Australian Agricultural Nutrition Consulting

1.) Nutritional Services

• Ration formulation based on maximum profit and least carcass cost system
• Feed commodity selection, quality assurance, handling, processing and storage
• Agronomic advice for cropping programs
• Selection of feed mixing and handling equipment
• Nutritional audits
• Performance evaluation and computer simulation of performance, using industry modeling programs.
• Gross margin analysis
• Stockfeed mills - least cost diet formulation and commodity purchasing advice
• Feed process engineering - pellet manufacture, feed sterilisation
• Specialist feed processing

2.) Veterinary Management Services

• Comprehensive health management advisory service
• Advice on livestock husbandry and micro-climate management 
• Advice on sourcing and supply of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasitides and approved feed additives.  Advice on vaccination schedules for integrated pork operations
• Biosecurity plan development and comprehensive implementation; including assistance in developing government porcine biosecurity action plans in accordance with EU and relevant government veterinary services
• Monitoring of herd health, including epidemiological studies
• Advice on best practice animal welfare strategies
• Advice on traceability systems and management.

3.) Project Management - Piggeries and Processing Plants

• Piggery design and construction advice including compliance with local government and environmental regulations.
• Pork processing plants - design and construction advice; quality assurance
• Feasibility Studies and financial modelling for banking and investment purposes
• Commissioning of new projects
• Comprehensive economic analysis and investment advice

4.) 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
• Product traceability systems

5.) Quality Management and Auditing Services

• Piggeries, 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

6.) 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