Part of AWI's Sheep Genetics and Wool Quality Program, on-farm logistics projects aim to deliver benefits to woolgrowers in an environment where there is limited and variable use of advanced technology on-farm.

Big differences in productivity linked to farm management practices create opportunities for technology research and adoption in such areas as better sheep identification.

AWI is developing and adapting new technologies that allow optimal sheep and wool production at lower costs.

Key strategies are to maximise woolgrower adoption of:

• on-farm decision making, data storage and communication with the wool pipeline;
• coating sheep by validating benefits of coating to targeted woolgrowers; and
• a sheep identification (sheep ID) accreditation and extension package to woolgrowers for on-farm precision livestock management.

A scoping study conducted during late 2003 and early 2004 examined the technical, commercial and economic issues in relation to the practice of coating sheep. Download the study (PDF 173Kb) 

AWI and the Sheep CRC have co-funded the development of data standards for electronic storage of animal, wool and meat data, as well as for transmission of this data between industry sectors. More information at sheepcrc.org.au