Meat and Livestock Australia

54 SWOT matrix An analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats was done by compiling information and comments provided by producers. Strengths Weaknesses • Easy care: low input, low cost production system possible. • Marketability: rangeland based industry aligns with ‘free range’ and ‘clean-green’ type production methods. • Adaptability: rangeland goats are hardy, well adapted animals with high reproductive rates. • Depot registration: quality assurance of depot operations. • Growing prominence: Increasing awareness and regard for industry as it matures. • Supply chain inconsistency: reliance on harvesting creates variability in product supply and quality. • Industry image: inconsistency between perceptions of goats as a resource vs pest. • Skills shortage: limited skilled labour and expertise within goat industry. • State inconsistencies: South Australia maintains legislation that is inhibitory to industry development. • Research gaps: Available literature is limited but growing. Opportunities Threats • Domestic market: potential increase in domestic goat consumption. • Increase management: industry shift towards managed/semi-managed production systems. • Landscape tool: goats can be used to positively influence land condition eg. by eating weeds, reduce padding. • Carcass quality: market recognition of superior carcass quality. • Adoption: collaboration between government, industry, and private businesses to promote best practice management. • Benchmarking: ability to assess and compare business performance and target improvement. • Predation: wild dog pressure is increasing. • Over-harvest of breeders: reduced minimum carcass weight requirements risks over harvesting breeding animals. • Genetic loss: reducing wild population risks loss of genetic resource. • Tagging: possibility of NLIS tagging requirements being increased. Time, cost and WHS risks. • Land degradation: overgrazing and the threat of pest plant and animal incursions. This includes INS. • Exotic disease outbreak: substantial transient populations make biosecurity management and response difficult.