Publication Date
4-2019
Publisher
State of Western Australia (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development)
City
Perth
Abstract
The Western Australian (WA) sheep industry is profitable and productive and includes more than 4000 individual producers, processors and exporters as well as countless associated businesses and industries.
The industry makes a significant contribution to both the state’s agricultural production and the WA economy. In 2016/17 the gross value of agricultural production (GVAP) from the WA sheep industry totalled $1.4 billion. There is continuing demand for both wool and meat in export markets, giving strong incentives for increasing production of both wool and sheepmeat. This affords producers an opportunity to increase the productivity of their ewe flock and to grow the size of the flock and turn-off.
This important report looks at ways that management decisions made by producers can significantly change the size, structure and productivity of the state sheep flock in the short and medium term (10-year period) particularly if it impacts on the number and proportion of breeding ewes in the flock. The modelling also explores the effects on state lamb turn-off and wool production.
Number of Pages
51
Keywords
Western Australia, sheep flock, markets, economy, export, wool, meat
Disciplines
Sheep and Goat Science
Recommended Citation
Pritchett, K.
(2019), Implications of management decisions on the WA sheep flock in response to changing markets. State of Western Australia (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development), Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/ap_researchrpts/6
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