Meat and Livestock Australia
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 Meat and Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) is a producer-owned company that provides services to Australian livestock producers, processors, exporters, foodservice operators and retailers. MLA has around 34,000 livestock producer ‘members’ who have stakeholder entitlements in the company. Their mission is to develop world leadership for the Australian red meat and livestock industry. The core activities are building demand for Australian red meat, improving market access for Australian beef products and conducting research and development (R&D) to provide competitive advantages for the industry.
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Meat and Wool New Zealand
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 Meat & Wool New Zealand is funded by New Zealand livestock producers through levies on all beef, sheep and goats slaughtered and on all wool sold. This income is used primarily to increase preference for New Zealand wool and red meat internationally and domestically; to maintain and extend trade access for New Zealand wool and red meat; in funding research and development to provide solutions that will help improve New Zealand farm returns, and to provide wool technical advice.
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NSW Department of Primary Industries
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 The Department of Primary Industries brings together: expertise in agricultural research, management and education of the former NSW Agriculture; the aquatic resource management and conservation skills of the former NSW Fisheries; the regulatory, geoscientific and minerals resource management expertise of the former Department of Mineral Resources; and, the Public Trading Enterprise responsible for sustainably managing public native forests and plantations, formerly State Forests of NSW.
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Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
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 Queensland’s primary industries provide $9 billion to the Australian economy annually and encompass the full range of production activities in the food, fibre, lifestyle, forestry and fisheries sectors. The Qld Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F) has a vision of profitable primary industries for Queensland, and supports strategic industry development at all stages of the industry lifecycle and throughout the entire value chain from production to consumption.
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South Australian Research and Development Institute
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 SARDI was established in October 1992 and is South Australia’s principal research and development capability and organisation in the area of primary industries and environmental related biosciences, working in collaboration with state, national and international collaborators, partners and investors.
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University of Adelaide
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 The University of Adelaide is Australia's third oldest and among the finest universities in the world. Established in 1874, it is committed to producing graduates recognised worldwide for their creativity, knowledge and skills, as well as for their culture and tolerance. With 17,777 students enrolled, including more than 2,000 students from 70 countries, the University of Adelaide has produced two Nobel Prize-winning graduates and nearly 100 Rhodes Scholars. The University is small enough to provide personal interaction with teaching staff, yet large enough to offer a broad range of programs and outstanding opportunities for research. Its research is at the leading edge of knowledge and the University of Adelaide consistently ranks high among the top universities in the Asia-Pacific region in winning research funds.
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University of New England
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 The University of New England was the first Australian university established outside a capital city. With a history extending back to the 1920s, UNE has a well-earned reputation as one of Australia's great teaching, training and research universities. Its graduates consistently rate their experience at UNE highly, a reflection of the University's commitment to student support. More than 75,000 people now hold UNE qualifications, with many in senior positions in Australia and overseas. UNE has built up its academic profile to the point where it now has more than 500 PhD candidates, an important sign of the University's academic vigour.
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University of Queensland
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 The University of Queensland (UQ) is one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions. It is the largest and oldest university in Queensland and has produced generations of graduates who have gone on to become leaders in all areas of society and industry. The University is a founding member of the national Group of Eight, an alliance of research-strong "sandstone" universities committed to ensuring that Australia has higher education institutions which are genuinely world class.
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Victorian Department of Primary Industries
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 The Department of Primary Industries' (DPI) purpose is to promote the sustainable development of primary industries for the benefit of all Victoria. Every day, primary industries touch the lives of everyone through the food we eat; the clothes we wear; the electricity and gas we use at home and work; and the buildings we live in. The wealth and employment generated from primary industries play an important part in shaping and strengthening the quality of life for current and future generations of Victorians. DPI was established in December 2002 and employs 2,657 staff who work from 87 locations across the State.
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