Dr John Milton talks about how grow lambs to achieve their genetic potential. John is the Director of Independent Lab Services (a feed analysis and consultancy company) and Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. (Video length 12:54) This is part five of five in this series on the nutritional management of spring lambing … Read more
Dr John Milton talks about how to reduce the loss of twins around birth. John is the Director of Independent Lab Services (a feed analysis and consultancy company) and Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. (Video length 13:05) This is part four of five in this series on the nutritional management of spring … Read more
Dr John Milton talks about the importance of holding ewes about condition score 3 during pregnancy to rear more lambs. John is the Director of Independent Lab Services (a feed analysis and consultancy company) and Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. (Video length 4:03) This is part three of five in this series … Read more
Dr John Milton talks about the importance of pregnancy scanning to rear more lambs. John is the Director of Independent Lab Services (a feed analysis and consultancy company) and Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. (Video length 4:49) This is part two of five in this series on the nutritional management of spring … Read more
Dr John Milton talks about managing maiden ewes to rear more lambs. John is the Director of Independent Lab Services (a feed analysis and consultancy company) and Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. (Video length 6:54) This is part one of five in this series on the nutritional management of spring lambing Merinos … Read more
Jeffery and Tricia Agar implemented a drought feeding program for their sheep on ‘Barbara Plains’ in south west Queensland. The ration was based on corn, hay and a dry lick. It minimised breeding ewe losses and achieved a 75 per cent lambing in extremely dry conditions. The Agar’s top tips are: be organised, start feeding … Read more
How to decide what to supplement your pregnant ewes with? Get some tips from San Jolly from Productive Nutrition Pty Ltd. San talks about feeding grain, hay, meals and urea.
There are a number of things to consider to have a successful lambing in dry conditions. Listen to San Jolly from Productive Nutrition Pty Ltd talk about some of these including: do you have the feed or financial resources, pregnancy scanning; and containment feeding (12 mins 21 secs).
Ewe nutrient demand changes throughout pregnancy. As demand increases so too does the ewes energy and protein requirements. These requirements are also influenced by whether the ewe is carrying a single lamb or multiples. Listen to San Jolly from Productive Nutrition Pty Ltd discuss nutrient demand in pregnancy and the ewes requirements (11 mins 32 … Read more
Queensland producers opting to grain feed lambs should ‘lock in grain supplies and set up forward contracts’ to minimise risk and increase returns, according to a sheep and wool adviser, Geoff Duddy. He said high store lamb prices had made feedlotting ‘reasonably risky’ but there were margins for producers who did their planning and preparation. … Read more