Sam is an experienced agribusiness consultant with strong expertise in economic modelling and investment analysis, strategic planning, and genetic improvement. He supports clients with commercialisation strategies, market assessments, impact assessments, investment/feasibility analysis, supply chain assessments and practical breeding and genetics support. Sam has extensive experience in the Australian beef industry, previously working as a general manager for one of Australia’s largest beef producers. This role also included the management of one of the largest stud breeding operations in Australia, providing both technical and practical understanding of the application of genetic improvement and genetic evaluation within livestock enterprises. He has served as an industry representative on several committees advising groups such as Meat & Livestock Australia on genetics R&D investment priorities and industry genetic improvement strategy. Sam holds a B. Agricultural Science and an MBA.  

His focus within AbacusBio is:

• Livestock breeding programme management
• Implementation of genetic evaluation systems
• R&D impact assessment
• Economic analysis of agricultural systems and agricultural investments

Projects involved in:

• Providing beef clients with custom genetic evaluations and breeding program advisory support.
• Beef breeding objectives and selection indexes.
• Meat & Livestock Australia – development of a GHG value proposition model for the CN30 program.
• Otago Regional Council – economic modelling of minimum flow changes within the Manuherikia catchment.
• Silver Fern Farms & Fonterra – evaluation of dairy beef opportunities in New Zealand.
• WorldFish – development of dissemination strategies for improved fish strains in developing countries.