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
Being prepared to start in businesses with a quick monetary turn-over, like shearing, sheep trading and selling wool, helped western Queensland producer David Owens realise the dream of buying his own property. Mr Owens operates ‘Somerset’, a 10,000 hectare grazing property, 70 kilometres south of Longreach, which runs up to eight thousand Merino ewes. For … Read more
Barcaldine’s Andrew Ross is candid when asked why he became a shearer? It was about money, and he jokingly adds, proving to his mum he could endure the heat and hard work. The young tradie from western Queensland was a qualified cabinet maker, before he opted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a … Read more
Ben Banks “Rivington” Blackall and David Owens “Somerset” Longreach provide some tips for successful planning and erection of an exclusion fence. In particular they talk about the importance of preparation and fencing across creeks and watercourses (Video length 4 minutes 33 seconds).
Ben Banks from ‘Rivington’ Blackall has been scanning for about 9 years and scans 100,000 ewes per year. Ben talks about the benefits of pregnancy scanning your ewes and how you can use the data you collect. Ben also gives some tips for those who are just starting out with scanning. Ben believes scanning is … 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
Binendra Pratap, Senior Veterinary Officer, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Binendra has been investigating Humpy Back in sheep and has some interesting insights into what might cause Humpy Back, which is different to previous thoughts. You will hear about: What might cause it? Which animals are most susceptible? What can be done to prevent it? … Read more
Jason Wishart from the Invasive Animals CRC talks about feral pig ecology and management projects in Australia and overseas. The final episode in this six episode series on feral pig control. (5 minutes and 28 seconds)