Strategic summer drenching of sheep
Summer drenching is the key to minimising worm carryover into next year, by making sure that there are few worms in your sheep getting a free ride into autumn. A wetter spring means pasture...
health and welfare
NEW SheepNotes out now!
The spring edition has articles on specialist lamb finishing; dung beetles; supplements to reduce methane emissions and more.
Imprint Feeding – train lambs while on mum
Whether or not you intend to feed grain to lambs after weaning or at some stage later in life, training them whilst they are on their mums can save a lot of time later...
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...
Grass tetany – be prepared
Grass tetany is caused by either a magnesium (Mg) deficiency or an interference with the absorption of Mg and results in high death rates in affected animals. It may occur at any time but...
Watch our focus on spring webinar series
Focus on – Livestock health and nutrition The Beef Sheep Network’s ‘Focus On – Spring’ webinar series began last month with presentations on livestock health and nutrition from Livestock Industry Development Officer Nick Linden...
