Current tenders
Over the past 20 years, research has supported ongoing welfare improvements in Australia’s livestock export industry. However, literature reviews within RD&E projects are often limited by time, budget, and expertise, leading to missed or underused findings. This review will consolidate peer-reviewed publications, industry and other literature which focus on animal welfare across the livestock export supply chain, from Australian pre-export facilities to destination markets, to identify critical gaps and underutilised knowledge. It will also consider relevant global literature to identify transferable insights, technologies, or practices. By mapping the current evidence base, the review will guide future investment, inform policy and practice, and highlight industry improvements driven by research adoption.
Click here to download the Terms of Reference.
Applications must be received by 5pm (AEDT) on Friday 22 August and should be submitted to Nick Baker via email at nbaker@livecorp.com.au
MLA is seeking proposals for the role of BredWell FedWell (BWFW) National Coordinator. The National Coordinator will manage the delivery of BWFW from 2026 to 2030, working alongside the MLA Project Manager to drive continued successful delivery of BWFW across Australia, including oversight of the deliverer network. BredWell FedWell is a one-day course focusing on the technical areas of genetics and nutrition and the impacts they have on the productivity and profitability of livestock businesses. This is an introductory course, intended to build actionable knowledge and skills that participants can put into practice within their farm business.
For further details on the role and BWFW program, please see the Request for Tender.
Interested parties are encouraged to apply. Applications are due by 9:00am AEST, 8 September 2025.
For any questions regarding this tender, please contact:
Mitchell Plumbe
Project Manager – Producer Adoption
0458 273 715
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) via the MLA Donor Company is seeking expressions of interest from organisations (or partnerships of organisations) to co-invest with MLA in research for the following areas:
- Novel land management and development strategies that directly enhance the resilience, productivity and capital value of soil and landscape assets, while reducing operational risk and improving environmental outcomes or reporting.
- Practical solutions that improve resource use efficiency and reduce costs by enhancing the measurement and application of inputs and decisions, at both/or the animal and whole-property scale
- Biogenic carbon cycle program - building the complete farm system carbon cycle including low-cost approaches to model carbon sequestration/fluxes.
The program prioritises opportunities that reduce the timeframe to adoption with maximum attributable environmental and profitability outcomes for Australian red meat producers.
Please download the expressions of interest form by the link below.
Sustainability R&D Priorities EOI template and guidelines.pdf
Applications must be lodged electronically as Word document to tenders@MLA.com.au
Expressions of interest must be received by 1700 AEST on Tuesday 30th September. Strict adherence to the time deadline for applications will occur.
For further information please contact:
Dr. Joe McMeniman
Group Manager – Sustainability
+61 447 264 341
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking preliminary applications from organisations (or partnerships of organisations) to conduct a literature review on establishing the complete farm system biogenic carbon cycle at a farm and national level.
Net greenhouse gas emissions of the grazing system is the balance between the emissions (from livestock, agriculture soils and farm dams, lime application, fertiliser, pasture residues, vegetation or soil carbon loss due to conversion or management of grazing land) and sequestration in the farming environment (soils and vegetation). Establishing a net emissions position versus a direct emission position acknowledges the role grazing livestock have in the environment and the biogenic nature of ruminant derived greenhouse gas.
MLA applications must be lodged electronically as Word document to: tenders@mla.com.au
Stage 1 MLA Applications must be received by 17:00 AEST on August 15th, 2025.
Strict adherence to the time deadline for applications will occur. Incomplete request for tender applications without the required documentation will not be assessed.
Further information:
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is seeking preliminary proposals for RD&A projects that will develop improved grazing management guidelines for different land systems and climate zones across northern Australia, to protect and improve landscape productivity.
Applications should nominate target regions and land systems within Northern Australia where grazing guidelines require improvement. It is not essential for individual applicants to develop guidelines for all land systems across Northern Australia. Specifically, these projects are to be conducted in regions represented by the North Australia Beef Research Council (NABRC).
Proposals may be funded by producer levies, the MLA Donor Company, or a combination of the two.
Applicants should carefully review the linked tender document before completing their preliminary project proposal. Requested activities are specified on pages 13-16. The tender document contains further links to all necessary documentation.
Request for tender form and specifications
Submit proposals electronically to MLA at projectcall@mla.com.au and copy to apeake@mla.com.au. Preliminary proposals must be received by MLA before 5pm AEST Friday 22nd August 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted.
MLA is seeking expressions of interest from interested organisations to submit an expression of interest to find collaborators and participants to be involved in developing new reference projects and models to facilitate collaboration, co-investment and supply chain partnerships to support the long-term sustainability of reference populations.
The NLGC envisages that these reference projects will possibly differ from a traditional model with a single research flock/herd and management team, to expand and include other industry collaborators and flocks. We are looking for but not limited to organisations such as producers, processors, research stations, genotyping companies, extension experts, project managers, and retail or wholesalers.
This EOI closes on 30 July 2025 – please see attached the EOI document for further detail and the link to the online application form.
MLA is seeking expressions of interest from interested organisations to submit an expression of interest to find collaborators and participants to be involved in developing new reference projects and models to facilitate collaboration, co-investment and supply chain partnerships to support the long-term sustainability of reference populations.
The NLGC envisages that these reference projects will possibly differ from a traditional model with a single research flock/herd and management team, to expand and include other industry collaborators and flocks. We are looking for but not limited to organisations such as producers, processors, research stations, genotyping companies, extension experts, project managers, and retail or wholesalers.
This EOI closes on 30 July 2025 – please see attached EOI documents for further detail and the link to the online application form.
MLA is seeking preliminary proposals for RD&A projects that will develop improve sown and native pasture varieties relevant to grazing systems across southern Australia. Activities to improve plant-microbe symbioses, seed collections and seed technology are also within scope for certain components of the investment call. Specifically, these projects are to be conducted in regions represented by the Southern Australia Livestock Research Council (SALRC).
Applicants should carefully review the linked tender document before completing their preliminary project proposal. Requested activities are specified on pages 13-16. The tender document contains further links to all necessary documentation.
Request for tender form and specifications.
Preliminary proposals must be received by MLA before 5pm AEST Friday 18th July 2025. Late proposals will not be accepted. Submit proposals electronically to MLA at: projectcall@mla.com.au.
If you have questions about this open call, contact:
Allan Peake
Program Manager – Sustainable Feedbase Resources
Email: apeake@mla.com.au
