Farm300: Boosting livestock production efficiency by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock

Summary

The FARM300 Production Efficiency Program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock sought to provide an integrated, coordinated and collaborative platform for achieving effective on farm practice change and impact of collective industry and government investment. In conjunction with program partners (AWI, DA and AFI), the program enabled producers to build knowledge and skills to adapt and improve management capability.  Critical to this approach was fostering and maintaining a network of deliverers who are equipped to support producers to identify opportunities within their business that will enable production efficiencies to be gained, adaptation of management practices and a subsequent reduction in GHG emissions.  
The program ran from June 2013 to May 2015 and includes a mix of communication activities, workshops and one-to-one extension to support practice change. The program was a full revenue project and incoming cash from DAFF amounts to $949,400.  Further to this, MLA receive din-kind contributions from Dairy Australia, Australian Wool Innovation and Australian Farm Institute.