Co-ordination of Supply Chain Management - Confinement Feeding Program ( Agresults)
| Project start date: | 28 March 2005 |
| Project end date: | 31 August 2006 |
| Publication date: | 01 May 2006 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Lamb |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
The Australian lamb industry experienced record export growth. Tonnages exported increased by 27% to 141,500 tonnes. The value of these exports has risen correspondingly and became valued at $760million. At the same time, the industry maintainined a strong domestic market. In order to meet this demand, Australian producers finished increasing numbers of lambs on grain based diets.
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) initiated several projects in the area of lamb feedlotting to investigate the current status of industry knowledge and information.
The “Lamb Feedlot Stocktake” was the first of these projects that combined to provide detailed information about the industry. This information assisted MLA in determining the direction for strategic investments in R&D to help producers maximise efficiencies as well as to understand and manage environmental and animal health issues.
Producers known to be feeding lambs were surveyed across five states and thirty eight provided detailed information about the physical components of their feeding systems and management programs.
MLA is grateful for the cooperation of producers and service providers, many of whom supplied industry contacts to facilitate the instigation of this stocktake.
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| Project manager: | Blair Brice |
| Primary researcher: | Agresults Pty Ltd |
