Tess McDougall
Pregnancy Scanning in sheep– Why should I scan for multiples?
Want more lambs? Pregnancy scanning for multiples is a very useful tool for producers to make better management decisions. Valuable information can be collected, leading to a more tailored management and production system based...
Feed budgeting takes out the guesswork
Feed budgeting is an important tool to help determine potential pasture deficits or surpluses and assist in matching feed supply and demand.
Feed budgeting allows for better and more timely decisions, such as determining the number of stock you can carry, and for how long, and the likely animal performance for different classes of stock
Feeding Livestock – getting the rations right
Getting the right ration that meets livestock requirements can be done easily using some ‘back of the envelope’ sums or alternatively, using digital calculators.
Safely getting stock onto grain
The state has experienced quite variable seasonal conditions this summer, with some areas receiving significant rain and even some very intensive events while others have remained very dry. Either way, if there are large...
More lambs from short-term nutritional flush on green feed
Flushing ewes (providing nutritional supplementation before joining) with green feed for one week before and one week after joining delivers impressive reproductive benefits. Any available green feed, such as lucerne, rape, millet or green...
Myth Buster – Is rumen development completed at weaning?
In our third Myth Buster segment, Hutton Oddy, NSW Department of Primary Industries, addresses the question of rumen development to and post-weaning and whether an animal can recover from a tough start. This was...
November pasture growth predictions
Pasture growth predictions are available for south west and central Victoria
NEW Sheep Notes out now!
In this edition Grazing value of summer weeds – Raquel Waller, Agriculture Victoria Summer weeds – which ones are toxic? – Dr Jeff Cave, District Veterinary Officer, Agriculture Victoria Listeriosis – Dr Elle Moyle,...
To feed or not to feed – that is the question
Nick Linden and Jane Court, Agriculture Victoria With high stock prices and a favourable grain harvest looking likely is a temptation to run a percentage of lambs through on grain for earlier turnoff or...
