Quick picks: Needle stick injuries, locust watch & BOM spotlight Upcoming Leading Sheep events Surveys Deep dive: Frost – a hidden threat to sheep nutrition Upcoming events Podcasts and eBulletins Quick picks: Needle stick injuries: Did you know 80% of livestock farmers have experienced a needlestick injury at some point in their lives? These injuries, while … Read more
Quick picks: QLD wool classing, wool processing in QLD & PDS update Upcoming Leading Sheep events Surveys Deep dive: Optimising pregnancy scanning outcomes Upcoming events Podcasts and eBulletins Quick picks: Wool classing course returns to Queensland: Are you interested in completing your wool classer training? After a hiatus, the Certificate IV in Wool Classing is returning … Read more
Quick picks: Cyber kelpie, weather and prices, don’t buy a disaster, weaner weights increase survival Upcoming Leading Sheep events Surveys Deep dive: Management of Johne’s Disease Upcoming events Podcasts and eBulletins Quick picks: Cyber Kelpie: Scams, privacy, passwords, social media, software updates – protecting yourself and business online can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming. Thankfully, a … Read more
Quick picks: Increase in pest animal activity, Water quality monitoring, Displaced stock, Water in your office, Exclusion fencing funding, 25 year blueprint – your views are valued Deep dive: Sheep body louse and shedding breeds Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Quick picks: Have you seen an increase in feral pig or wild dog activity … Read more
Quick picks: Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, Morven Maremmas, Wool Industry Medal, Making More from Sheep Deep dive: Flood support Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Quick picks: International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026: Australia is celebrating the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists in 2026, highlighting the importance of our vast rangelands which … Read more
Quick picks: Humpyback, decision time, why is combination better than rotation, introducing new Advisory Panel members, garmet labelling Deep dive – did your worm larvae die over summer? Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Quick picks Humpyback: Our team is busy reviewing 70 years of research conducted on humpyback to create better information resources on what … Read more
Quick picks: Wether trials, TEKFARM funding,WEC, Woolmark+, LambEx Deep dive – Considerations for containment feeding webinar recap Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Quick picks Wether trials: Are you interested in benchmarking your flock’s genetic performance and production? The Australian Merino Production Trial are looking for Queensland growers to be involved in the trial, which includes … Read more
Quick picks: New Coordinator, Ramping up Repro, Grants Deep dive – ‘Lambed and lost’ Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Goodbye, 2024. Hello, 2025. I hope you are ready for another year of Around the Camp. January is usually a time of resolutions, assessments, reviews and goal setting. Many graziers will be planning the number and … Read more
Quick picks: pasture dieback, Picking Performer Ewes, containment feeding, pregnancy scanning Deep dive – Is pregnancy scanning for ewe? Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Quick picks Keep an eye out for pasture dieback: Pasture dieback is a condition that causes the premature death of productive tropical and sub-tropical grasses (e.g. Buffel grass). Pasture dieback has … Read more
Quick picks:Breeding values, Climate Tools, Property Values, Deep dive – Carbon, Livestock and Sustainability: Workshop Learnings Upcoming events Podcasts, eBulletins and surveys Quick picks Breeding values update on flystrike resistance:AWI along with the Animal Genetics Breeding Unit (AGBU) is investigating flystrike and DNA results from R&D flocks and private flocks to first produce ‘within flock’ … Read more