Ltd

Fescue; a low rainfall pasture tool logo
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Fescue; a low rainfall pasture tool

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This producer Demonstration Site aims to demonstrate that the inclusion of winter active fescue in pastures will increase production in individual paddocks by >50% and have the potential to increase overall farm dry matter production by an estimated 1020% in the 550mm rainfall zone of Victoria.

19 Feb 2020 - 30 Sep 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Perennial Pasture Systems Inc

Best practice predator control for lambing logo
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Best practice predator control for lambing

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site aims to demonstrate that using best practice predator control, as per suggested guidelines, improves lamb survival at birth. The demonstration will apply proven predator control techniques in a coordinated way and ensure producers can collect and manage data to demonstrate the impact these activities have had...

7 Feb 2020 - 30 Jun 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Inspiring Excellence Pty Ltd

Alternative Fodder Crops for Turning Off logo
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Alternative Fodder Crops for Turning Off

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This Producer Demonstration Site aims to demonstrate an economical alternative fodder crop system that can increase weight gain in weaner lambs. This will reduce reliance on live shipping and provide alternative livestock management systems to increase profitability by targeting markets.

19 Feb 2020 - 30 Oct 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Southern DIRT Incorporated