Nutrition and health of ewes after the break
Ewes due to lamb in autumn and winter will often not be able to get all their feed requirements from the pasture. In autumn, the feed is usually short and dry, and lacking in...
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SheepNotes out now! Autumn 2025
SheepNotes Autumn 2025 is OUT NOW and includes articles on dry seasonal conditions, reminders and resources, to resow or not to resow, trace elements, Campylobacteriosis and more.
Welcome to our Feeding Livestock: Not so Hard Quiz!
Think feeding livestock is hard? Think again! The Feeding Livestock Not So Hard Quiz is designed to help Victorian producers build confidence in their livestock nutrition knowledge. To see past quiz questions click here To find...
Perennial ryegrass staggers and phalaris staggers
Perennial ryegrass staggers PRGS is seen when sheep graze tall, dry ryegrass (Lolium perenne) particularly in late summer and autumn, and often following sufficient rain to stimulate limited pasture growth. We have previously seen...
Dealing with Autumn – Getting Ready for the Break
This webinar was run by the Perennial Pastures Systems with support from Agriculture Victoria. Jess Revell , Rumenate Livestock Services, reports on local hay and pasture this season and how they relate to stock...
Hypocalcaemia in sheep
Hypocalcaemia is a metabolic disease in sheep that is primarily due to a lack of available calcium. This is not usually a simple deficiency. Sheep are most susceptible in late pregnancy, but hypocalcaemia may...
The Lambing Planner
The lambing planner is a simple tool that allows you to change a lambing date or a joining date to see the impacts of that on other key times in the reproductive year. It...
Tools for making rations
There are a number of tools and resources that can help to develop rations for any class of stock, and for what production you are after. Here, we feature the ones that do not...
How to use the costing feed guides
When comparing feed costs, it is important to compare feeds on a cents per megajoule basis (c/MJME) to get a true comparison of which is best value for the dollars you are spending. The...
What to think about when buying, selling or feeding fodder
Join Agriculture Victoria’s Livestock Extension Officer Fiona Baker to hear about what to think about when buying, selling or feeding fodder. In this presentation Fiona will cover topic items such as fodder quality, what...
