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Field testing and evaluation of sensor technology for wool bales

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The differences between the environment, surface and core bale temperature and humidity have implications for the prediction of foot and mouth disease virus (MDV) survival in wool bales under different environmental conditions and along the supply chain. This project evaluates the ability of DIGIBALE Bluetooth beacon sensors to track and...

4 May 2017 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Centre for Invasive Species Solutions

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Wild Dog Coordination

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Wild dog predation is a huge social, economic and environmental cost to Australia’s economy. This project supports Wild Dog Coordinators in New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria and Queensland. The Wild Dog Coordinators help livestock producers and other key stakeholders collaborate and coordinate activities to reduce the devastating impact of...

22 Aug 2016 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Nextgen Agri Limited

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Sheep Ectoparasite Resistance Update

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The impact of insecticide resistance on blowflies is usually a reduction in the protection period provided by treatments rather than complete control failure. The blowfly that initiates most flystrike in Australia is Lucilia cuprina which has developed widespread, high-level, stable resistances to insecticides like the organophosphates. This project investigated six...

1 Nov 2017 - 1 Jul 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Vanguard Business Services

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Fabric of War: Why Wool?

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This investment produced the short film “Fabic of War: Why Wool?” capturing the Australian wool industry's history: illuminating the stories of ‘wool families’- graziers, shearers, wool buyers and wool brokers, and renewing awareness of the intrinsic attributes of wool. The film brings wool’s unique characteristics to the fore, particularly as...

16 Mar 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

University of Tasmania (UTAS)

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Virtual Fencing for cropping and weed management

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Virtual fencing provides the opportunity to maximise animal production, maintain sustainable crop and pasture grazing pressure and control weeds through grazing pressure in integrated management programs. To date, the use of research-only manually directed devices has limited the development of this technology. The advent of GPS-linked devices has the potential...

20 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

AgForce, New South Wales Farmers' Association (NSW Farmers), Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) [Vic]

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Efficiency and Automation in Wool Harvesting

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Labour is a significant cost in shearing, classing and wool handling. There are many activites in the wool zones where labour efficiencies can be made. This investment uses modern sensors, industrial controls and engineering developments to design, build, and test components of a semi-autonomous wool handling system from the classing...

1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

ACNielen Research Pty Ltd

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Wild Dog On Ground III QLD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide funding for wild dog on ground control to assist woolgrowers and landholders in wild dog groups and clusters in best practice management throughout QLD. The Wild Dog on-ground support aims to help producers and other key stakeholders collaborate to reduce the impact of devastating livestock predation...

20 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Centre for Invasive Species Solutions

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Sensors for reduce reproductive wastage

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This investment will utilise on-animal sensors, such as AWI Smart Tags, to monitor and evaluate reproductive events and performance. A machine learning approach will utilise accelerometer, proximity & GNSS data to identify mating events, conception date and sire identity. The acquired knowledge will support management options for ewes including segregation...

1 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

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Genotyping of Breech Flystrike

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Resistance to breech flystrike is a priority area of research for the Australian wool industry as genetic progress in sheep breeding programs could be fast-tracked with the application of genomic breeding values. This project investigated whether genomic approaches based on major genes, such as marker assisted selection, genomic selection based...

31 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Griffith University

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Victorian Vertebrate Pest Management Coordinators

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project consolidates and expands the significant achievements and outcomes of earlier Victorian Wild Dog Coordinators Projects. The project will deliver coordinated training and support to farmers to better protect sheep from the impact of wild dogs, foxes, pigs and other vertebrate pests using best practice control methods. The Victorian...

1 Dec 2015 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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Field testing and evaluation of sensor technology for wool bales

Wild Dog Coordination

Sheep Ectoparasite Resistance Update

Fabric of War: Why Wool?

Virtual Fencing for cropping and weed management

Efficiency and Automation in Wool Harvesting

Wild Dog On Ground III QLD

Sensors for reduce reproductive wastage

Genotyping of Breech Flystrike

Victorian Vertebrate Pest Management Coordinators

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