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Usage of MLA education and extension resources – Creative Commons (CC)
MLA and its partners have funded the development of education and extension resources (including manuals, tools and calculators) to benefit Australian red meat producers. To improve the accessibility of these resources to industry, MLA and its partners have adopted an ‘easy access creative commons’ approach. Below is a list of resources that are available via creative commons licencing.
Creative Commons licence
Most copyrighted publications on this page are made available under Creative Commons Atribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licensing, which permits sharing and use at no cost under the certain listed publications provisions.
Certain publications are not to be modified nor used to create derivative works, and these are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 International licence (CC BY-ND 2.0 AU), which permits sharing but does not allow modification or the creation of derivative works.
The type of licence will be indicated on each publication.
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MLA Creative Commons Fact Sheet
Attribution: Material to be attributed as outlined below.
Seven instructional manuals developed to achieve a sustainable (economic and environmental) increase in kilograms of beef produced per hectare through a whole of farm system and value chain approach.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
Module 1 Setting directions: Helps producers set clear business objectives and the strategic direction of the beef enterprise.
Module 2 Pasture growth: Helps producers develop expertise in soil, pasture and grazing management to boost productivity and profitability.
Module 3 Pasture utilisation: Details methods to increase stocking rates and adopt a plant growth-based approach to grazing management.
Module 4 Cattle genetics: Provides information to help producers lift productivity and profitability through ongoing genetic improvement.
Module 5 Weaner throughput: Outlines practices to determine how and when to wean calves early in order to maximise production and profitability.
Module 6 Herd health and welfare: Outlines procedures required to manage a healthy, productive and profitable cattle herd.
Module 7 Meeting market specifications: Helps producers to increase financial returns by better meeting target market specifications, exploiting market opportunities and managing the risks.
Instructional videos developed to achieve a sustainable (economic and environmental) increase in kilograms of beef produced per hectare through a whole of farm system and value chain approach. (Available for use under CC - no derivatives allowed).
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
Video available MLA's More Beef from Pastures - A producer experience from South Australia
Video available MLA's More Beef from Pastures - A producer experience from Western Australia
This tool, measured in cents per kilogram, uses an Excel spreadsheet and algorithms to provide an indication of the outlay required to produce each kilogram of meat for beef, sheep and goat.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia Limited
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This Leucaena Manual (First Edition) provides an overview to establish, graze and manage leucaena for cattle use.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia and The University of Queensland
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12 written modules compile best practice information to help producers secure a future as innovative, profitable and resilient world leaders in goat production.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
Module 1 Property Planning
Module 2 Financial Analysis
Module 3 Industry Obligations
Module 4 Infrastructure
Module 5 Goat Selection & Breeding
Module 6 Husbandry
Module 7 Nutrition
Module 8 Marketing
Module 9 Parasite Control
Module 10 Mohair Production
Module 11 Goat Depots
Module 12 Producing Goats in the Rangelands
Six videos compile best practice information to help producers secure a future as innovative, profitable and resilient world leaders in goat production.
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CC Licence CC BY-ND 2.0 AU
© Meat & Livestock Australia
Video available 1. Introduction
Video available 2. Goat Fencing
Video available 3. Fit to Load
Video available 4. Markets & Profits
Video available 5. Live Weight Scales
Video available 6. Goat Genetics
An Excel spreadsheet based calculator and software aims to provide:
- an appreciation of the pattern of feed supply and demand over a twelve-month period
- the location of "feed gaps"
- the ways in which modifying the livestock enterprise might help to close these gaps.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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Excel & Flash player based calculation tool developed to assist in determining the benefit of applying an animal health treatment to a herd for bloat, clostridial diseases and grass tetany.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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Excel based tool & algorithms develops a calving histogram to identify the percentage of cows conceiving at each cycle.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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A four-page pamphlet covering recommended measures to practice food safety in the home.
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A two-page pamphlet covering recommended measures to practice food safety when buying food.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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A four-page pamphlet covering recommended measures to practice food safety in the outdoors.
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A copyrighted manual that sets out principles for the dry ageing of beef and sheep meat, ensuring the public health and safety aspects are covered.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia, 2019
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A copyrighted manual which explains the important elements contributing to shelf life of Australian red meat.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia, 2016
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These guidelines are specifically focused on operations such as butcher shops looking for information on hazards and risks, ways to reduce the risk and scientific support for the Food Safety Plan.
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These Guidelines provide information on hazards and risks in smallgood products, suggest ways to reduce risks and supply scientific support for the Food Safety Plan.
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The fourth national baseline microbiological survey of Australian beef and sheep meat quality conducted in 2011.
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This guide outlines the key features about the updated National Vendor Declaration (NVD) released in 2020, with an easier, more efficient and cost effective system.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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The Australian red meat and livestock industry has set the ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2030 (CN30). But what does this really mean on-farm and what can producers do to reach this goal?
