Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
City
Perth
Publication Date
24-7-2007
Keywords
The Sheep’s Back, sheep management, benchmarking, survey, Whole farm modelling, Ewe trial, MIDAS, meat sheep, Rangeland Goats, food-on-offer, rangeland condition, stocking rate, Grazing, intensification, nitrogen, pasture use, nutrients imported and exported, environment, Perennial pasture, sub tropical grass, tagasaste, annual pasture, grazing days, ground cover, erosion, Hypothermia, cold exposure, wind chill, energy supplement, Rhodes grass, kikuyu, feed quality
Disciplines
Hydrology | Meteorology | Other Genetics and Genomics | Other Plant Sciences | Sheep and Goat Science | Soil Science | Veterinary Infectious Diseases
Abstract
This session covers seven papers from different authors:
PROFITABILITY
1. Benchmarking demonstrates both the potential and realised productivity gains in the sheep and wool industry, Andrew Ritchie, Edward Riggall and James Hall, ICON Agriculture, Darkan
2. Improving sheep genetics will increase farm profitability, Gus Rose, Johan Greeff Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, John Young Farming Systems Analysis Service, WA
3. Meat, Merinos and making money in WA Pastoral Zone, M. Alchin, M. Young and T. Johnson, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia,
GRAZING
4. Nitrogen - farmers' friend or foe? John Lucy and Martin Staines, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
5. Drought proofing grazing systems - a case study from Binnu 2006/7, Tim Wiley & Rob Grima, Department of Agriculture & Food Western Australia
6. Minimising 'Esperance Storm' livestock losses, Sandra Prosser and Matt Ryan, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
7. Sub-tropical grasses in WA - what is their potential? Geoff Moore, Tony Albertsen, Department of Agriculture & Food Western Australia, Phil Barrett-Lennard, Evergreen Farming, George Woolston, John Titterington, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Sarah Knight, Irwin-Mingenew Group, Brianna Peake, Liebe Group, Buntine, WA
Recommended Citation
Ritchie, A,
Riggall, E,
Hall, J,
Rose, G,
Greeff, J,
Young, J,
Alchin, M,
Young, M,
Johnson, T,
Lucy, J,
Staines, M,
Wiley, T,
Grima, R,
Prosser, S,
Ryan, M,
Moore, G,
Albertsen, T,
Barrett-Lennard, P,
Woolston, G,
Titerington, J,
Knight, S,
and
Peake, B.
(2007), Sheep Updates 2007 - part 3. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth. Conference Proceeding.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/sheep_conf/36
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