An Australian breakthrough in creating antibiotic-free livestock supplements and feeds has taken out gold in the Edison Awards, which recognise the best global innovation and innovators. NSW-based ProAgni was named the global gold award winner for the Health & Wellness, Agricultural Innovation category for its ProTect™ solution, which maintains cattle
A probiotic that could provide the feedlot industry with a $370 million boost took out the top award at Beef 2018’s ‘Pitch in the Paddock’. In this event, eight finalists pitched their start-up companies to a panel of judges and a packed audience. Feed additive company ProAgni won the top
A PROBIOTIC that could bring $370 million in gains to the feedlot industry has taken out the top award at Beef 2018 Pitch in the Paddock. In a style, similar to the television show Shark Tank, eight finalists pitched their start-up companies to a panel of judges and a packed Beef
Blue-sky concepts as variable as an on-property abattoir, a feed compound that saves the use of antibiotics, and genetic gains made through sexed semen run through the entries chosen as finalists for the MLA Producer Innovation Award to be presented at Beef 2018. Consumer resistance to grain- finished stock that had been fed antibiotics
MOBILE slaughtering units, pro-biotic feed and technological ear-tagging are just some of the innovative ideas announced as finalists in the Beef Australia 2018 Pitch in the Paddock. Entrepreneurial ideas including ‘Uber for freight’ have also been short-listed for the May 9 event, along with an online marketplace for rural products