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Meat and Livestock Australia

10/6/2012

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Meat and Livestock Australia have an interesting website with frequent updates. If you are a levy payer - someone who sells stock other than privately,( such as the saleyards) a levy is paid to the MLA on all transactions. They use this for research and promotion that  benefits  the industry. 

This week they had a labour saving checklist for sheep farming:
Smart management and labour use, starts with a whole-year plan for the sheep enterprise
  • Make timely decisions and react quickly to seasonal conditions
  • Use time-efficient husbandry systems, such as improved water points and big feed trailers
  • Amalgamate tasks such as tailing, drenching and lice control
  • Create well designed laneways
  • Invest in good sheep handling facilities, including a modern shearing shed, and latest equipment and production technologies
  • Match sheep stocking rates to available feed, and undertake feed budgeting to run an efficient sheep enterprise
  • Manage year-round sheep condition score, to optimise flock productivity and reduce mortalities
  • Pregnancy scan ewes for more accurate feed allocation to meet sheep energy requirements
  • Manage weaners to optimise production and reduce mortalities
  • Run big mobs to save time and effort
  • Breed easy care sheep, including those that do not require mulesing
  • Control parasites and disease to produce healthy sheep that are less labour intensive
  • Benchmark gross margins, costs of production and returns from meat and wool each year to assess efficiency and identify areas that need attention.
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