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Article printed December 10, 2023. For the latest version, please go to: https://feedinglivestock.vic.gov.au/latest-news/

• SheepNotes out now! Spring 2023
• Feeding ‘How to’ videos
• New! Ration Builder
• New! Pasture Resources
• Myth Buster: Do livestock self medicate?
• Myth Buster: Is feeding extra protein wasteful?
• Managing cattle weaners in winter
• NEW Soil Moisture Monitoring Newsletter, out now! May 2023
• Feed testing – webinar recording
• NEW SheepNotes out now! Autumn 2023
• Management of heifers and cows before calving
• Autumn saving of pastures – Enhanced Producer Demonstration Site
• March towards feed quality
• How are your farm dams holding up?
• Strategic summer drenching of sheep
• Summer weeds – do they have grazing potential and which ones are toxic
• NEW SheepNotes out now!
• Get excited about spreadsheets!
• Myth buster: Is summer rainfall likely?
• Pushing for fodder
• LiveFeed Seasonal webinar – Summer forage crop opportunities for lambs
• Managing pugging and damage to wet areas
• Imprint Feeding – train lambs while on mum
• Growing weaner cattle during winter
• NEW SheepNotes – OUT NOW
• Pregnancy Scanning in sheep– Why should I scan for multiples?
• Feed budgeting takes out the guesswork
• Feeding Livestock – getting the rations right
• Safely getting stock onto grain
• More lambs from short-term nutritional flush on green feed
• Myth Buster – Is rumen development completed at weaning?
• November pasture growth predictions
• NEW Sheep Notes out now!
• To feed or not to feed – that is the question
• Watch our focus on fodder conservation webinar
• Pasture ID Resources
• Pre-joining ram and bull checks and nutrition
• Worms – monitor, measure and manage
• Grass tetany – be prepared
• NEW SheepNotes out now!
• Tools for making rations
• Do you need help assessing how good your pastures/crops are for your stock?
• Watch our focus on spring pastures webinar
• Watch our focus on spring webinar series
• Hay and grain reports
• Hay Quality: Is it good enough?
• Bushfire recovery and resources
• Is stock water an issue this summer?