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The Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) is offering travel awards for postgraduate students from Australia and New Zealand to attend the 2026 World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP 2026).WCGALP 2026 will be held from 12 to 17 June ... read more

The hunt is on for the best dairy innovation, idea or research project to be profiled and showcased at ADC 2026 Melbourne. Farmers, scientists, researchers and innovators, the challenge is on to submit your innovations and projects that have the potential to impact an enhance the Australian dai ... read more

Are you passionate about animal sciences and keen to contribute to the professional community? The Australian Association of Animal Sciences (AAAS) – QLD and NT Branch is looking for an enthusiastic and reliable individual to take on the role of Treasurer on our committee.This is a fantastic ... read more

Shweta, a PhD candidate at the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), University of New England (AU), has received this travel award to present her paper titled “Ascertaining the Breed Composition of an Admixed Sheep Population using Genomic Information: A Simulation Study” at th ... read more

The North Australia Beef Research Council is now accepting nominations for the 2026 NABRC Medals, the eighth round of awards recognising excellence in production, research and development, and communication/extension in northern Australia.  The attached Nomination Kit outlines the categories a ... read more

The 2026 AAAS Conference Organising Committee invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) for papers to be included in the proceedings of the 37th Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences (AAAS). ​This EOI will provide the Conference Organising Committee with an overview of the nu ... read more

Paper submissions are now open for the 2026 Northern Beef Research Update Conference (NBRUC). Submitting a paper is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your work to a highly engaged audience from across the northern beef industry, including producers, researchers, extension officers, government rep ... read more

Tuesday 4 November 2025 – Hands on discussion on reproduction technologies – Yards at Longreach Ag CollegeWednesday 5 November 2025 - Conference - Longreach Civic & Cultural Centre Thursday 6 November 2025 – Local property tour Practical talks, producer case ... read more

Introducing our second 2025 International Travel Award recipient, Laura Jensen. Laura joined La Trobe University and Agriculture Victoria in January 2023 under the guidance of Prof Jennie Pryce. Laura's upbringing on a 150-cow registered Guernsey farm in northern Wisconsin fostered her early in ... read more

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) are partnering again to support mixed farming businesses across Australia through a new round of Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) projects. Applications for the MLA/GRDC partnership PDS project call ope ... read more

Northern cattle producers are invited to an Open Day to see the progress of a new project using crop by-products as cattle feed to boost business productivity, profitability and industry sustainability. The Cattle & Cotton Open Day at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Developmen ... read more

Introducing our first 2025 International Travel Award recipient, Anita Chang.Anita is a senior postdoctoral research fellow with the Precision Livestock Management team at CQUniversity. She holds a Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience (Hons I) from the University of Sydney (2017) and complet ... read more

AAAS Vice President, Dr Sue Hatcher has been appointed as SALRC Chair and will take the helm from Ian Rogan following the SALRC AGM in mid-August.   Sue worked as an applied animal scientist in applied genetics research with NSW DPI for twenty years, and for the last eight ... read more

Frank Dunshea, WAAP President, explores WAAP’s Role in Advancing Sustainable Animal Production through Global Partnerships in his editorial to issue 41. He highlights that a current major goal of WAAP is to encourage closer collaboration between the animal production organisations an ... read more

Researchers and extension staff from around Wagga Wagga met on July 3rd to pilot a new initiative for AAAS members and other interested participants called “Ruminant Research Roundup”. The group discussed recent interest in drought-feeding corn as a supplement to sheep – demonstra ... read more

AAAS Welcomes Kylie Falconer as Our New Executive Officer We’re delighted to announce that Kylie Falconer has joined the Australian Association of Animal Sciences (AAAS) as our new Executive Officer. Kylie brings with her extensive experience in managing member-based organisations, most rece ... read more

AAAS Supports Charles Darwin University 2025 Engineering & Environment Student Awards Congratulations to Yonten Jamtsho, recipient of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences Award – Best Honours Thesis in Animal Science!Yonten was honoured to receive this recognition for his thesis ... read more