Profitable, productive pastoral zone

Summary

​Profitable, Productive Pastoral Zone was a joint initiative between Meat & Livestock Australia, Australian Wool Innovation and key stakeholders to deliver an extension program targeting pastoral mixed sheep meat, wool and beef cattle businesses. The project operated in the southern pastoral zone of New South Wales, South Australia, southern Western Australia and southern Queensland. The project was branded and delivered as Pastoral Profit and delivered during the project period 1 June 2014 to 30 June 2017. 
The purpose of the project was to build capacity and service delivery in the pastoral zone to facilitate improved business analysis and subsequent decision making processes. Pastoral Profit achieved this by supporting producers, through the delivery of regionally based learning and adoption activities which were adapted to the needs of pastoralists which would allow them to move from intuitive business and enterprise management to more informed decision making about optimal allocation of resources. It is assumed that this would ultimately result in improved resilience, confidence and profitability of pastoral businesses.