MLA and the GRDC are partnering again to support mixed farming businesses across Australia through a new round of Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) projects.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) are again joining forces to support mixed farming businesses across Australia through a new round of Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) projects.

Through a series of longitudinal videos, this project improved communication of Producer Demonstration Site projects, their integration with the company's key focus areas and gain maximum benefit of the PDS program by syndicating the process and results of the producer groups involved to a wider audience.​

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Want to see new management practices and technologies in action? The MLA Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) program gives producers an opportunity to discover and implement new management practices that could improve business profitability, productivity and sustainability. This hands-on program demonstrates the benefit of best management practices and new technologies on local commercial properties. Working in supportive peer groups, producers gain new skills along with the confidence to apply these learnings to their own business.

MLA's Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) program aims to provide a participatory learningopportunity for groups of producers to demonstrate best practice and locally develop ordemonstrate MLA research and development outputs in a regional and commercially relevantcontext that leads to improved profitability and sustainability outcomes.The program aims toshorten the time lag between...

The Connors family had a proactive approach to managing liver fluke in their beef herd in the high rainfall country near Running Creek, Victoria. Now, equipped with information from an MLA-supported Producer Demonstration Site (PDS), they have their sights set on being fluke-free.

MLA has 13 active Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS) projects across southern WA. These projects are helping producers boost productivity in their region and tackle key production challenges.

Funding is available for livestock producer groups to run local projects to validate and demonstrate the business value of integrating new technologies and on-farm management practices into local farming systems

The Growing Beef from Dairy Project will upskill and support dairy and beef farmers to improve welfare and meat quality outcomes for surplus dairy calves.