Professor Simon De Graaf
THE faster Australia establishes a livestock genetics gene bank, the safer the future of the nation’s animal industries will be, according to University of Sydney Professor of Animal Production Simon De Graaf.
The Department of Agriculture Water and Environment has told Beef Central that a report into a livestock gene bank business case was nearing finalisation by CSIRO.
“The livestock gene bank was an initiative of the previous government and has not been prioritised for implementation by the new government.”
New minister for agriculture Murray Watt has…
