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Our national network of passionate participants in the
livestock export sector took the ‘We care’ campaign to
nearly 10 million people in Australia.
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Increasing market access
- Our national network of passionate participants in the livestock export sector took the ‘We care’ campaign to nearly 10 million people in Australia.Read more...
- We launched NLIS express to enable contact with the NLIS database without needing a computer.Read more...
- Australia completed a free trade agreement with Chile resulting in the elimination of red meat tariff barriers.Read more...
Growing demand
- Federal Minister for Agriculture The Hon Tony Burke with one of our team of in-store merchandisers who helped increase sales by 25 per cent in participating Korean retail stores.Read more...
- Our Foundation Food campaign showed that almost half of those surveyed believed red meat is a central part of a healthy diet.Read more...
- Sizzle Steak was launched in collaboration with Woolworths supermarkets to add value to secondary cuts.Read more...
Enhancing competitiveness and sustainability
- The ten-year Wambiana grazing trial delivered a suite of recommendations that can reduce resource risk and increase cash surplus.Read more...
- Two new traits – gestation length and ease of lambing were integrated into Australian Sheep Breeding Values.Read more...
- We worked with industry to install four new robotic systems in plants to improve worker safety and yields.Read more...
Increasing industry capability
- Developed in consultation with industry, we launched the Making More From Sheep program engaging over 13,000 producers via the manual, website or workshops.Read more...
- More than 1,300 producers attendedthree Meat Profit Days in Kyneton, Perth and Rockhampton.Read more...
- We developed the world’s first exo-skeleton boning room device to reduce worker injury and turnover.Read more...
