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ParaBoss workshop: Effective worm management in sheep – Pilot
Are you looking to enhance your worm control program? ParaBoss is piloting a one-day workshop designed to help you take your on-farm worm control program to new heights!
Tuesday 25 June 2024, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Clare Valley Motel, 74A Main North Road Clare SA 5453
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Drought Info Initiative from Kondinin Group
Kondinin Group have released a total of 20 reports, all are available online for free - click here
Reports include:
Long-term livestock feed storage
Weather forecasts – sources and interpretation
Shade options for livestock
Feeding livestock efficiently
Destocking, agistment and leasing
Maintaining mental health during drought
Livestock feed requirements
Livestock water requirements
eID tagging requirements
Sheep and farmed goats born before 1 January 2025 do not need an eID tag if sold or processed before 1 January 2027 - An NLIS-accredited visual tag will satisfy NLIS requirements for these animals. ☝️ Stock being kept past 1 January 2027 can be voluntarily identified with eID tags prior to 1 January 2025. 🗓️ Sheep and farmed goats born on or after 1 January 2025 will need to be identified with an NLIS-accredited eID tag before leaving their property of birth. 🗓️ From 1 January 2027, all other sheep and farmed goats leaving a property must be identified with an NLIS-accredited eID tag.
👉Find out more and subscribe to receive eID updates here.
Opportunities for producers
Novel feed strategies to improve twin-lamb survival
SARDI research farm trials have shown promising results feeding rumen-protected arginine (RP-ARG) to pregnant ewes to increase twin-lamb survival rates to weaning.
SARDI are seeking commercial Merino producers to be involved in an on-farm validation trial.
On the Road to the 64th Annual Grasslands Conference - Bendigo
Tuesday July 16th to Thursday July 18th 2024
Travel by Bus from South Australia.
Thanks to funding from the SA Drought Hub, travel with us to the 2024 Grassland Society Conference.
Relax with 25 like-minded people interested in pastures, grazing and livestock production, in a 46-seater bus with air conditioning and seat belts.
