Science

Grazing groups, hay for sale, pasture for lease. Extensive list of forage and rotational grazing links.

Extensive list of publications for those establishing and/or managing pasture or forage.

Prevention and treatment of diseases commonly associated with nutritional imbalances.

Meeting protein, energy, vitamin and mineral requirements is essential for profitable lamb finishing. This publication will help you start your lambs on feed and to develop an effective feeding plan.

Urea can be fed to ruminants as an economical replacement for a part of the protein in a ration.

Nutrition research spanning more than 100 years has defined the nutrients required by animals. Using this information, rations can be formulated from feeds and ingredients to meet these requirements. Animals fed these rations should not only remain healthy but be productive and efficient.

The Pearson square or box method of balancing rations is a simple procedure that has been used for many years. It is of greatest value when only two ingredients are to be mixed.

Feeds, feeding and what can go wrong when are orphaned lambs or when prolific ewes have too many lambs for the milking ability of the natural mother.

Provides information on choosing the nutrients to be measured and the taking of samples.

Discussion of when hay should be fed in relation to when the grain ration is fed and why the order is important.

Answers the question of why chronic copper poisoning (CCP) occurs.

Needs, options, budgeting.

Factsheet from the NSW Department of Primary Industries on the benefits of supplementary feed for lambs in times of drought.

Efficient and effective ways to pasture sheep are covered here. Includes notes on specific plants.

Steps to prevent "empty gut disease" caused by the inadequate supply of nutrients.