ProAgni: Revolutionising Agriculture

Winner of the 2022 NSW Sustainability Award for Primary Industries and Regional Development, ProAgni uses antibiotic-free feed and supplements that improve animal performance and reduce methane. 

Established in 2016, ProAgni is an Australian Ag-Bioscience company focused on improving economic outcomes for producers, whilst helping the industry tackle key global challenges like antimicrobial resistance, GHG emissions and food security.

ProAgni discover and commercialise innovative animal nutrition products. They have developed Australia’s first and only patented and proprietary feed supplements and additives for cattle and sheep that are antibiotic and ionophore free, and deliver increased producer performance and profitability.

ProAgni has a strong underlying social and environmental impact mission, which includes:

• To accelerate the removal of ingested antibiotics from the animal food chain and reduce Agricultures contribution to antimicrobial resistance in human and animal health. We aspire to make our food and our children’s food safer.

• To reduce waste, emissions and help Agriculture to achieve a carbon neutral goal by 2030.

ProAgni have fed over 2.2 million animals, removed 2.5 tonnes of antibiotics from animal agriculture and reduced over 376 tonnes of methane.

For consumers, this means affordable and clean food that’s been produced with a deep care for the environment, and for the communities where it is produced.

The ProTect range of feed supplements work to indirectly affect microbial populations in the gut to provide stability and balance of rumen fermentation which, in turn optimises, digestion. The result is more of the bugs you want in the rumen and less of the ones you don’t, thereby improving production efficiency.

The objective of using ProTect is to optimise performance through optimal nutrition, without the need for antibiotics and ionophores.

The existing problem of antibiotic use:

70% of the global use of antibiotics is being used in animal production. This is not for treatment, but to promote growth and transition animals to intensive diets.

This repeated prolonged exposure to sub-therapeutic dose antibiotic compounds, is allowing bacteria to adapt and become resistant to antibiotics used for treatment of illness. This adaption is contributing to the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in public health, which last year resulted in 700,000 deaths across the globe. $35 Billion was lost in productivity in the US alone and has negative flow on consequences for the environment.

ProTect products have a clear and distinct value proposition in the market as the only product, backed by evidence, which are 100% antibiotic free with superior production efficiency.

On average, customers have experienced a 17% improvement in production efficiency, meaning less feed per kg of gain and lower methane intensity on product produced.

Scientific Validation

ProAgni has invested significantly in independent scientific validation. This includes studies with the University of New England, West Texas A&M, and have current research agreements with DAFQ, CSU, UNSW, CSIRO, and are working with the University of Illinois, UC Davis, and Queen's University Belfast.

ProAgni has a UN SDG Partnership Platform project #SDGAction43468 and are a foundation partner of CRC SAAFE, which was awarded $34.5 Million.

ProAgni are globally recognised for their innovations and passion to transform animal agriculture.