Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) are calling for interested and suitably skilled applicants to tender for the position of Coordinator for Profitable Grazing Systems (PGS) program.

Profitable Grazing Systems (PGS) is one of Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) flagship adoption programs which drives measurable, improved business performance outcomes for participating red meat producers. The MLA Adoption Strategy outlines an increased focus on long-term practice change programs, new awareness and learning channels, ensuring adoption is embedded within applied on-farm R&D and building the capacity of and attracting the supporting advisory network.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

Buffalo fly (Haematobia exigua) is now the leading cause of economic loss in the Australian beef industry, with estimated annual impacts exceeding $170 million through reduced productivity, treatment costs, labour, and associated market impacts. Despite decades of research and management effort, control remains inconsistent, increasingly ineffective, and heavily reliant on a narrowing set of chemical tools.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Goat Industry Research, Development and Adoption Committee (GIRDAC) are calling for full applications from prospective service providers to identify key pre-weaning and weaning interventions implemented on-farm across managed goat businesses.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

Bloat remains a significant and growing animal welfare and productivity issue for grassfed cattle producers in southern Australia, exacerbated by improved legume-rich pastures and the withdrawal of reliable intra-ruminal monensin capsules from the market. This Terms of Reference calls for proposals to explore short-, medium- and long-term alternatives for bloat prevention, detection, and management to improve animal wellbeing and reduce production losses.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

Buffalo fly (Haematobia exigua) is now the leading cause of economic loss in the Australian beef industry, with estimated annual impacts exceeding $170 million through reduced productivity, treatment costs, labour, and associated market impacts. Despite decades of research and management effort, control remains inconsistent, increasingly ineffective, and heavily reliant on a narrowing set of chemical tools.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Goat Industry Research, Development and Adoption Committee (GIRDAC) are calling for full applications from prospective service providers to identify key pre-weaning and weaning interventions implemented on-farm across managed goat businesses.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

The Australian red meat industry (encompassing cattle, sheep and goat) generated $77.1 billion in turnover and $14.3 billion in exports in 2023-2024, supporting over 460,000 jobs nationwide (Meat & Livestock Australia 2025).  The industry’s success is built on a well-integrated and effective biosecurity system. Understanding the evolving biosecurity challenges that the red meat industry faces, and the gaps and needs that must be addressed, is critical to informing strategic research, development, and adoption (RD&A) investment.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) are calling for interested and suitably skilled applicants to tender for the position of Coordinator for Profitable Grazing Systems (PGS) program.

Profitable Grazing Systems (PGS) is one of Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) flagship adoption programs which drives measurable, improved business performance outcomes for participating red meat producers. The MLA Adoption Strategy outlines an increased focus on long-term practice change programs, new awareness and learning channels, ensuring adoption is embedded within applied on-farm R&D and building the capacity of and attracting the supporting advisory network.

Bloat remains a significant and growing animal welfare and productivity issue for grassfed cattle producers in southern Australia, exacerbated by improved legume-rich pastures and the withdrawal of reliable intra-ruminal monensin capsules from the market. This Terms of Reference calls for proposals to explore short-, medium- and long-term alternatives for bloat prevention, detection, and management to improve animal wellbeing and reduce production losses.

The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Donor Company (MDC) is seeking expressions of interests (EOI) from publicly funded research organisation’s (PFRO) commercialisation entity who have technology prototype(s) that are ready to be considered for delivering benefits to the Australian red meat and livestock sector. Prototype(s) must be at least partially validated at a low-medium fidelity technology readiness level of 4 or greater and will be evaluated on a first-come-first-served basis against MLA investment decision criteria and priorities. 

There is no maximum or minimum project size, only that all submissions are based on 60% participant and 40% MDC co-investment cash contribution. MLA is flexible on Intellectual Property (IP) ownership to best drive future commercial success and welcomes a clear adoption pathway for PFRO’s to engage with industry stakeholders in the build, test and launch stages.