The Red Meat Industry identifies data as "one of the industry's most powerful tools" and commits to a journey of digital transformation in data, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools leading to new opportunities for growth, efficiency and insight. This transformation will improve traceability, transparency, and decision-making across the supply chain. The red meat industry however, lacks the skills, expertise and human capacity to effectively drive industry wide transformation, now and into the future. There is currently no pipeline to create the workforce of the future so industry can realise the value of digital transformation.

Through partnership Charles Sturt university and Meat and Livestock Australia will deliver the NextGen Data Capability Program. A program that accelerate Data Strategy initiatives for the red meat industry, all while developing the critical knowledge, skills, confidence and capabilities of the future workforce needed to drive and solve future Australian red meat industry data opportunities.