B12 supplementation in sheep. Hard to find much science based information and trial data to justify in areas where not a cobalt deficient. As new product, GlanEry 7in1 B12 raising interest in B12 benefits. Link is best article I have come across. flockandherd.net.au/sheep/reader/v…

Lambing 2023. Setting up lambing cells, sharing s dam. Need power from other side of dam. Not fancy but has worked in past.

Lambing 2023. Counting sheep in lambing cell. Checking singles are where they should be.

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Sheep breeders: what are your thoughts on the repeatability of lambed and lost (ie. accuracy of selection), in maidens and older ewes? Helps weight up gains with culling against costs of carrying in a season where feed will be valuable. Interest in thoughts of others.

Electric side-by-side UTV: Any experience or thoughts out there? Link below is the first one I had come across. crossfiremotorcycles.com/product/e1-ele…

Yard weaning lambs: any experiences out there?

Simple $ analyses can be powerful aid to decision making in farm business management. @DPI_Livestock is it possible to update the sheep gross margin budgets? Last update September 2022. Cattle GMs updated April 2023; things have changed since then. dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/bu…

Decision making with livestock: Getting dryer and considering merits of feeding and agistment. Interesting to consider net value of wool growth in a Merino enterprise on a weekly basis cf. feeding and/or agistment costs.

Becoming a bit drier than we would like.

The best pasture we have at present for Merino weaners. Not ideal but grateful for what we have.

Pasture competition at work; Bathurst burr toasted

If your know, your know. Not often have a situation like this in lead up to start of lambing (2 May). Pasture growing nicely and very low worm burdens (WEC's below 50 since December 2023). Thanks to DataFarming for NDVI imagery.

Biological products for use in grains production: What is out there in commercial use, in trials and/or of interest? Working on a GRDC project (PROC-9177054) - review of of biofertilisers, biostimulants and biopesticides. Keen to hear thoughts of growers and advisors.

Crunching the numbers: current livestock gross margins. Pleasant surpises within. Acknowledgement - lots of assumptions made and results dependent on them. Livestock and wool values based on most recent market data (November 2024). DSE ratings as per NSW DPI gross margin budgets.

Crunching the numbers: current crop gross margins. Acknowledgement - lots of assumptions made and results dependent on them. Interesting comparisons with livestock GMs on a per hectare basis.

Shedding sheep guru's: looking to update my gross margin budget series to include shedding sheep. Let me know if you have realistic production parameters that you can provide. Acknowledgement to Episode 3 (EP3) for the graph.

Being realistic, even with forecast rain, most likely down hill from here on for 2025 for our pastures given seasonal forecast. Credit: NSW Local Land Services - Farming Forecaster. farmingforecaster.com.au