Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

City

Perth

Publication Date

13-7-2006

Keywords

Productivity, Sulla, Hedysarum coronarium, forage legume, Mating, Sheep, flystrike, mulesing, International markets, Middle East, cut or item based, Strategic Marketing, Demand generation, Supply chain management, New Zealand, efficiency, farm profitability

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | Marketing | Parasitology | Plant Breeding and Genetics | Sheep and Goat Science | Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health

Abstract

This session covers seven papers from different authors: PLENARY 1. Making Dollars from Merinos, David Sackett, Holmes Sackett & Associates Pty Limited, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2. A new variety of sulla (Hedysarun coronarium)for forage production in southern Australia, Kevin Foster, Ron Yates, Phil Nichols, Department of Agriculture and Food, WA and Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, UWA 3. Mating - Short and fast is better, Graeme Martin, John Milton, Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia 4. Breech strike protection in sheep post 2010, Scott Williams, Program Manager Animal Health and Welfare, Australian Wool Innovation Limited 5. How the West can win!, Garry McAlister, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited, New South Wales. 6. The Merino Company (TMC) - Active Marketing and supply chain management, Mark Suttie, General Manager Marketing – The Merino Company (TMC) 7. Driving on-farm productivity: the next 20 years, Peter Fennessy, Jack Cocks, AbacusBio Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand

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