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Dry season spring webinar series: August 2024 Join Dr Leah Tyrell from the Mackinnon Project – University of Melbourne to hear about common spring animal health issues such as sheep worms, hypocalcaemia and pregnancy...
Whether or not you intend to feed grain to lambs after weaning or at some stage later in life, training them whilst they are on their mums can save a lot of time later...
SheepNotes autumn 2024 is OUT NOW and includes articles on Once it’s gone – it’s gone – your carbon; Lambing – 24 hours to shine; Copper deficieny; PICs and their role in emergency response...
Dry season webinar series: July 2024 Join Dynamic Ag Livestock Consultant Dr Steve Cotton to hear about when can you wean lambs, how early is too early, rumen development, factors affecting weaning age and...
Dry season webinar series: July 2024 The importance of nutrition with Dr. Jillian Kelly
When seasonal conditions are tough and pasture availability is low over lambing, early weaning of lambs might be a useful management option. The benefits are the total feed requirements for the flock are less,...
The practice of autumn pasture saving involves deferring grazing after the autumn break until feed on offer (FOO) is sufficient to sustain the growth of enough feed through the winter until spring, when pasture...
Prepare for changing weather and ensure your stock are well cared for with the use of a stock containment area (SCA). Agriculture Victoria Land Management Extension Officer Clem Sturmfels said caring for stock during...
Infestations of Barbers Pole worm can be devastating. A couple of good resources can help. The spring edition of SheepNotes has an article by Steve Cotton on drench resistance “Knowing and managing your property’s...
Weeds! They are always there, no matter how hard you try. Yet they can be a good source of green feed during the Summer providing additional protein and have been found to maintain liveweight...
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.