Sarah Strachan is the General Manager of Research, Development & Adoption (RDA) at Meat & Livestock Australia.
MLA invests overs $100m annually with research organization and commercial partners in RD&A initiatives that support the ambitions of increasing the profitability and productivity of the livestock sector such as animal wellbeing, land and livestock productivity, environmental sustainability, value based marketing and product development .
Sarah is motivated to ensure good research can be converted into adoption-ready services and resources for businesses along the entire supply chain. Examples of Sarah’s involvement in this approach is genetics research commercialised through BREEDPLAN and Sheep Genetics and eating quality research delivered through the Meat Standards Australia grading system where over half of all cattle processed annually are being MSA graded and exciting opportunities are emerging for the sheep industry. Sarah has a Bachelor of Rural Science qualification from the University of New England and has worked with MLA for over 24 years.