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Southern Australia Livestock Research Council (SALRC)
MLA is encouraging grassroots cattle and sheep producers across southern Australia to drive the future direction of levy-payer funded research and development for their area.
The Southern Australian Livestock Research Council (SALRC) was reformed in mid-2015 to gather feedback on the research, development and adoption (R&D) needs of sheep and grassfed cattle producers across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, and from Queensland sheep producers.
SALRC members include sheep and grassfed beef producers, MLA, CSIRO and agencies and universities from each SALRC state.
SALRC is supported by seven regional committees, each chaired by a local producer. The regional committees gather input from local producers and producer networks on local R&D needs. SALRC then considers the R&D priorities from each committee to develop the regional R&D priorities that inform the national priorities for sheepmeat and grassfed beef R&D recommended by the Red Meat Panel.
The recent RD&A priorities for SALRC can be found here - https://salrc.com.au/priorities-for-salrc/
For general enquires to SALRC please email info@salrc.com.au or visit the SALRC website.
To get involved, contact your regional committee: |
Ian Rogan - SALRC ChairIan Rogan comes from a beef and dairy cattle farming family in the Clarence River region of northern NSW, and currently lives on a small rural property in the Central Tablelands of NSW. He has an honours degree in Rural Science from the University of New England and over 40 years of professional experience in the public and private sectors providing R,D & E services for the livestock industries across Australia. That professional experience includes the conduct of sheep genetics research with NSW DPI; regional, state and national R&D management roles with NSW DPI, the South Australian Dept of Agriculture and Australian Wool Innovation; project management and livestock producer consulting services with Hassall and Associates Pty Ltd; strategic planning and project management consulting services for MLA, the Sheep CRC, Dairy Australia, NSW DPI and other organisations. Ian has significant (over 20 years) experience in the membership and chairing of boards-including the boards of private companies, statutory authorities and industry associations. As a result of all of these roles, Ian has a wide network of contacts across Australia with livestock producers, industry organisations and R,D & E service providers. |
Christine White - Regional ChairNorthern NSW Christine operates a family beef cattle and sheep wool/meat livestock business at Coolah, New South Wales jointly with husband, Henry, and daughter, Georgia. Christine has worked as a research agronomist in northern NSW, an advisory agronomist in the Coolah district, in project management within the Information Technology sector and in local government. She has held board member roles with the Catchment Management Authority, Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW, and Central West Local Land Services. Email: talbragar.coolah@gmail.com Phone: 0458 774 540 or 02 6377 4540 |
Magnus Aitken - Regional ChairCentral and Western NSW & QLD Sheep Magnus manages Cooinbil and Steam Plains Stations Between Conargo and Carrathool in the NSW Riverina. He is a livestock producer with a passion for the industry and a desire to contribute to its future sustainability in rangeland Australia. Email: cooinbil@paraway.com.au Mobile: 0429 637 413 |
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Julian Carroll - Regional ChairCentral Victoria Julian Carroll is a commercial beef and seed stock producer from Mudgegonga in Victoria’s North East. A 4th generation farmer on the family property, Julian returned to the land in 2008 after 20 years in Melbourne, spent mostly running an IT company. Julian is passionate about the adoption and promotion of best practice principles and has presented at various conferences around the state. In 2015 he was a finalist in the beef category of the Weekly Times Farmer of the Year. Julian is also president of the Mudgegonga and District Landcare Group and a part time project officer for the Myrtleford-based rural supplies co-op (TAFCO) where he organises extension and adoption activities that promote sustainable farming practices in the Ovens, King and Kiewa Valleys. |
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