Resources

Don’t let water quality slip through the cracks

Do you need a refresher on feed budgeting or perhaps you’re just learning how to conduct a feed budget? Then read ahead!

Lambing is fast approaching for most of you, with lambing already underway for some. This presents an opportunity to raise the bar on your marking results.

As we battle on with the current poor season that we find ourselves in, it's important to remember that we're not alone, and that there are resources and support available to help.

There is a lot of hype out there about agricultural technology (agtech), and tonnes of solutions to wade through. For woolgrowers in particular, there is a large range of agtech that can provide efficient and fast methods of identifying and recording information against individual animals. These include technologies such as electronic identification (EID), fleece testing and weighing equipment, EID-assisted walk-over scales and auto drafters, smart tags, artificial intelligence, facial recognition technology, and specialised individual animal management software - just to name a few!

A shortage of skilled shearers and increased costs of shearing are presenting a threat to the Australian wool industry. Wool harvesting is a key priority of AWI’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025. In addition to significant investment in training of shearers and wool handlers, AWI is also investing in innovative approaches to wool harvesting.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could market our wool as being the most sustainable in Australia and get a premium for this?

Joining is fast approaching for many woolgrowers in WA, whilst some of you will have already joined. We’ve pulled some information together to provide a refresher on the key factors which influence joining outcomes.

AWI’s ‘Winning With Weaners’ workshop helps woolgrowers identify key management strategies to improve the lifetime performance of their Merino weaners.

RAMping Up Repro workshops give sheep and wool producers the skills to improve ram health, performance and longevity in their commercial sheep enterprises.

Assessing and selecting sheep to achieve optimal genetic gain involves a wide range of issues. This article works through the issues and breaks down some of the component topics that are often discussed.

As the Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) project approaches completion, we can increasingly use this valuable industry resource to answer a range of questions relevant to Merino sheep producers. In this article we use the MLP project data to explore how Australian Sheep Breeding Values for breech wrinkle relate to actual raw measurements or scores on farm.