Bob and Amy Brown from ‘Heather’ near Bollon in south west Queensland early weaned 1300 lambs into an on-farm feedlot for eight weeks during December 2013/January 2014. The benefits of early weaning were better survival rate of the ewes in drought conditions and it also gave the ewes time to recover before next joining. Feeding … Read more
This presentation was prepared and presented by Bruce McLeish at a predator control field day in Inglewood (November 2013). Bruce is the Queensland and New South Wales Wool Manager for Elders Rural Services. He is also a commercial sheep and wool producer with wife Angela and his father at ‘Warahgai’, Karara. In this presentation Bruce … Read more
Over recent years, two producers in the Morven area have undertaken control measures on their properties like exclusion fencing to help reduce the impacts from wild dogs and kangaroos. Since then, both producers have observed positive results including reduced mortality rates and more controlled total grazing pressure. The following case studies outline the producers’ insights … Read more
Over recent years, two producers in the Morven area have undertaken control measures on their properties like exclusion fencing to help reduce the impacts from wild dogs and kangaroos. Since then, both producers have observed positive results including reduced mortality rates and more controlled total grazing pressure. The following case studies outline the producers’ insights … Read more
Leading Sheep recently canvassed producers who have been using Donkeys as Guardian Animals for different lengths of time and asked them to list the 3 key things that they would tell people going into donkeys for the first time. The responses were: Producer 1 We consider bonding the most important aspect of the whole program. … Read more