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MLA Extension & adoption pilot

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Capacity Building Activity MLA-funded activities Information Access Prograzier, Feedback, website, Tips & Tools/booklets, producer forums, MPDs, SGS, MBf. P, MMf. S, F 300 Group Facilitation/ Empowerment Beefcheque, Lambcheque Beefplan, Bestwool, Bestprac, MBf. P, MMf. S, Pastoral PP, F 300, SGS, Evergraze Programmed Learning EDGEnetworkshops, MBf. P, Evergraze, MMf. S, F 300 Technology Development PDS, Beefcheque, Evergraze demonstration trials, SGS, G&G Consultant/Mentor Farm 300

More Beef from Pastures (2004 -Dec 2015)

MLA 2020 • GOAL o Engage ≥ 2, 000 producers in decision support programs who will improve business performance by ≥ 5% • KPI o Improvement in total factor productivity of: 1. 75% (southern beef); 0. 5% (northern beef); 0. 5% (sheepmeat); 1. 5% (feedlot); 0. 5% (goat) o Improvement in business performance by ≥ 5%

Extension & Adoption Vision • Self-funding and self-perpetuating extension and adoption model • Complements existing programs and services • Commercial value to both producers and service providers • Adoption of MLA R&D delivering practice change and whole farm business improvement • Producer understanding of: Business profit = management capability + data + value chain thinking

VISION = TRUE ADOPTION & IMPACT Build on the past RIGHT SOLUTION RIGHT INFORMATION Focus investment on those willing to change Stop spreading out investment too thinly Invest transformational change Focus on utilising individual data RIGHT TEAM RIGHT TIME Invest in delivery support Change the culture (and perceptions) around user pays Robustly monitor performance

DRAFT Extension and Adoption program goal: • Increase the average profitability of participating red meat producers by 2. 5% ROAM by improving their skills and capability by 2022: q Increased knowledge and skills of 75% of participating producers by >75% KASA score q At least 70% of participating producers are changing practices which are underpinned by an increase in their skills q MLA is contributing no more than 30% of the cost to deliver supported learning projects

Supported Learning: