http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news.php The Latest News For The Australian Sheep Industry Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:49:34 +1100 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:49:34 +1100 en-au Copyright 2012 Sheep CRC All rights reserved. WrightWay Design PHP XML Feed Generator 30 http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/feeds/sheepcrc-logo.gif http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news.php http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/understanding-the-get-up-and-go-of-lambs-22-02-2012.php?referrer=feeds/news.xml http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/understanding-the-get-up-and-go-of-lambs-22-02-2012.php Industry researchers are now a step closer to understanding the “get up and go” of lambs at birth, which could help producers improve survival rates and their overall on-farm productivity. By supporting new research through its postgraduate education programme, the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC) is looking at different ways to improve reproductive efficiency on Australia’s breeding properties. Postgraduate researcher Rachelle Hergenhan recently studied the biology behind lamb vigour, or the “get up and go” of lambs at birth, which has been identified as an important trait for their subsequent survival.
Read the full article at http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/understanding-the-get-up-and-go-of-lambs-22-02-2012.php]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Latest News From flyboss.org.au http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/bred-well-fed-well-is-coming-to-western-australia-08-02-2012.php?referrer=feeds/news.xml http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/bred-well-fed-well-is-coming-to-western-australia-08-02-2012.php A new training initiative is being rolled out nationally to help sheep producers combine top genetics with superior ewe feed management to boost reproduction rates and productivity. West Australian producers have an opportunity to attend a Bred Well Fed Well workshop, funded by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) through their Making More from Sheep initiative. The workshop was developed by the Sheep Cooperative Research Centre (Sheep CRC) as a part of a national program to increase sheep industry productivity and profitability.
Read the full article at http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/bred-well-fed-well-is-coming-to-western-australia-08-02-2012.php]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Latest News From flyboss.org.au http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/growing-lambs-share-of-the-meat-pie-07-02-2012.php?referrer=feeds/news.xml http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/growing-lambs-share-of-the-meat-pie-07-02-2012.php The question of how the Australian lamb industry will grow its share in the red meat market pie is the focus of a 12-month research project by WA sheep producer and Sheep CRC scientist Kelly Manton-Pearce. Dr Manton-Pearce will travel the world as a 2012 Nuffield Australia Scholarship winner, investigating the issues influencing the size of the national flock, Australia’s lamb industry’s global position, the effect of high lamb prices and more. A researcher for the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC) in the area of meat science, Dr Manton-Pearce’s Nuffield scholarship is sponsored by the CBH Group and CSBP Ltd, and will cover the topic The way forward for the Australian Lamb Industry - maintaining our share of the ‘lamb meat pie’.
Read the full article at http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/growing-lambs-share-of-the-meat-pie-07-02-2012.php]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Latest News From flyboss.org.au http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/better-breeding-delivers-against-flystrike-sa-case-study-24-01-2012.php?referrer=feeds/news.xml http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/information/news/better-breeding-delivers-against-flystrike-sa-case-study-24-01-2012.php While a wetter than average summer in South Australia has raised the prospects of flystrike problems for many graziers, Phil and Ann Hammat are confident their flock will come through unscathed. The Hammats, of Baderloo Poll Merinos, Spalding, have been selecting for a plain body type and proactively applying preventative chemical treatments since they ceased mulesing in 2004. Their flock of 900 stud Poll Merino ewes and 350 commercial ewes came through unharmed from last year’s wet summer, which delivered an extra 200mm over and above their annual average of 425mm of predominantly winter rainfall, and resulted in a fly-wave throughout the Mid North.
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