DPIRD's Livestock Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) and Business Development branches lead our work in:
- commercially relevant research and development
- driving innovation and advancing productivity and value creation throughout the value/supply chain
- collaborating and partnering with industry, universities and across government
- building local science capacity and networks
- attracting RD&I investment and new technology providers to our regions
- ensuring the rapid and effective translation of research findings to commercial outcomes and economic impact.
Our vision for a profitable sheep industry
Grazing systems | Profitable production | Technology | Markets and industry |
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Productive and resilient pastures within a cropping/pasture system that supports profitable wool and lamb production. | Quality wool and sheep meat produced by modern Merinos that fit our variable climate. | Livestock technology and data systems providing quality accurate, safe and labour friendly systems. | Support of markets and investment for value-added meat products that fit consumers’ needs. |
DPIRD’s way of working
Research | Development | Analysis | Adoption |
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Focus on applied research. Build relationships with Research and Development (R&D) corps and across other partners such as universities. Utilise Katanning Research Facility as a base for work. | Focus on building value to existing research. Designing decision support tools for key management and marketing decisions. Integration of new technology along the chain. | Focus on industry analysis for strategic direction and industry. Economic/financial analysis of new products and potential business models. Modelling of best practice on-farm and off-farm. | Provide new knowledge for adoption packages and events. Extension is delivered by private sector unless market failure. All R&D work to have built in adoption processes in project. |
Underpinning all these is to support scholarships and internships with a research and development focus, and provide essential support to:
- disease or pest incidents
- animal welfare issues
- dry seasons or extreme weather events
- industry wide issues that impact the state.