Sheep and goat producer groups are invited to apply for funding through Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS) program to validate the on-farm benefits of adopting MLA research findings and technologies.
The PDS program provides funding of up to $25,000 a year for three years for producer groups to demonstrate, develop and adopt new innovation and on-farm management practices into local farming systems that improve profitability and productivity.
MLA’s General Manager – Producer Consultation and Adoption, Michael Crowley, said the objective of the PDS program was to shorten the time lag between technological innovation and adoption of practices by producers at a local level.
“The key outcome of a PDS is producer adoption of the demonstrated innovation and management practices resulting in improved business performance,” Mr Crowley said.
“Funding is available for up to six sheep projects and one to two goat projects that are able to commence in early 2017.”
To help guide producer groups considering applying for the PDS program, MLA is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, 5 October at 12.30pm (eastern daylight saving time).
Preliminary PDS applications should be submitted on or before 21 October, 2016.
