Productivity and Profitability Media Series
The Productivity & Profitability series presents new and topical information to help southern producers increase the success of their businesses.
Beef, sheep and goat producers can listen to a diverse range of expert speakers present webinars and podcasts to aid on-farm decision making. Plus, producers will find relevant resources and MLA programs to continue their learning journey.
Productivity and Profitability Media Series
Basil Doonan - Spring Pasture Management
Welcome to episode 3 of the MLA Productivity and Profitability media series. This episode features Basil Doonan, Technical Director of Pinion Advisory. Basil speaks about how to manage your pastures during spring, in wet, dry and average seasons.
Your host, Tanisha Shields and Basil discuss why spring is the time to "attack" your pasture management, how to deal with excess feed, how to assess and manage pasture quantity and quality. Basil shares insight on how to assess which livestock are the most profitable for your business when deciding to supplementary feed in dry seasons.
Basil talks about the importance of understanding animal demand and pasture growth rate before adding inputs to your pastures or supplementary feeding your livestock.
To watch our webinar with Basil head to: Webinars & Podcasts - Agrista
To access the MLA Stocking Rate calculator head to: MLA Stocking Rate Calculator
To access Farming Forecaster head to: Home page - PastureForecasting (farmingforecaster.com.au)
This episode is brought to you by Agrista in partnership with Meat and Livestock Australia.