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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

President’s Report ...............................................................................................................................4

Win a Ram Competition.......................................................................................................................4

Calendar of Events ..............................................................................................................................5

Gowandale ..........................................................................................................................................6

Is there any benefit to provide lick blocks to sheep over Summer? .................................................8-9

Charinga .......................................................................................................................................12-13

Fox and Lillie ................................................................................................................................14-15

Electronic ID – get excited, but don’t waste money! .....................................................................16-17

Sohnic ..........................................................................................................................................18-19

Performance Feeds .....................................................................................................................22-23

Wallaloo Park ...............................................................................................................................26-27

Area Map and Accommodation ....................................................................................................30-31

Oakbank .......................................................................................................................................32-33

Fabstock - Supplements prove their worth - and more!................................................................38-39

Belbourie ...........................................................................................................................................41

Old Dundee .................................................................................................................................42-43

Banavie.........................................................................................................................................46-47

Zoetis - Survival to Thrive .............................................................................................................48-49

Diversity Proves a Financial Success - Nigel Greenaway ............................................................50-51

Forest Springs ..............................................................................................................................52-53

Universal - Feeders to trailers ......................................................................................................54-55

Coopers .......................................................................................................................................56-57

Elders ...........................................................................................................................................58-59

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WIN

A RAMTo the value of $

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The “Win a Ram” competition is for the purchase, or support of purchasing a merino ram, from one of the participating Merino Studs displaying at the 2017 Marnoo Merino Field day.

A refunded payment will be paid to the “purchase price” or up to the value of $1,000. Upon purchase, the purchaser will be payed by the Marnoo Merino Breeders Association within 30 days.

The ram must be purchased during the 2017 selling season, at an on-property auction or privately, by appointment.To be eligible, the applicant must be in attendance on the �eld day, and the applicant is only entitled to one entry per a stud visited.

Drawn afterthe Field Day!

2016 Winner - Tony Coombes from Fentons Creek

Welcome to the 2017 Marnoo Merino Breeders field day and sale week.

Last years Marnoo Merino field day was well attended, the floodwaters were clearing and the roads had just become passable for existing and potential clients travelling from far and wide to inspect the quality Merino genetics on display from our participating studs.

Marnoo area has a long standing reputation as a high quality sheep breeding region, with at least two of our studs operat-ing for more than 100 years.

The lunchtime session at Banavie, saw Australian Wool In-novation (AWI) representatives update the crowd on latest happenings in the industry.

Sheep industry specialist Stuart Hodgson spoke about the Merino, its strengths and gave an update on wool industry activities, including the Breed More Merino Ewes campaign, which the Marnoo Merinos group is happy to get behind.

There was also a fashion parade to display how wool is being used and promoted.

Congratulations to Tony Coombes from Fentons Creek on be-ing last years winner of the $1000 voucher in our ‘win a ram’ competition. The competition has become a popular feature of the field day so don’t forget to put your entry in this year.

The strong support continued onto the group’s on-property ram sales. Overall we had extremely good clearances and rams were sold to different states across the country.

The Marnoo Merino breeders group continue to have displays at different shows, to show off the diverse range of high qual-ity genetics with the studs pursuing differentbreeding objectives.

We’re hopeful for the season ahead. With the strong meat and wool prices, and widespread good start to the season, we’re encouraging commercial producers to think about buy-ing rams to take them ahead with their core flock and keep their production to a maximum.

On behalf of the group I would like to thank all the sponsors who have contributed to our Marnoo Merino Field day annual.

These field days would not happen without the dedication of our members to our industry and our area.

I thank them all again for their ongoing support and wish them well in the sales.

We hope you enjoy what we have to offer this year, and look forward to seeing you.

Tim PolkinghornePresidentMarnoo Merino Breeders Association.

President’s Report

CALENDAR OFEVENTS2017

Wednesday 6th SeptemberWallaloo ParkField Day - On Property - 11am - 3pmSohnic MerinosField Day - On Property - 10am - 4pm

Thursday 14th SeptemberWallaloo ParkOn Property Ram Sale - 1pm

Friday 15th SeptemberSohnic MerinosOn Property Ram Sale - 11.30am

Thursday 21st September Marnoo Merino Field Day - 10am till 4pmBanavie, Belbourie, Gowandale, Charinga, Forest Springs, Oakbank, Wallaloo Park, Sohnic and Old Dundee.

Thursday 21st SeptemberOld Dundee - On Property Ram Sale

Thursday 28th September Forest SpringsOn Property Sale - 1pm

Monday 2nd October Charinga, Banavie & GowandaleOn Property Sale at Charinga - 1pm

Tuesday 3rd OctoberOakbankOn Property Ram Sale - 1pm

Wednesday 4th OctoberBelbourieOn Property Ram Sale - 11.30am

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Gowandale is pleased to display its sale team, ewes and sires at Banavie, our parent stud.

The sale rams have excellent bone and growth with long stapled bright wool.

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The Gowandale Stud Flock of elite ewes, continue to thrive and achieve very high lambing percentages, quick maturity and extreme staple length. For 10 years they have been shorn twice - yearly with cuts of 5 - 7 kgs of 60 - 70mm wool These ewes have been joined exclusively to Gowandale & Charinga Poll sires selected for

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The Best sale rams will be penned on merits, included in the Charinga sale and clearly Identified as “Gowandales” 7 Sires sold for a top of $3,000 to Average $1564, A very affordable option for the “no fuss”, profitable merino breeder,with a private selection of 100 grade rams available after the sale

The History Jim Aitken established the Gowandale Stud in 1979, based on Banavie genetics. Jim’s passion was for heavy cutting, big sheep with bold crimp. DR Jim Watts was employed with his knowledge of the relationship be-tween skin and wool. Glendon Hancock purchased the stud in 1998 and with the assistance of DR Watts a plainer bodied, long stapled bold deep crimping wool became their focus. Roger pur-chased all stud ewes, sires and sale rams in 2006. Since purchacing the stud, stud ewes have run at Wallaloo East & Grittleton.

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As a general rule of thumb, there are more efficient and cost effective methods of improving stock performance than providing mineral blocks. Firstly, you need to ensure that your’ livestock are receiving adequate energy, protein and water. Given that energy is usually the most limiting factor in a ruminant diet, the majority of lick blocks provide little or no energy and are therefore an added expense. Blocks containing molasses can be a useful source of energy however, molasses is low in protein and the energy value decreases rapidly when it is increased from 10% to 30% w/w of the total ration. It is usually used to increase the palatability and bind the dry ingredients into a block. Blocks that contain urea and other sources of protein do supply protein but it is not necessarily the most cost effective way. Urea is not a protein, it is a source of non-protein nitrogen (NPN) that is used by the rumen bacteria, converted to ammonia in the rumen and used to produce microbial protein. Adequate energy in the ration is needed to make full use of the NPN, and it can take 4 weeks for the rumen to adjust to additional nitrogen in the system. Urea can be toxic and is less suited to growing animals as they perform better on true protein supplements such as beans or lupins. At around 1% w/w of the ration, urea can increase diet crude protein by ~2 – 2.5% but levels above 2% w/w usually results in a reduction of feed intake. In a cereal grazing trial in the Horsham district, wethers on weed free wheat stubbles lost 4kg over a 12-week period. In the same trial, the addition of molasses and urea blocks resulted in a live weight loss of 1.5kg whereas the addition of 100g of lupins/hd/day gave a 0.5kg gain over the same period. A review of 13 trials comparing the use of blocks as a form of supplementation for stock grazing stubbles showed that there was only a positive response to lick blocks in three instances.

Based on the cost of protein supplied by blocks, lupins are normally about a quarter of the price compared to blocks and provide more valuable protein and energy.

Mineral blocks usually contain salts and minerals. Salt is usually only required in a feedlot environment or provided with limestone to pregnant ewes as it improves the palatability of feed mixes and increases water intake. Water intake is important for sheep eating high quantities of cereal grains, as cereal grains are high in phosphorus and low in calcium which can lead to a condition called water belly. Water belly occurs because the Ca:P ratio is low, resulting in minerals precipitating in the urine to form crystals and stones that cause blockages in the urethra, which reduces urine production and flow. Reduced urine flow leads to the formation of calculi. By adding salt to the diet, water intake is increased, therefore increasing urine flow and mineral solubility. It is always more cost effective to provide fine salt (table salt you put on your steak) in the diet at ~0.5% rather than to use blocks. In intensive situations, such as feedlots, up to 4% NaCl can be included into the diet gradually. In a grazing environment with a balanced diet of roughage, energy and protein, nine times out of ten, additional salt in the diet is not required with the exception of improving the palatability of lime that is feed directly to the animal or via the supplementary feed.

Minerals are required by ruminants and are involved in many metabolic processes in the animal. Although they are essential, they are only required in minute quantities and usually always are supplied through the feed or soil. They are classified as either macro or trace minerals. Pregnant and lactating animals are more susceptible to macro mineral deficiencies, while young growing lambs are more susceptible to trace mineral deficiencies. It has been estimated that mineral and vitamin deficiencies probably cause less than 2% of the overall production losses in sheep. In contrast, production losses caused by sheep worms, flystrike and lice contribute a far greater economic impact on production. Macro minerals include Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Sodium, Sulphur, Potassium and Chloride. Deficiencies of these minerals can results in a number of clinical diseases, including milk fever (hypocalcaemia) and grass tetany. Milk fever is caused by low blood concentrations of calcium and sheep during late pregnancy and early lactation are most at risk.

Sheep that are consuming grain based diets and very short lush green feed that is devoid of both calcium and fibre are most affected. Lack of fibre reduces rumination and rumination improves calcium utilisation through buffering activity. To prevent milk fever, avoid mustering in late pregnancy and if you have to muster in the last 3 weeks before lambing, feed well before and after muster and ensure animals are not off feed for more than 12 hours. Even non-pregnant animals are susceptible if off food during transport for more than 48 hours. If supplementing with grain in late pregnancy or during lambing, it is critical to ensure

a minimum of 0.7kg of fibre(hay or straw) per ewe per week 1-1.5% limestone added to grain on the point of lambing only

5% salt to limestone improves palatability Course limestone is more palatable

Similarly, grass tetany is caused by a deficiency of Magnesium in the diet. Magnesium is usually sufficient in pastures and deficiencies in sheep are rarely seen with the exception of sheep grazing red wheats during winter, where the high potassium content of the crop reduces magnesium availability to the sheep. Of particular interest is pregnancy toxaemia or twin lamb disease. Contrary to popular belief, pregnancy toxaemia is caused by a lack of energy prior to lambing. The foetus takes up room in the abdomen and thus reduces eating capacity. This is exacerbated by the increased energy demands of maintaining the foetus. Multiple foetuses take up even more room and have even higher energy demands than single pregnancies hence the common name of “twin lamb disease”. This leaves pregnant ewes vulnerable to acute energy deficiency with inadequate quality or quantity in their diet. This condition is exacerbated by any mustering. Acute pregnancy toxaemia leads to weakness and animals flop down if mustered. Rapid mobilization of body fat to make up for the deficit leads to “ketosis” or acetone breath. Ketotic sheep lose their appetite which only exacerbates the energy crisis. Treatments required include providing energy supplements and inducing pregnancy either by prescription injections or emergency caesarean. Even with expensive and intensive treatment, results are invariably disappointing. Response to cattle 4 in 1 milk fever injections (Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorous and Dextrose) generally lead to a temporary response only. No amount of lick blocks in the paddocks can solve this problem!

Trace minerals include Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Cobalt, Iodine, Molybdenum, and Selenium.

It is rare to see Iron and Zinc deficiencies in sheep, however, deficiencies of other trace minerals can occur and this is largely dependent on soil type, mineral uptake and seasonal conditions. Oversupplying minerals such as Selenium, Copper, Iodine and Molybdenum can cause toxicities in sheep and as a result, these minerals are usually not added to blocks or added in such small quantities, they are of no benefit. Identification of suspected mineral deficiencies is critical to understand how to treat and correct the deficiency. Usually, drenches, injections or capsules can be supplied to the animal to correct a deficiency. For repeated seasonal deficiencies, top dressing pastures and incorporating minerals into your fertiliser program is a more effective way of correcting on-going deficiencies. Vitamins are organic compounds and are made in the rumen by the rumen bacteria. Vitamin A and E are sourced from green plants. Vitamins are easily broken down and therefore, manufacturers of lick blocks seldom put vitamins in. For those that do, the vitamins are usually broken down in a day or two and are of little or no benefit to the stock. In dry conditions, when stock have had no access to green feed, a Vitamin E deficiency can occur. It is far better to treat animals with specific Vitamin E drenches or injectable preparations that supply sufficient quantities to last for longer periods and at higher levels. Vitamin D is produced by the action of sunlight on the skin so is only required for shedded sheep. Hay contains sufficient quantities of vitamin D and deficiencies in grazing stock are very rare. If you do have a deficiency, treatment by injection or oral drench is far more effective and ensures that all animals receive treatment. In a paddock situation, shy feeders will tend to miss out on the lick block so that not all animals have a go. Similarly, lick blocks should be housed undercover to avoid rain or direct sunlight from breaking down the product. Intakes of supplements by sheep grazing dry pastures or stubbles are extremely variable and often well below desired levels.








