2013 Research Priorities

1. Improving lamb production per ewe in the flock

• Reducing pre-weaning lamb loss from conception onwards
• Improving efficiency of out-of-season breeding
• Improving Reproductive Efficiency (Including improving low lambing percentages)

2. Improving Profitability

• Reducing the cost of production
• Increasing Revenue- Improving Carcass Yield
• Develop Compensation Strategy to reward Producers for economically beneficial carcass traits

3. Health

• Developing/Validating new diagnostics, vaccines and animal health products
• Developing on-farm flock health procedures and strategies

4. Predation

• Cost Benefit analysis of different preventative methods of predator control
• Predation reduction