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Plastic-free meat trays and technologies which extend shelf life are just two of the ways the red meat industry is helping to reduce food wastage.
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MLA is funding a ground-breaking study into the effects of bushfires on livestock health and welfare, with the aim of developing guidelines to help producers manage the impacts of future bushfires.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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Visual Sheep Scores is a pocket guide for commercial and stud breeders, providing a standardised framework for assessing and scoring visual sheep traits.
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CC Licence 3, Attribution - NoDerivs - ShareAlike: CC-BY-ND 3.0
© Meat & Livestock Australia and Australian Wool Innovation
This includes an MLA pasture ruler and a Tip and Tool leaflet to show how to use the pasture ruler. The MLA Pasture Ruler provides the basis for a quick and easy way to estimate pasture mass (quantity) and quality. These estimates become a guide to the performance you can expect from your grazing animals.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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The MLA Pasture Ruler provides the basis for a quick and easy way to estimate pasture mass (quantity) and quality. These estimates become a guide to the performance you can expect from your grazing animals.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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This manual provides information on how using goats to control weeds can assist traditional control methods in providing efficient, sustainable pasture management when conducted according to best practice.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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This Tip and Tool will show you how to achieve long-term gains through careful weed and pasture management during and after periods of drought.
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This fact sheet outlines the three main steps of a successful weed management program.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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This Tip and Tool explains how thistle management can be achieved with a combination of herbicides, pasture improvement, grazing management, physical control methods and biological control.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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This Tip and Tool will explain how saffron thistle can be managed with a combination of herbicides, pasture improvement and grazing management.
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This publication explains how Paterson’s Curse can be managed with a combination of seasonal grazing management tactics, tactical applications of herbicides, and use of biological control.
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This Tip and Tool demonstrates how St John’s wort can be managed with a combination of herbicides, safe grazing and biological control.
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This Tip and Tool will show you the benefits of joining crossbred ewe lambs at 7-9 months of age to improve productivity and profitability of your enterprise.
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This fact sheet recommends a combination of annual lamb vaccination and careful grazing management for farms infected with Ovine Johne’s Disease and provides a five-step process for managing infected flocks.
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This fact sheet provides information on vaccination of lambs against Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD). Australian research has shown that vaccination of lambs can decrease their subsequent death rate from the disease by up to 90%.
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This fact sheet provides information on grazing management strategies that may be able to reduce the level of infection of Ovine Johne’s Disease within both vaccinated and non-vaccinated flocks.
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This publication helps producers prepare a management plan to deal with Perennial Ryegrass Toxicity (PRGT) which can be a serious problem for livestock grazing on perennial ryegrass dominant pastures in southern Australia.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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This publication aims to help producers: identify key profit drivers of intensive lamb finishing; complete a budget to determine profitability; improve lamb management through monitoring and appropriate actions; implement risk management strategies; and understand supply chain relationships and forward contracts.
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© Meat & Livestock Australia
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This fact sheet provides information which will help producers use nutrition as well as standard parasite management practices to control the effects of worm parasites in lambs.
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A collection of all Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Beef Tips & Tools fact sheets. This provides an overview of how the MSA program was developed and is utilised by measuring various carcase traits to predict the eating quality of beef cuts for different cooking methods.
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CC Licence 4, Attribution – No Derivatives
© Meat & Livestock Australia
MSA requirements for handling cattle
How to supply beef in the MSA system
The effect of tropical breeds on beef eating quality
Ossification and beef eating quality
The effect of marbling on beef eating quality
The effect of pH on beef eating quality
The effect of the pH–temperature decline on beef eating quality
How tenderstretch affects beef eating quality
How ageing affects beef eating quality
The effect of cooking on beef eating quality
Fat distribution and eating quality
Selling cattle through an MSA saleyard
The effect of growth promotants on beef eating quality
A collection of all Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Sheepmeat Tips & Tools fact sheets. This provides an overview of how the MSA program was developed and the pathways used to optimise the eating quality of lamb and sheepmeat.
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CC Licence 4, Attribution – No Derivatives
© Meat & Livestock Australia
The effect of nutrition and growth on sheepmeat eating quality
MSA requirements for handling sheep
The effect of breed and age on sheepmeat eating quality
The effect of pH on sheepmeat eating quality
The effect of hanging method on sheepmeat eating quality
The effect of cut and cooking method on sheepmeat eating quality
MSA beef cuts poster
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Photos courtesy of AUS-MEAT
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MSA lamb cuts poster
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This Tip and Tool will highlight how improving the ventilation on livestock ships, the application of risk management tools and wetting cattle can all contribute to minimising the detrimental effects of hyperthermia (heat stress) in cattle.
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Profitable Integration of Cropping and Livestock – by region
This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the northern region of Victoria.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the southern region of Victoria.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in Tasmania.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the Mallee and Upper Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the mid northern/lower Yorke Eyre region of South Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the low rainfall region of Western Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the medium rainfall region of Western Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the Central West region of New South Wales.
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