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Another successful year for genetic sales across Australia and Internationally The top Charinga ram went for $11,000, selling locally to Chris Guthrie of Rich Avon, near Donald. Other major buyers of stud rams included the Cleland family partnership who bought three rams worth over $30,000 in total, which will be sent to a developing flock on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia. High value rams were also sold to Western Australia, with a buyer from Williams in the Great Southern and one from the south coast near Mount Barker. In terms of volume buyers, the Geelong Lime partnership bought nine rams, while Bradford Hills Station, near Maldon in central Victoria purchased eight. Roger said Athol Brae, near Lake Cargelligo in NSW also snapped a nice consignment of seven nourished, heavy cutting rams. The horned rams averaged $3070 while the polled offering averaged $2531

We would like to acknowledge our long term and new clients for their support throughout the year Stud Rams previously sold in Adelaide, Dubbo and Hamilton will be sold On Property in 2017 with an increased offering of 100 top of the Drop Charinga Horn and Poll rams. Included in this offering will be the cream of the Gowandales.

Charinga stud principal Roger Polkinghorne with wool industry expert Tom Padbury. Mr Padbury bought this $11,000 ram for local farmer Chris Guthrie, Rich Avon.

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We aim to breed dogs with the ability to do the job, and do it well, both in the paddock and the yard. We want the full package, eye– control, balance, presence, push, stamina and the will to work. We also take pride in the looks of our dogs. “As a stud sheep breeder, I like well structured and good looking animals”- Roger With 5 dogs purchased from Barry Price “Moora Kelpies” in 2013, Roger knew that he’d found something he really liked within this bloodline and decided to start breeding dogs himself. All breeding bitches are working on farm. It certainly has been a very successful year for Charinga Kelpies with a total of 17 pups and dogs sold, 3 pups finding their new home in WA and several more in SA and NSW

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Andrew Hendy | 0427 944 323 www.flrural.com.au Fox & Lillie Rural (FLR) is proud to support the communities around the Wimmera area and to be involved in this year’s edition of the Marnoo Sheep Breeders book.

As a family owned and operated business, Fox & Lillie Rural has always placed great emphasis on the support and involvement in local communities.

Just this month, FLR awarded its second Fox & Lillie Rural scholarship at Longerenong College, with the company focusing on encouraging and supporting younger generations who are wishing to undertake a career in agriculture, and in particular wool.

FLR representative Andrew Hendy, who has been looking after a large number of clients around the Wimmera area for over 20 years has always found it “rewarding to deal with forward thinking and progressive farmers.”

Stuart Reading and Ron Kinley, both valued clients of FLR’s for a number of years, can agree that the family owned aspect of the Fox & Lillie company was something that attracted them to the company in the first place, and not only that, “a great company to deal with.”

Ron Kinley who manages Ross Johns’ Paradise Rise property located between Marnoo and Navarre says that it’s the smaller things that are highly valued, “you can always get hold of Andrew Hendy, and he’s been able to help with fine-tuning in the shed and simplifying clip preparation.

Stuart and Leanne Reading who own Brynavon and Studleigh has known Andrew Hendy for quite some time, with Hendy helping out on their properties with his ram selection and ewe classing.

For Stuart, working with Fox & Lillie Rural has always been about the relationships and trust he has in the family business, “the Lillie’s have worked in the industry for a long time, we know where they came from and they know me.”

If you want to do business with a family owned andprogressive company, give Andrew Hendy a ring on 0427 944 323.

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Electronic ID – get excited, but don’t waste money!

By Nathan Scott – Achieve Ag Solutions

With the recent announcements regarding the introduction of mandatory electronic ID (EID) for Victorian sheep, many producers are now considering what it might do for them. Make no mistake, for some of you the opportunities are limited. While for others, they will be plentiful.

The first step in assessing the potential use of EID in your business is to understand WHY! We are often attracted to the “what” (equipment etc), as that is often the exciting part, before really looking at why we need it to achieve our goals. So what are your goals?

What is your enterprise or breeding objective?If you don’t know what your objective is, then stop right now. You really don’t know what you are trying to achieve, and any purchases are based more on luck than knowl-edge. Your objective should be SMART (Specific, Measur-able, Achievable, Realistic, Time bound).

