A new $2.1 million, four-year pilot project designed to put more dollars in the pockets of mixed farming businesses has been launched by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC).
The joint project is targeting businesses producing both livestock and grain across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia.
The goal of the project is to showcase to primary producers how new or alternative management practices, along with key learnings from scientific research and development, could benefit commercial mixed farming operations.
As a first step, the project coordinators are calling for preliminary applications for producer demonstration sites (PDS) across Australia. Applications opened on Thursday, 15th August and close on Wednesday, 25th September.
Mixed farming operators interested in being involved or hosting a PDS should:
• Access the Terms of Reference, preliminary application form and PDS guidelines at mla.com.au for more information on applying. Preliminary applications are to be submitted via email to pds@mla.com.au by Wednesday, 25 September 2024.
• Sign up for MLA’s quarterly PDS update for the latest news and progress on each MLA/GRDC Partnership PDS Program.
• Access MLA’s PDS search tool – users can search all active and completed PDS projects. The tool can be used to search for sites by topic and/or state/region of relevance – making the findings of each PDS more accessible and allowing producers to incorporate the outcomes into their own production systems.