Sheep Industry Fund: Approved Projects 2023-2024
The Minister of Primary Industries and Regions approved the release of $4.6 million from the Sheep Industry Fund in July 2023 for projects to benefit South Australia’s sheep industry. Expenditure from the Sheep Industry Fund also funds administration, board expenses and refund payments.
Further information
Livestock SA Application |
Amount Approved |
Animal Health |
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Footrot Management Program The program aims to reduce the animal welfare issues and economic impact of the spread of footrot in the South Australian sheep industry and to assist sheep producers with virulent footrot to manage the disease. |
$909,555 |
Livestock SA Biosecurity Program An engaged and united industry approach to ensure the livestock industry has the systems, capability, and capacity to minimise the risks of, and maximise preparedness for, endemic and exotic pest, weed and disease |
$295,610 |
Sheep Lice Compliance Program The sheep lice program minimises the impact of sheep lice on the Industry by providing inspectorial services, education, advice and where appropriate compliance action. |
$171,873 |
Traceability |
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NLIS Compliance Program – Sheep The NLIS Sheep Program supports the South Australian sheep industry by monitoring and enforcing compliance with sheep identification and traceability standards for the purpose of disease control, food safety and market access. |
$265,720 |
Predator Control |
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| Wild Dog Trapper Program Service Provider: Biosecurity SA Reduce the spread and impacts of wild dogs on livestock production inside the Dog Fence through the employment of two FTE trappers in SA. | $200,000 |
Biteback Wild Dog Control Program To reduce the impact of wild dogs (dingoes and their hybrids) on the sheep industry in the SA pastoral zone and to support landholders to control wild dogs. |
$260,925 |
| Box Flat Wild Dog Control Program Service Provider: Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board
| $3,825 |
Advocacy |
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Livestock SA Industry Development Facilitates Livestock SA policy and advocacy efforts, enables strategic leadership and collaboration across the sheep meat and wool industry value chains, effectively manages the governance and administration of the SA Sheep Industry Fund to meet legal and government requirements and industry expectations. Funding includes ‘Advocacy’, ‘SA Sheep Industry Blueprint’, ‘SIF Governance and Administration’. |
$903,040 |
Industry Development |
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| Eradicating Feral Deer from Sheep Country Service Provider: PIRSA Eradicating feral deer from high-value SA sheep country using thermal assisted aerial culling over three years. | $100,000 |
| Kangaroo Island Feral Pig Eradication Service Provider: PIRSA Advanced feral pig incursion response during the 12-month Kangaroo Island feral pig post eradication monitoring period. | $55,000 |
SheepConnect SA Communications SheepConnect SA is Australian Wool Innovation Ltd.’s lead extension project in South Australia for information and skill development of wool producers. |
$42,500 |
Sheep Expo 2024 Ensure that the South Australian sheep industry attracts young people that will engage and contribute to the long-term viability of the industry by developing industry capability and capacity. |
$17,000 |
Melatonin Improves Ewe Productivity and Wellbeing (Instalment 3) It is predicted that the use of melatonin on ewes immediately prior to joining in hot environments will increase the number of ewes that conceive, the proportion of twins conceived and increase the survival rate of twin born lambs. |
$35,535 |
SA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub Contribution (Instalment 3) The SA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub consists of a network of >50 RDE&A partners. This application focuses on maximising the benefit from the Drought Hub for the SA sheep industry through a linked network of integrated producer demonstration RDE&A sites. |
$125,000 |
Sheep thermoregulation and fertility (Instalment 3) This project will quantify the impact of individual ewe and ram thermoregulation on pregnancy rates, litter size and weaning rates of ewes joined during summer. |
$48,898 |
| Improving Spring Oestrus Synchrony (Instalment 2) Service Provider: University of Adelaide As poor oestrus synchrony during artificial insemination (AI) contributes to financial losses and unsatisfactory results, we will optimise current oestrus synchrony protocols for spring AI. | $166,773 |
Better AI – on-farm validation (Instalment 2) Poor synchrony causes financial loss in AI programs. An improved protocol has been developed that will be validated in commercial and stud flocks across South Australia. | $36,214 |
Sheep Blowfly Sterile Insect Technique – Implementation (Year 2) Implementation of the Sterile Insect Technique to control sheep blowfly in a 4-year pilot project on Kangaroo Island. | $100,000 |
| Sheep Pain Mitigation Program (Year 2) Service Provider: University of Adelaide Rapidly reindicate drugs to treat chronic pain through the use of tests to quantitatively measure pain and demonstrate drug efficacy and associated productivity gains. | $165,132 |
| WoolTAG Service Provider: Livestock SA Sponsorship for WoolTAG to be able to provide tool box allowances for learner shearers and wool handlers. | $5,000 |
Lead Agriculture Teacher for SA The Lead Agriculture Teacher SA project will mentor, train and support ag teachers to deliver innovative food and fibre curriculum that engages students. |
$150,194 |
| LambEx 2024 Sponsorship
Service Provider: LambEx 2024 Steering Committee Funding to support the South Australian Bid to host the LambEx conference in 2024 in Adelaide. | $200,000 |
| Small Project Fund Service Provider: Livestock SA The Sheep Industry Fund Board has preapproved the expenditure for small projects that provide benefit the industry. Unspent funds will be returned to the SIF at financial year end. | $50,000 |
Total Livestock SA application | $4,387,164 |
| Other approved expenditure 2024 FY | |
| Dog Fence rebuild | $925,000 |
| Dog Fence maintenance | $274,620 |
Total Industry Funds | $5,586,784 |