June 2024 - June 2025
Our projects
We collaborate with stakeholders and industry partners to drive research projects, subsequent adoption and uptake, whilst fostering innovation and creating opportunities for the agricultural community to learn, grow, invest and connect. Explore the projects that we currently have underway across the business.
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Current Projects
Update on Consumer perceptions and handling practices during purchase, preparation, storage and consumption of chicken meat
The University of Adelaide
August 2024 - April 2026
Early pregnancy in the mare: mechanisms of immune recognition and novel assays for pregnancy testing
The University of Newcastle
May 2024 - September 2027
Transmission of deformed wing virus (DWV) through imported semen
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
June 2024 - December 2025
Understanding and reducing weather induced fungal staining of oaten hay windrows.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (WA)
May 2024 - November 2026
Dispelling value uncertainty for hay growers – application of high-throughput, low-cost phenomics to predict Oaten hay quality in-crop fields, while improving oat breeding selection efficiency.
The University of Adelaide
April 2024 - January 2027
Update of the Economic Impact of the Thoroughbred breeding industry on the Australian Economy
IER Trading PTY LTD
March 2024 - August 2024
Ensuring a sustainable water future: Developing next generation rice water use strategies
Deakin University (a body politic and corporate established pursuant to the Deakin University Act 2009 (Vic))
February 2024 - June 2028
Using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to improve nutrient and water-use-efficiency of rice production (PhD top up)
The University of Adelaide
November 2023 - August 2026
Past Projects
Preparing the thoroughbred industry for operations during a possible Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Australia.
AusVet Pty Ltd
October 2023 - April 2024
Cultivating Futures: Engaging Secondary School Students in the World of Agricultural Careers
Central Queensland University
August 2023 - November 2023
Validation and kit development of LAMP test for C. psittaci and EHV1
The University of Queensland
August 2023 - August 2024
Size and Scope of the Honey Bee and Pollination Industry - An Updated Snapshot
AgEconPlus Pty Ltd
July 2023 - May 2024
Mapping the workforce of Australian Agriculture - Current State and Future Requirements
RM Consulting Group Pty Ltd
August 2023 - May 2024
Update of the Producing Quality Oat Hay guide with data from the National Hay Agronomy project.
ORM PTY LTD
August 2023 - February 2024