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Stock water
The best way to manage and maintain stock water is to have reliable information about your property’s water supplies. This means knowing where the water is, how much is available and whether it is ‘fit for purpose’. A water budget may help to avoid a forced destock due to insufficient water supplies.
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Meeting the Mark: Setting Lambs Up for Success
This article outlines best-practice lamb marking practices to improve animal welfare, recovery and lifetime performance. It covers preparation, hygiene, low-stress handling, correct tail docking, effective pain relief, ewe assessment and post-marking care, with practical tips to help WA woolgrowers set lambs up for success.
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Weaning More Lambs
Could earlier weaning help you save feed and improve lamb survival? Getting weaning right can make a big difference to woolgrowers’ bottom line. Read this article to discover practical strategies to improve weaner survival, reduce feed demand and give ewes the best chance to recover before joining.
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The WA woolgrower’s guide to containment feeding
Containment feeding has become a vital tool for WA woolgrowers to protect soils and maintain or increase stock condition through the increasingly long summer-autumn feed gap. This guide provides practical steps on site selection, nutrition and infrastructure, featuring expert insights from Esperance woolgrower Simon Fowler on how to lift flock performance while reducing costs through containment feeding.
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