Projects |
Approved Funding |
Investment Priority 1: Animal Health |
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Sheep Lice Compliance ProgramService Provider: Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA Summary: The program aims to enforce the Livestock Act 1997 by addressing detections of lice-infested sheep at public markets and cases of straying sheep from their property of origin. It delivers inspectorial services across all South Australian saleyards, focusing on providing technical advice on treatment and control of lice, and issuing warnings or expiations where required. Inspectors also investigate and manage incidents where stray sheep contribute to the spread of lice between properties. Benefits to Industry: The program supports effective lice control by reducing treatment costs and improving wool quality and animal welfare. It links industry, government, and research, delivering current advice on lice and biosecurity. Routine saleyard inspections help monitor lice, detect resistance early, and support surveillance. Compliance measures deter infested sheep movement and promote responsible producer behaviour across the industry. |
$125,000 |
SA Ovine Footrot Management ProgramService Provider: Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA Summary: The SA Ovine Footrot Management Program aims to reduce the economic and animal welfare impacts of footrot across the South Australian (SA) sheep industry, by enhancing the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and management of footrot using a collaborative industry approach. Benefits to Industry: This program strengthens footrot management by implementing review recommendations and legislative changes. It gives producers access to expert advice to manage or eradicate footrot, reducing financial impact. Compliance and traceability measures target irresponsible trade. Delivered by PIRSA, it ensures consistent advice, timely response, efficient resource use, and access to trained contractors and inspectors across South Australia.
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$1,103,749 |
SA Biosecurity ExtensionService Provider: Livestock SA Summary: The South Australian Livestock Biosecurity Extension Project (SALBEP) is a vital initiative designed to strengthen biosecurity preparedness, disease prevention, and animal welfare outcomes across the South Australian livestock sector. Benefits to Industry: SALBEP equips producers with tools to prevent, manage, and respond to biosecurity threats, strengthening resilience, protecting animal health, and safeguarding market access. Targeted training, workshops, and communication initiatives drive best-practice adoption, reducing disease risks and improving productivity. | $220,430 |
Clever Clovers to Improve Animal HealthService Provider: South Australian Research and Development Institute Summary: High-phytoestrogen clovers impact fertility, lamb survival, and ewe health across 69% of SA pastures. This project advances herbicide-tolerant Clever Clovers, enabling targeted removal of harmful varieties. It also improves pasture productivity through enhanced weed control, nitrogen fixation, and resilience in dry conditions boosting overall animal health and farm performance. Benefits to Industry: This project will focus on generating the critical evidence required to drive farmer adoption of herbicide-tolerant low-phytoestrogen clovers. Adoption of the Clever Clovers is expected to be strong and is applied simply by switching to a new variety and herbicide purchase. | $50,000 |
Novel Culture System for Mycoplasma VacService Provider: The University of Adelaide Summary: Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a leading cause of pneumonia in sheep, affects growth, increases antibiotic use, and causes major economic losses. Found in 66% of pneumonia cases in abattoirs, it’s widespread in feedlots. Developing a vaccine is essential to control disease and reduce antimicrobial resistance across the Australian sheep industry. Benefits to Industry: This project's innovative approach to establishing reliable culture of M. ovipneumoniae is the first step in developing autogenous vaccines as preventative therapies which could significantly reduce the incidence of pneumonia, improve animal welfare, and enhance flock productivity. | $106,113 |
Pneumonia Rapid In-Field TestService Provider: The University of AdelaideSummary: Development of an in-field test for quick, accurate diagnosis of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae in sheep, aiding disease mitigation and future vaccine development. Benefits to Industry: By enabling quick diagnosis and targeted treatment, the test can contribute to better overall health and welfare of sheep. Healthy sheep are more productive, leading to increased meat and wool quality. | $26,796 |
Sheep Blowfly Sterile Insect Technique - ImplementationService Provider: South Australian Research and Development InstituteSummary: Implementation of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to control sheep blowfly in a 4-year pilot project on Kangaroo Island. Benefits to Industry: Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) offers effective blowfly control, reducing reliance on mulesing and chemicals, lowering production losses, and improving welfare. With flystrike costing SA over $60 million annually, the Kangaroo Island pilot could deliver $88 million in benefits over 25 years, plus gains from premium non-mulesed wool and meat markets. | $100,000 |
Sheep Pain Mitigation ProgramService Provider: The University of Adelaide Summary: Rapidly reindicate drugs to treat chronic pain through the use of tests to quantitatively measure pain and demonstrate drug efficacy and associated productivity gains.Benefits to Industry: Effective pain mitigation improves productivity, profitability, and consumer trust. This project will measure pain objectively and demonstrate benefits like faster weight gain in lambs and improved resilience in ewes. Reducing persistent pain supports animal welfare, extends productive life, and aligns with the SA Red Meat and Wool Blueprint 2030 focus on sustainable, consumer-supported practices. | $165,132 |
Investment Priority 2: Traceability |
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NLIS Sheep ProgramService Provider: Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA Summary: 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. PIRSA is required to monitor and enforce compliance with National Livestock Traceability Performance Standards which include timeframes for tracing animals quickly and reliably in the event of an emergency animal disease incident. Benefits to Industry: This program ensures reliable livestock traceability by enforcing NLIS standards, critical for disease control, food safety, and market access. It supports eID tagging of all sheep, improves compliance with movement records, and promotes data use through NLIS tools like myFeedback to boost productivity, profitability, and consumer confidence in SA’s sheep products. |
$133,000 |
Investment Priority 3: Predator Control |
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Box Flat Wild Dog ControlService Provider: Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board | $5,100 |
Investment Priority 4: Advocacy / Industry Development |
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Livestock SA Industry DevelopmentService Provider: Livestock SA Summary: To drive the strategic development of our sector and secure the best outcomes for SA sheep producers. Benefits to Industry: 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. |
$903,040 |
Investment Priority 5: Industry Development |
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South Australian Sheep Expo
Service Provider: South Australian Sheep Expo Council IncorporatedSummary: nsure 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. Benefits to Industry: The SA Sheep Expo continues to set a foundation for attendees to build confidence and identify pathways to further careers in the sheep industry, and act as a stepping stone into other educational programs. | $19,500 |
Empowering SA Sheep Industry WomenService Provider: Women Together Learning
| $48,750 |
SA Merino Sire EvaluationService Provider: SA Merino Sire Evaluation, C/- Merino SA Summary: SAMSET benchmarks Merino sires in SA to support informed selection and drive genetic improvement. Operating under the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA) and Merino SA, the trial contributes to ASBVs and provides valuable data to enhance breeding strategies across the sheep industry. Benefits to Industry: Industry and regional benefits include independent benchmarking, increased genetic evaluation accuracy, industry engagement and awareness, alignment with the SA Red Meat and Wool Blueprint goals, unique SA production system representation and the use of a non-mulesed evaluation site to further enrich genetic evaluation processes.