An example would be,“I want to consistently mark 145% lambs, turning lambs off at 22kg carcass weight, with all lambs sold by 6 months of age, and while maintaining mature ewe reference weights below 65kg, and average annual stocking rate of 16 DSE/ha. I want to achieve this by the end of 2019”.

Or“I want to consistently mark 110% lambs, turning of weth-ers as lambs, with mature ewes cutting 5.5kg of 18 micron wool with an average annual stocking rate of 12 DSE/ha. I want to be achieving all of that by 2021”.

Now that is an objective! “I want to mark more lambs” is not, and neither is “I want to cut more wool”. As soon as you have an objective, you can set to work breaking it down into measurable factors or traits to track your progress or apply selection pressure. From there, you can look at each component and decide whether eID has a role to play or not. If it does, record the equipment required. Work out how often you will use it, and whether you need to actu-ally own the equipment or not. To work through the pro-cess, you can use the simple template available at www.achieveag.com.au/resources.

For some people, you might get to the end of this process and decide that you won’t get much out of using eID on your property, and that you have other things to focus on. That is a good result! You aren’t spending money, but you do have the peace of mind that the industry is on the road to a better place with a more robust traceability system, and new technologies on the way for the supply chain as a whole.

What can I do with eID without buying equipment?This should be everyone’s first question, not their last. The following are all things that can be done without owning equipment –

● Recording information at lamb marking – When you or-der your tags they will be supplied with a visual tag number printed on them. These are then matched in what is called a “bucket file” to the 16 digit electronic number that the tag producers when read by a reader.

All you need to do is record the sequence of tags that you put into each mob, and you can capture vast amounts of data for future use. For instance – tag 233 – 856 were put into twin born lambs, sired by (insert stud name here) rams. This is particularly useful in self replacing flocks of any kind where reproduction is important. Too often twin born lambs are culled at classing because they don’t “look” right. A quick read of the tag with an eID reader would solve that problem, by telling you whether it was born as a twin or not, along with any other information you collected.Collecting this type of information doesn’t require equip-ment, but using it later on does, so you will need to borrow, hire, or buy a reader at some stage to make use of the information. You can wait until you need to use the data, and buy one then, or even better, just borrow one from someone you know. After all you won’t be needing it often for this type of work.

● Recording ewe pregnancy scanning data – With a num-ber of pregnancy scanners now set up with equipment, it is possible to get them to read the eID tags of your ewes and record their pregnancy status against them. A word of warning though, only send mobs of ewes that all (or as close as possible to all of them) have eID tags, as mixed mobs (some with eID and some without) will make them grumpy as it slows down the process.

● Pretty much any task you can think of, now has a con-tractor who can do the work for you. Recording data a lamb marking, weighing lambs at lamb marking, weaning, or at any time for that matter. Fleece weighing, fleece test-ing, auto-drafting, and many more can all be done by a contractor. Seriously consider this option before running out and spending money.

What should I spend money on?If you have gone through the process outlined above, and determined that there are components of your objectives that will benefit from collecting information using eID, then step two is to shop around. Equipment options have come a long way in the last 3-4 years, and the options will contin-ue to grow. Make sure you speak to someone independent that can point you in the right direction for the best equip-ment option for your needs. Remember that at the end of the day the sales people are employed to sell you things. Your job is to make your own informed decisions.

You do not need an auto-drafter to use eID on your farm. They are bloody good though for fast efficient, one-person weighing operations. For the sheep enterprise that I man-aged, it was one of the first things I purchased. Not be-cause of eID, but because it allowed me to weigh a lot of lambs quickly, and on my own.

What do I do next?First, make sure your objectives are very clear in your mind, and work through the process of how eID might or might not play are role in your business. Next seek independent advice on the equipment that might best suit you. Too often I speak to people about what they could or should have bought, as a better option to what they did buy.

Why should the industry be excited?Whether you use eID on-farm or not, in my opinion you still should be excited. Sure there will be some teething issues while they implement eID technology in saleyards (let’s face it, it is a significant implementation of technol-ogy within a sector where many don’t particularly want it). What our industry needs is a very good, robust traceability system that will reduce the horrific impacts that an exotic disease outbreak would have on us all, and which helps us maintain all of the excellent work undertaken in building our export market access.

Even more exciting than all of that however is the instal-lation of objective carcass measurement in red meat pro-cessing plants around the country. Linked with hook track-ing systems and eID, this is a serious game changer. Direct feedback on lean meat yield, and objective measurement for fat on individual animals will now be possible. For too long, prime lamb producers have received little or no real feedback on their lambs because it was too difficult. Now it will be just part of the process.

