Summary
This report summaries co-ordination activities associated with the management of R&D and adoption of Meat Standards Australia Australia and the Lamb Supply Chain Group. Significant achievements include:
- Developing the MSA beef 4/5 platform, including re-vamping of carcase sorting concepts to replace boning groups.
- Awareness and adoption activities for the development of MSA beef and lamb with key processors and retailers.
- Awareness and adoption activities for the development of lean meat yield measurement in lamb with key processors and retailers.
- Development of new R&D programs around carcase grading in lamb to facilitate the measurement of lean meat yield and eating quality parameters.
- Development of new R&D leading a cuts based MSA grading model for lamb and yearling Merino sheep.
- Developing a strong relationship between the Sheep CRC and MLA with APMC.
- Significant adoption and awareness activities for beef and lamb producers.