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$5,000 |
WoolTAG- Toolbox Allowances
Service Provider: Livestock SA Summary: Toolbox vouchers provide $500 for shearing gear or $200 for wool handling tools to certified students. This support helps them purchase essential equipment, encouraging long-term participation and retention in the wool harvesting sector. Benefits to Industry: This project will benefit the South Australian sheep industry by helping attract and retain skilled workers within the wool harvesting sector, ensuring a steady supply of well-trained shearers, wool handlers, and shedhands |
$10,000 |
Sheep and Wool Producer Communications
Service Provider: AWI Extension SA Summary: The AWI Extension SA project 2023-26 has two core pillars: producer engagement and communications, with a focus on producer capabilities, skills and knowledge in eID, sheep nutrition, and sheep and business management. Benefits to Industry: The proposed project will continue to benefit industry, through the engagement of producers in gaining further knowledge and skills to improve their productivity, profitability and resilience. |
$45,500 |
Lead Ag Teacher of SA (2025 - 2026)
Service Provider: AgCommunicators Summary: The LAT Sue Pratt works directly with schools supporting and mentoring new and experienced teachers to deliver high quality food and fibre curriculum in both specialist ag programs and within general science and technologies subjects, connecting them to industry and building confidence and capability. Benefits to Industry: LAT projects have supported over 400 teachers through mentoring and professional development, and Sue has supported 22 new schools to integrate agriculture into their school’s teaching program. The potential reach of this outcome is significant. It will extend the number of students studying agriculture in SA. |
$78,507 |
LambEx 2026 SponsorshipService Provider: 28 National LimitedSummary: LambEx26 is Australia’s premier sheep industry event, returning to the Adelaide Convention Centre from 8–10 July 2026, following the success of LambEx24 in SA. The event will again bring together producers, processors, researchers, and supply chain stakeholders for three days of learning, collaboration, and celebration. Benefits to Industry: LambEx26 will drive progress toward the SA Red Meat and Wool Blueprint 2030 by advancing livestock, market, and people outcomes. The event fosters knowledge sharing, connection, and wellbeing, offering a unique opportunity for producers and stakeholders to recharge, celebrate achievements, and strengthen industry morale and unity. | $50,000 |
Lead Agriculture Teacher for SA (2024 - 2025)
Service Provider: AgCommunicators Summary: The Lead Agriculture Teacher SA project will mentor, train and support agriculture teachers to deliver innovative food and fibre curriculum that engages students. Benefits to Industry: Supported ag teachers who have the skills, networks, resources and planning to underpin successful teaching, inspired students who are engaged in best practice agriculture and help attract and retain ag teachers, who are on the front line of encouraging students to learn about ag, and then be inspired to more into an ag career. | $25,628 |
SA Drought Hub
Service Provider: SA Drought Hub Summary: Application for cash allocation from SA SIF for use with SA Drought Hub, Future Drought Fund (FDF) and associated opportunities arise through 2025-26. Benefits to Industry: The benefits of the SA Drought Hub and Future Drought Fund to sheep producers in SA is through the projects which create measurable improvement on farm. | $150,000 |
Eradicating Feral Deer from Sheep Country
Service Provider: Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA Summary: Eradicating feral deer from high-value SA sheep country using thermal assisted aerial culling over three years. Benefits to Industry: Feral deer in SA, currently around 40,000, could reach 200,000 by 2032 without intervention. Their grazing competes with sheep, impacting pasture and productivity. Eradication will significantly benefit the sheep industry by reducing feed competition, with deer consuming the equivalent of 1.5 to 3.5 dry sheep per animal. | $100,000 |
Small Project FundService Provider: Livestock SASummary: Preapproved expenditure for small projects that benefit the industry. Unspent funds will be returned to the SIF at financial year end. Benefits to Industry: Benefits will vary from project to project. | $50,000 |
Total Livestock SA Application | $3,521,245 |
| Other approved expenditure by the Minister | |
| Dog Fence rebuild | $200,000 |
| Dog Fence maintenance | $380,896 |
Total Industry Funds | $4,102,141 |