Resources

Transporting and handling livestock is a specialist task and one which the whole supply chain relies on to be performed safely, efficiently, and professionally to protect our animals, staff and […]

The Potential for rangeland grassfed assurance programs in Western Australia project aimed to: conduct a desktop review of existing global grassfed certification programs; undertake modelling to determine the projected viability […]

The Understanding of the relationship between Bos indicus content and consumer eating quality using genetic markers project aimed to: develop algorithms to estimate Bos indicus content from high density SNP […]

The Updating a model of meat demand in Australia to test for the impact of MSA project updated an existing model of meat demand in Australia to take into account […]

The MSA sensory testing of Fletcherview cattle project tested eating quality of cuts from entire and castrated male Bos indicus cattle that were either homozygous positive or homozygous negative for […]

The Investigating and improving market compliance issues in beef markets in central Queensland project aimed to identify and determine the causes of animals not complying with intended market specifications. Summary […]

The Growth and meat quality of grain finished entire male Bos indicus cattle project built on previous MLA research which demonstrated significant productivity gains in entire male cattle. Some live […]

Meat Standards Australia (MSA) is the world’s leading eating quality grading program for beef (and sheepmeat), developed to improve the eating quality and consistency of red meat. MSA was developed […]

Selecting cattle to improve temperament can benefit beef production and animal performance, in addition to improving animal welfare and human safety. Beef CRC research found favourable genetic and phenotypic relationships […]