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Sheep Industry Fund Projects

Project title and details	Duration	Cost	Project applicant
Box Flat Dog Fence*	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$5,100	Justine Drew SE NRM Board
Dog Fence* An ongoing program to maintain the Dog Fence and keep it dog proof. This infrastructure protects the sheep flocks south of the fence from ingress of predators from the north.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$204,289	Michael Balharry Dept. of Primary Industries & Regions SA
Ovine Johne's Disease (OJD) Control Program (net cost)* This ongoing project aims to slow the rate of spread of OJD among SA sheep flocks so that the incidence of OJD remains at less than 0.5% by 2025.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$715,571	Peter Nosworthy PIRSA Biosecurity - Animal Health
Sheep Lice Program* An ongoing SA specific program relying on education market audits and expiations to keep the exposure of lousy sheep to a minimum	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$195,094	Andrew Ewers PIRSA Biosecurity - Animal Health
Footrot Control Program* An ongoing project designed to improve the SA sheep industry competitive advantage by ensuring that Ovine footrot does not reduce the productive capacity of sheep flocks in the high rainfall areas of the State.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$317,563	Ian Sanderson PIRSA Biosecurity - Animal Health
National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) Program* An ongoing national program designed to improve livestock traceability.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$234,708	Tim Woonton PIRSA Biosecurity - Animal Health
Enhanced Abattoir Surveillance* This ongoing program provides valuable information to producers about conditions that could be losing them money at the abattoir. Until this program, sheep producers did not have readily access to information about their sheepï¿½s health as observed at slaughter.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$303,265	Fiona Spurling PIRSA Biosecurity - Animal Health
SA Sheep Measles Reduction Program* The aim of this project is to begin the process of significantly reducing the level of Sheep Measles infection in sheep/lamb carcasses, by demonstrating the effectiveness of better tape worm control in dogs on SA farms.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$26,152	Dr Jeremy Rogers PIRSA Biosecurity - Animal Health
Peak Body Representation* Maintaining South Australian representation on Wool Producers Australia.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$30,000	Carol Vincent SA Farmers Federation
Biteback: Dingo Removal from the SA Sheep Pastoral Zone Dingos are currently present in unacceptably high numbers in all areas south of the Dog Fence. This project will assist landholders to implement improved best-practice control methods across identified districts.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$143,700	Heather Miller SA Arid Lands (SAAL) NRM Board
South Australian Sheep Breeding Consultancy This project provides a framework that assists SA sheep breeders and commercial producers to improve their overall profitability through the use of genetic information.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$98,880	Darryl Smith SARDI Livestock & Farming Systems
Saltbush Plantations - Improved Profitability The aim of the project is to determine the most cost-effective supplementation strategy to optimise sheep and lamb productivity whilst grazing saltbush plantations.	1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012	$112,375	Ann Wallace Productive Nutrition Pty Ltd

* funding for these projects is reviewed annually

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