Australian Agricultural Nutrition Consulting

1.) Animal sourcing, logistics & live exporting

• Advice on animal selection and procurement
• Advice on live export protocols and logistics
• Assistance in sourcing of animals from all states of Australia, Ireland or other countries, according to international export protocols
• Assistance in the supply of semen and embryos

2.) Nutritional Services

• Ration formulation and pastoral nutritional management
• Feed commodity selection, quality assurance, handling, processing and storage
• Forage crop management advice
• Silage production, storage and management
• Selection of feed mixing and handling equipment
• Nutritional audits
• Performance evaluation and computer simulation of performance, using NRC and specially developed in house modeling programs.
• Gross margin analysis
• Stockfeed mill least cost diet formulation and commodity purchasing advice
• Feed process engineering - pellet manufacture, high moisture grains, feed sterilisation and grain processing
• Specialist feed processing, including protein and lipid (fat) protection technologies 

3.) Veterinary Management Services

• Comprehensive health management advisory service including live export and transportation of sheep and cattle
• Advice on the sourcing and supply of veterinary pharmaceuticals, including vaccines, parasitides and approved feed additives, together with advice on their usage and application
• Biosecurity plan development and comprehensive implementation in accordance with EU and relevant government regulations
• Monitoring of herd health, including epidemiological studies
• Advice on best practice animal welfare strategies

4.) Project Management - Feedlots and Meat Processing Plants

• Feedlot design and construction advice including compliance with local government and environmental regulations
• Meat processing plants - design & construction advice; quality assurance
• Meat by product processing plants including hide, offal and meat and bone meal production
• Feasibility studies and financial modelling including Information Technology (IT) and Executive Management System (EMS) support
• Commissioning of new projects
• Comprehensive economic analysis and investment advice, business plans and financial modelling for banking and investment purposes

5.) Marketing and Supply Chain Management

• Complete supply chain supporting services, including marketing and management advice and supply chain audits.  This includes analysis of product mix, margin mix analysis and maximum profit analysis
• Retail product value adding, packaging and marketing - to supermarket, hotel and restaurant trades
• Traceability systems

6.) Quality Management and Auditing Services

• Feedlots, Abattoirs, Slaughterhouses, By Product plants, Further processing plants, Value adding factories
• Stockfeed mills
• QA Manual / HACCP Plan / Traceability/ Biosecurity Plan development and auditing
• Standard Operating Procedures and Work Instructions, Staff Training and auditing
• Plant hygiene standards and auditing
• Storage and handling of chemicals
• QA programs for companies seeking export approval for European Union or other countries

7.) Environmental Management Plans & Project Development Applications

• Environmental Management Plans; Site Based Management Plans
• Project Development Applications - in accordance with regulatory authority requirements
• Site selection feasibility studies, soil type suitability, ground water impact assessment, receptor analysis, feed supply, market access, biosecurity provisions
• Design of effluent and waste water management systems
• Options for best practice utilisation and disposal of effluent, waste water and solid wastes
• Soil profile, groundwater and surface water nutrient monitoring