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Dr Dale Miller Research Sub-program Leader Tasmanian Red Meat Industries • $240M from livestock (06/07) • ¼ of gross farm gate value of Tas. agriculture • 2500 commercial beef and sheep meat producers Tasmanian Agricultural Land Red Meat Producers manage a significant proportion of the state’s natural resources. Source: Prof. Tony Norton Current Red Meat Industry Issues Global National Local Availability of credit Producer’s declining terms of trade Rationalisation of industries Climate change Climate change & Government policy Drought management & pasture decline Rising demand for food Demand for healthier, smarter foods Biosecurity & food quality, including GM usage Demand for sustainable, clean, & ethical farming Public scrutiny of animal production systems incl. welfare & environment Response to reduced sheep numbers Rising oil values Rising fertiliser and energy costs Alternative enterprises/use Trade liberalisation Reliability of water supplies Availability of skilled labour Financial Benchmarking Project Global National Local Availability of credit Producer’s declining terms of trade Rationalisation of industries Rising oil values Rising fertiliser and energy costs Alternative enterprises/use Aims: improve farm business management decisions and develop industry level financial data. • 3-year statewide project, funded by DPIW • aim for 200 businesses, ends 2010 • identify drivers of profitability & areas for improvement • promote benchmarking as a business management tool Spatial analysis of farm attributes and profitability Global National Local Climate change Climate change & Government policy Rationalisation of industries Demand for sustainable, clean, & ethical farming Public scrutiny of animal production systems incl. welfare & environment Response to reduced sheep numbers Aims: relate profitability to bio-physical attributes of farms using GIS, to develop industry decision support tools • 2-year project, funded by MLA & UTAS, ends mid-2009 • Masters student – Sarah Gatenby • proof of concept then scaled up to industry level questions Increase sheep breeding performance Global Demand for sustainable, clean, & ethical farming National Public scrutiny of animal production systems incl. welfare & environment Local Response to reduced sheep numbers Aim: to improve neonate lamb survival rates • studies of metabolic maturity at birth, funded by MLA • national review on genetics and epigenetics, Sheep CRC • dual-purpose winter cereal crops for shelter and improved ewe nutrition in early lactation, MLA ? Increasing meat production through irrigation Global Rising oil values National Rising fertiliser and energy costs Local Alternative enterprises/use Reliability of water supplies Aim: develop grazing systems for irrigated winter cereals • studies on SR, grazing method, residuals after grazing • funded by MLA (08/09), Grain and Graze (07/08) • benefits = diversify income & spread costs, faster turnoff, pasture rest periods, fill winter feed supply gap. Development of sustainable grazing systems Global Climate change Demand for sustainable, clean, & ethical farming National Climate change & Government policy Public scrutiny of animal systems incl. welfare & environment Local Drought management & pasture decline Rising fertiliser and energy costs Aims: develop productive, low input, mixed perennial pastures & an understanding of selective grazing • study newly developed TIAR pasture species – Eric Hall • 3-5 year project, seek funding from AFF, CFOC and MLA • WUE, resilience, productivity, nutritive quality & species integration plus diet selection and persistence Contact Details: [email protected] (03) 6336 5340 0409140804