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Dairy BIO Forage Project 6d

Dairy Australia

DairyBio is the dairy industry’s leading bioscience research program. Its forage program projects like this one are designed to breed plants with higher yield, higher energy, improved digestibility and increased persistence, that will result in increased milk production. DairyBio aims to have cultivars available in 2030 that will improve pasture...

1 Jul 2021 - 1 Jun 2026

Victoria, Australia

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Dairy BIO Forage Project 6e

Dairy Australia

DairyBio is the dairy industry’s leading bioscience research program. Its forage program projects like this one are designed to breed plants with higher yield, higher energy, improved digestibility and increased persistence, that will result in increased milk production. DairyBio aims to have cultivars available in 2030 that will improve pasture...

1 Jul 2021 - 1 Jun 2026

Victoria, Australia

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Dairy BIO Forage Project 6f

Dairy Australia

DairyBio is the dairy industry’s leading bioscience research program. Its forage program projects like this one are designed to breed plants with higher yield, higher energy, improved digestibility and increased persistence, that will result in increased milk production. DairyBio aims to have cultivars available in 2030 that will improve pasture...

1 Jul 2021 - 1 Jun 2026

Victoria, Australia

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Moving to a Non-Mulesed Enterpirse

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project is drawing on existing information to develop a one-day workshop (StrateFly) , training for advisors (AmpliFly) and associated resources for woolgrowers focused on building awareness and support for woolgrowers planning to move to a non-mulesed enterprise.

11 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2023

New South Wales, Australia

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Informed Modeling of Blowfly Chemical Resistance

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Outcomes from the analysis of the genetic characteristics of resistant blowfly phenotype and fitness values and the genes and mutations identified by UoM will be shared with UTAS. NSW DPI will also provide up to date resistance information, in the form of calculated resistance factors for field blowfly populations to...

16 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2024

New South Wales, Australia

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Zondii On farm Wool Classing

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Using patented scientific technology the project aims to enable producers to scan wool in-shed and detect micron, colour and crimp of the wool, by creating machine learning models accessed by affordable non-connected devices. This project will benefit the producer by providing real time wool test results cheaper and quicker than...

31 May 2022 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

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Next generation wool harvesting

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will explore the potential for developing an alternative to conventional shearing through R&D directed towards a novel approach, based on delivering a product by feed or injection, which creates a weakened zone in the fleece. The fleece can then be removed by unskilled labour or an automated high-throughput...

30 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

New South Wales, Australia

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Laser for permanent removal of wool foll

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The purpose of this project is to research and develop for adoption alternative technologies for wool follicle removal (lambs 8-12 weeks old) that could apply to mulesing and crutching as well as animal husbandry for the meat industry on older sheep. This project builds on the previous project “Duetto Laser...

28 Jun 2022 - 1 Feb 2023

New South Wales, Australia

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Sire Evaluation Link Sires 2022-2025

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project provides strong and robust linkage to all standard sire evaluation sites joining for a 2023, 2024 and 2025 drop. Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA) will oversee the operation of up to 8 sire evaluation sites around Australia. All sites are operated independently and produce results that are...

1 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2025

New South Wales, Australia

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Assistive technology in shearing: sensing

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The project aims to mitigate the risk of injury to the workforce in sheepshearing and improve the process's productivity. Specifically, it intends to (1) optimize and validate a set of wearable sensors that the shearers can wear to inform the users on the state of fatigue (and the risk of...

1 Dec 2022 - 1 Dec 2023

New South Wales, Australia