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Article printed May 21, 2025. For the latest version, please go to: https://www.feedinglivestock.vic.gov.au/about-us/
Agriculture Victoria works in partnership with farmers, industries, communities and other government agencies to grow and secure agriculture in Victoria.
Improving livestock feeding practices provides an important means of managing challenging seasonal conditions and recovering more quickly from drought.
This Agriculture Victoria website brings you reliable, science-based information and specialist tools to help you manage in tough times. We’ve put all the key resources here in one place to make access straightforward, including our popular Drought Books. These essential guides to feeding livestock can be accessed in full or by chapter and are still available in print form too (call 136 186 to get a copy).
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Meat and Wool Services Team
Victoria is Australia’s largest producer of food and fibre products and these make up over half of Victoria’s total product exports.
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Feeding book, tools and calculators to assist sheep producers – particularly in dry conditions.
Feeding book, tools and calculators to assist cattle producers – particularly in dry conditions.
See here for a range of tools, tables and calculators – feed budgeting, feed values and more.