Lambs Alive is an innovative supported learning project focusing on improving lamb survival. A series of workshops will be held in the Barossa – Lower North Region.
What you will learn:
Strategies to improve lamb survival and reduce ewe wastage
Best practice management for lambing
Prepare the ewes and their lambing paddocks to enable a better lambing
Increase the kilograms of wool and/or lamb produced per hectare
How you will learn:
3 Workshops on the Lambs Alive Demonstration Farm (One full day and two half days)
Half day one-on-one coaching on each participants property
Hands-on planning and implementing your own lambing plan
Other features and benefits for you:
Calculate lamb loss and ewe wastage, feed budgeting, paddock allocations, differentially manage twin
and single bearing ewes, undertake lamb autopsies, identify causes of lamb loss, keep good lambing
records, implement strategies to increase lamb survival, focus on lambing density and improving ewe
and lamb nutrition, follow the success of strategies on the demonstration farm.
Registration is essential as places are limited. To RSVP or find out more information contact Bruce Hancock, PIRSA, on 0417 813 545 or email Bruce.Hancock@sa.gov.au
Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Time: 11:30 pm - 6:30 am
Venue: Brenton Palmer’s property
153 Palmers Road
Manoora,
SA,
Australia