Summary
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has taken a lead role within the red meat co-investment partners and commissioned the development of an Investment Plan for the research, development and extension that underpins the Southern Australian feedbase. The Southern Australian feedbase is defined as herbage provided by pastures, grazing crops and shrubs from sown, naturalised and native plant species within the area south of the 26° line of latitude. The objectives of the Feedbase Investment Plan were to:
Document feedbase priorities and industry deliverables that increase meat profitability and sustainability for the 6 southern agro-ecological regions that underpin the national beef and sheepmeat RD&E strategies
Develop a Feedbase Investment Plan (FIP), addressing strategic and applied research and delivery priorities and opportunities covering Southern Australia for at least the period from 2010 to 2020, for consideration by the Red Meat Co-investment Committee (RMCiC).
Provide recommendations for management and coordination of such investment across the national RD&E framework, supported by the public and private sectors in the pasture industry supply chain.
