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Running a flexible, high-performing livestock enterprise.
Mark BungeKooringal, Coleraine Victoria
28 July 2017
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Kooringal
• Coleraine, south-west Victoria• 685mm rainfall, winter dominant • 1800ha | 1500ha grazing• 50% Merino sheep, 50% cattle• Average long-term stocking rate of 20DSE/ha• Benchmarking in the SWFMP for over 30 years• No irrigation or underground water
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Overview
• Enterprise choice or mix• On-farm productivity• Benchmarking
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Enterprise
• Choice not too important.
• Keep it simple and specialise in one or two.
• Can the product be contracted of forward sold?
• Flock/herd structure.• Can it be easily be
altered for seasonal conditions?
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On-farm productivity
• Having a good pasture base• Match the feed supply and demand• Good infrastructure
o yardso lanewayso fencing
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Benchmarking
• Know your cost of production• Compare it against your peers• DSE per labour unit• Product produced per 100mm of rainfall• Net profit/ha/100mm• Net profit/DSE
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Top three take-home messages
1. Know your cost of production/benchmarking.2. Match your enterprise to your seasons.3. Have some surge and relief capacity.
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Tools, resources and training
• MLA cost of production calculator, rainfall to pasture growth, feed budget calculator.
• Industry discussion groups• Department of Ag/consultants• https://www.wool.com/woolgrower-tools/cost-
of-production-calculator/• https://www.mla.com.au/extension-training-and-
tools/tools-calculators/• http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/livestock
/farm-monitor-project
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Running a flexible, high-performing livestock enterprise.
Mark BungeKooringal
M: 0409 962 248 E: [email protected]