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Virtual Fencing for cropping and weed management logo
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Virtual Fencing for cropping and weed management

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Virtual fencing provides the opportunity to maximise animal production, maintain sustainable crop and pasture grazing pressure and control weeds through grazing pressure in integrated management programs. To date, the use of research-only manually directed devices has limited the development of this technology. The advent of GPS-linked devices has the potential...

20 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

AgForce, New South Wales Farmers' Association (NSW Farmers), Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) [Vic]

Efficiency and Automation in Wool Harvesting logo
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Efficiency and Automation in Wool Harvesting

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Labour is a significant cost in shearing, classing and wool handling. There are many activites in the wool zones where labour efficiencies can be made. This investment uses modern sensors, industrial controls and engineering developments to design, build, and test components of a semi-autonomous wool handling system from the classing...

1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

ACNielen Research Pty Ltd

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Wild Dog On Ground III QLD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide funding for wild dog on ground control to assist woolgrowers and landholders in wild dog groups and clusters in best practice management throughout QLD. The Wild Dog on-ground support aims to help producers and other key stakeholders collaborate to reduce the impact of devastating livestock predation...

20 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Centre for Invasive Species Solutions

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Sensors for reduce reproductive wastage

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This investment will utilise on-animal sensors, such as AWI Smart Tags, to monitor and evaluate reproductive events and performance. A machine learning approach will utilise accelerometer, proximity & GNSS data to identify mating events, conception date and sire identity. The acquired knowledge will support management options for ewes including segregation...

1 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

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Genotyping of Breech Flystrike

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Resistance to breech flystrike is a priority area of research for the Australian wool industry as genetic progress in sheep breeding programs could be fast-tracked with the application of genomic breeding values. This project investigated whether genomic approaches based on major genes, such as marker assisted selection, genomic selection based...

31 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Griffith University

Victorian Vertebrate Pest Management Coordinators logo
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Victorian Vertebrate Pest Management Coordinators

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project consolidates and expands the significant achievements and outcomes of earlier Victorian Wild Dog Coordinators Projects. The project will deliver coordinated training and support to farmers to better protect sheep from the impact of wild dogs, foxes, pigs and other vertebrate pests using best practice control methods. The Victorian...

1 Dec 2015 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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Development of a Smart Shearing Handpiece

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Shearing handpieces have remained relatively unchanged since mechanisation. This investment will examine the opportunity to design smarter handpieces that incorporate sensors to de-risk and de-skill manual shearing with an initial focus on alerting the user when either the tail or the nose of the handpiece is lifting to reduce second...

18 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

University of Technoology Sydney (UTS)

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AgHealth and Safety Partnership

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The Rural Safety and Health Alliance (RSHA) is a new partnership to improve primary production’s health and safety record focused on incorporating innovative research and extension. The RSHA will invest in practical research, development and extension solutions informed by industry input on work, health and safety risks. Key features of...

1 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

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P2D2 Phase1

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The P2D investment consisted of six projects across all industries represented by the 15 RDCs. The projects addressed the current and future potential use of digital agriculture in Australia with a focus on: 1. Producer survey 2. Data connectivity 3. Legal aspects and trust 4. Data sources 5. A Big...

30 Sep 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Kettlewell Consulting Group, SEAM Consulting Group, Integrity Ag and Envrionment

Wool LCA - The Impact of Change Management CLSD logo
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Wool LCA - The Impact of Change Management CLSD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Life cycle assessment (LCA)-based rating tools developed for the apparel industry are used to promote a change in demand for textiles by influencing consumer preferences based on the environmental footprint of textiles. This paper analyses the application of the LCA methods to wool production, specifically the application of methods that...

6 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2017

New South Wales, Australia

Clifton Cluster, Coogon Cluster