Federal Council

Matt Bekker is the Technical Manager for Lallemand Animal Nutrition in the Oceania region. Matt holds a Master’s Degree in Agriculture from the University of New England majoring in nutrition and physiology and is a registered animal scientist with the American Society of Animal Scientists.

He has extensive experience in the poultry, swine, beef and dairy industries working in both practical and research capacities. Matt has published work on gut health and performance health in broiler chickens, antioxidant effect on fertility of bulls, feed digestibility and gut health in the presence of protease and the role of copper for broiler intestinal integrity and performance. Matt’s current areas of interest include animal comfort, uninterrupted gut health for cattle and solutions to sustainable milk and meat production. Sustainability for the planet’s resources and welfare of the stock in our care are central to Matt’s ‘farmer led’ philosophy.

Matt runs a small beef cattle herd in Gympie, Queensland with his wife Sally and daughters Grace and Leisl. His own property is completely ‘off-grid’ running solar power and maximising natural rainfall catchment for pasture irrigation and stock water.