Stock Journal Technical Column - August 2023
The South Australian Wool Training Advisory Group (WoolTAG) is committed to supporting skilled wool training programs within the state and to work with training providers to deliver a reliable training program into the future. The Group is a voluntary committee launched in...Read More
Stock Journal Technical Column - September 2023
Author: Emma Shattock, Elders Livestock Production Advisor
Everyone knows them. That tail end in a drop of weaners that fail to meet sale targets, produce less and lower quality wool or have high mortality rates. This can be a long-term problem too, with higher...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, August 2023
Author: Katyana Armen, Australian Wool Exchange Ltd
On July 1, the Australian wool industry took its next step leading the world in wool traceability technology with the much-anticipated rollout of the eBale program led by the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX).
The program sees Australian wool bales move to...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, August 2023
The AWI sheep delivery units provide a system that delivers sheep directly to the shearer, eliminating the time and energy that shearers spend on the catch and drag. It also minimises the chance of injury to the shearer from the dragging and twisting movements.
The design...Read More
Stock Journal Technical Column, July 2023
Sheep lice can cause significant economic impacts through lost production but also through cost to control. If lice are left unmanaged, they can cause reductions in wool cut of up to 1 kilogram per head (Paraboss, 2022). Lice may also impact colour, staple length...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, August 2023
AWI have produced a guide which aims to outline some of the considerations that can be made when designing new or retrofitted shearing sheds. Covering end-to-end of the shearing shed, it is broken down into five topics: in-shed pens, shearing board, wool room, general design...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, August 2023
Working conditions in sheds are seen as the primary barrier to attracting and keeping new workers in the wool harvesting industry, according to a survey of shearing contractors across Australia undertaken by AWI and WA Shearing Industry Association (WASIA).
SafeSheds was launched in November 2020 to improve...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, November 2022
Author: Mary-Anne Young, PIRSAWater excesses are probably more on peoples’ minds than deficiencies this spring but now is a good time to consider the property’s long term water requirements and how they can be met in times of drought or “emergencies” such as a...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, August 2022
Author: Tim Prance, T Prance Rural Consulting Victor Harbor and Dr James Maino, Cesar Australia
Aphids. As with RLEM, aphids especially the blue green aphid, are developing resistance to insecticides. Natural predators such as ladybird beetles, parasitoid wasps, hoverflies, spiders and lacewings can be highly...Read More
Stock Journal Feature, August 2022
Author: Tim Prance, T Prance Rural Consulting Victor Harbor and Dr James Maino, Cesar Australia
Red legged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor) are one of the most important invertebrate pest species in Australian agriculture. They are common and widespread, and active from autumn to late spring.
Red...Read More
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