printIn dry times it is important to make risk management decisions early. The following links are to resources that may assist you to make management decisions on-farm, and look after your mental health.
Feeding & managing sheep in dry times
Managing fodder prices for drought
Feed budgeting for ewes in the dry season
A series of factsheets developed originally for Upper South East farmers to manage livestock and farm finances in dry seasons cover some useful information including:
- Livestock management options
- Feed budgeting in a drought
- Drought management checklist for livestock
- Calculating supplementary feed amounts - Sheep
- Ration formulation using the ‘Pearson Square’
- Basic ration diet formulation
- Calculating dry matter intakes
- Dry matter vs As fed
- Comparing the costs of feed
The factsheets have been produced by Primary Industries and Regions SA and Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources with the support of MacKillop Farm Management Group and Sheep Connect SA.