V.RMH.0111-R&D Round-Up

Summary

Stakeholder consultation revealed demand for a ‘push service’ that provides stakeholders with the latest R&D information and further action is required to promote MLA’s enhancements to R&D accessibility and transparency.
Since February 2020, MLA has released 'R&D Round-Up', a summary of MLA’s recently completed R&D projects plus summaries of projects that are currently in progress.
The August 2021 addition featured six completed MLA projects:
V.RMH.0111 Baseline consumer sensory testing of alternate protein burgers
P.PSH.1242 Evidence-based digital traceability trials for beef exports to China - Digital / physical supply chain verification
L.PDS.1808 PDS: Using eID to improve ewe performance
B.CCH.2111 MCV5 – Changes in summer rainfall and implications for agriculture
P.PSH.1046 Understanding the value of farm specific sensors with LoRaWAN
V.RMH.0095 Preliminary evaluation of flavourless smoke in chilled Australian lamb.

This edition also featured four in-progress projects related to MLA's animal health and welfare program:
P.PSH.1305 Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered mobile app for the assessment of eye disease in cattle
B.AHE.2102 Bushfire implications for livestock wellbeing
B.AHE.0318 Reducing foetal and lamb losses in young ewes
P.PSH.2057 Developing and implementing objective sheep lifetime pain measurement and mitigation strategies

Objectives

The primary objective of R&D Round-up is to improve accessibility to MLA’s published R&D and inform key stakeholders of project results/learnings in a way that’s easy to read and understand.

Benefits to industry

The newsletter provides producers access to the outcomes and benefits of MLA’s R&D investments that aim to increase the productivity and profitability of organisations across the industry’s entire supply chain.