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Small Scale Livestock ProductionSmall Scale Livestock Production
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What?
Sheep ... Meat, wool
Cattle ... Meat, hides,
Alpacas ... FibreGoats ... Meat, milk, fibre
Deer ... Meat, velvet, hides
Horses ... Amenity/pleasure ... Profit?
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Why?y
“To make a bit of money”“W lik i th i l i th dd k”“We like seeing the animals in the paddock”“To keep the grass and weeds down”
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Contributing to the Marketg
Products enter the ‘real market’• Require acceptance by consumers• Require acceptance by consumers• Need to meet quality standards (condition,
hygiene, disease, chemical withholding periods)• Traceability
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Keep records!Keep records!Essential if you’re planning to sell produce ...
• Product integrity and traceability• Mandatory for some produce
(e.g. Livestock)f d k• Assists in future decision making
Range of record keeping systems
• Paper records• Electronic
• Commercial farm management software
• ‘Excel spreadsheet’• SENRM & SERIC ... nrmFARM
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How many can we run?How many can we run?Depends on many factors ...
• Property Size• Soil type• Pasture composition and quality• Physiological status of the animals• Physiological status of the animals• Your production goals for the animals
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Grazing Management ...g g
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Understanding Pasture Growth
'Post-Break' Pasture Growth Rate Grant DC 2003 to 2011 (smoothed and fitted)
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Pasture Growth rate
'Post-Break' Pasture Growth Rate Grant DC
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Rainfall to Pasture Growth Tool (MLA)
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FacilitiesYards
Shed / shearing equipment (sheep goats alpacas)Shed / shearing equipment (sheep, goats, alpacas)
Cattle restraint (crush or headbail)
Stock‐proof fencesStock‐proof fences
Adequate, year‐round water supply
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SheepAccess to shearing equipment essential
Simple yards for <50 sheepSimple yards for <50 sheep
Yards that utilise natural behaviour of sheep work best
Need a race and draft as a minimumNeed a race and draft as a minimum
Fences 0.9m to 1.0m in height
Race no more than 600mm wideRace no more than 600mm wide
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Sheep need shearing ... dagging etc.
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It doesn’t have to be expensivep
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CattleLess than 10 – simple square yard with race and loading ramp will work well = low cost
More than 10 ... consider investing in better yards• Receiving pen/s, V or semi circular forcing pen, race, crush, l dloading ramp
• Fences 1.5m to 1.8m high, posts concreted 1.2m in ground in high pressure areas
• Rails – specialised steel products or 150mm x 50mm timberp p• Race internal width 675 ‐ 700 mm wide
Plan escape route/s for YOU
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Combining Cattle & Sheep Yards
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Feeding in summer & autumng
Most small producers ... small hay bales
U i l d d i i tUsing large rounds and squares requires equipment
Look for leaf:stem in good hay (few seed heads)
Silage/early hay capable of weight gainSilage/early hay ... capable of weight gain
Late cut hay ... weight maintenance only
Use hay feeders to reduce wastey f
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Learn to ‘Condition Score’
Without liveweight scales ... ‘Condition Scoring’ is the most important skill of livestock producersmost important skill of livestock producers
• Keep breeding stock at CS 3 all year round to maximise production
• Sell ‘finished’ animals at condition score 3 to 4 for maximum returnf f
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Learn to ‘Condition Score’
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Information for ProducersInformation for ProducersMeat and Livestock Australia
www.mla.com.auwww.mla.com.au• More Beef from Pastures• Making More from Sheep www.makingmorefromsheep.com.au
Australian Wool Innovationwww.wool.com.au
• Lifetime wool ... www.lifetimewool.com.au
Livestock Librarywww.livestocklibrary.com.au
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Websites
www.sheepconnectsa.com.auwwwwormboss com auwww.wormboss.com.auwww.flyboss.org.auwww.wool.com/Grow_LiceBoss.htmhttp://timerite.wool.comp //www.pasturesfromspace.csiro.auhttp://rainfall.mla.com.auwww.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/livestock