The next step is meat eating quality measurement, and in-dividual carcass grading in a true lamb MSA system. From all reports this isn’t too far off on the horizon either.

And for those of you worried about the potential for fu-ture discounts in a value based payment system… so you should be. If your lambs aren’t good enough, then you are hurting the reputation of lamb on consumer’s plates. Lamb is priced like a luxury product. It is about time it was graded and sold as one.

Buckle up people… we are on a bloody exciting ride!

Nathan Scott is a consultant with Achieve Ag Solu-tions – www.achieveag.com.au

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Our goal is simple....making money from sheep

“It’s important not to forget about the fibre,but even more important to value what’s underneath”. Running sheep e�ciently and profitably is becoming more and more di�cult.There are huge gains that can be made within the industry, but we need to evolve and be prepared to forget traditional beliefs. Croppers are not farming the same way they did 20 years ago so why are sheep any di�erent?

• Source quality genetics – If you are running a self replacing flock, todays decisions will influence your flock for the foreseeable future. Select according to your goals.• Run all ewes (excluding maidens) in management groups not age groups. • Have one breeding ewe base • Worm Test on a regular basis – don’t just drench • Select a lambing date which best matches feed availability with demand• Focus on joining to maximise conception rates. Protein priming, the ram e�ect. • Preg-Test – At a minimum wet and dry – Do everything possible to make sure you separate twin and single mobs. – Make sure you use the info and treat mobs di�erently. Pointless if you preg-test and do not change your management of these groups.

• Give your twin mobs the best run of the farm and the best lambing paddocks, the smaller the mob the better. Shelter very important.• Have one lambing, split lambing’s just make more work. You therefore manage the whole flock the same and can split mobs for management.• Shear after weaning and before lambing• Make sure you have a finishing system for your lambs. This may not always be required however you need a finishing system so you have options. You need to make the decisions, do not be limited by not having a finishing system in place. Your finishing system could be – Lucerne – Fodder Crops – Self-Feeders – Feedlot• Have containment yards or sacrifice paddocks available.• Treat your pastures like you do your crops. Grass will always be your cheapest feed. • Be prepared to graze crops, but only when timing is right.

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The feeding of grain as a supplement is effective as a source of energy but protein and especially calcium are lower than their requirements. The lamb during pregnancy has a high requirement nutritionally and if these aren’t met then the lambs can be seriously curtailed both before and after birth. Muscular fibre cannot increase after birth so its formation is critical if the lamb is to grow to its full potential and in the case of terminal breeds this is again limiting in the saleability of the lamb.

With the wool breeds the formation of wool follicles both primary and secondary and their ratios are also deter-mined pre-birth thus being critical in the lambs’ ability to cut fleece weight and micron along with fibre bundle den-sity. At birth the ewe needs a good mineral profile to have quick easy lambing and to also produce an active lamb at birth, a ewe that is low on calcium will be low on muscle control leading to a slow birth and lamb loss. A well miner-alised ewe will be able to produce a lamb that has enough body weight and energy in its system until it can absorb its own from the ewe’s high value colostrum.

Weaning is the next critical period when the rumen needs to be aided to adapt to low quality dry feeds which Anipro can be very beneficial to help lambs gain full use of all available feeds and not just stagnate. In the second sum-mer the ability of the weaner to digest and breakdown dry feeds is critical to its development. Young animals cannot eat enough low quality feed to maintain body maintenance, wool growth and skeletal development, hence we see weaners struggle and a large gap starts to develop across the mob. In the case of terminal breeds some lambs finish quickly and others struggle.

Merino weaners will show the bigger heaver lambs flourish and the others fall off the tail end as they are limited by ru-men volume. ANIPRO at this stage can allow weaners to fully utilize their diet and allow increased appetite to main-tain growth and skeletal development allowing the mob to become much more even.

Graziers spend as much money as they can afford improv-ing the genetic potential of their livestock choosing the best studs in the country and purchasing rams from them to produce better offspring. Then the next question is why not nutritionally give them the best opportunity to fulfil that potential and don’t leave available dollars behind.

High Performance Rams are only thebeginning in the race of life.

Use Anipro /Fibrepro as a tool to gain the fullgenetic potential of weaners.

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Superfine Specialist Ted Wilson 0409 368 376 Riverina Warren Bull 0429 120 055

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Candice Cordy 0408 963 109 Kym Hannaford 0457 504 475

Genevieve Butler 0457 714 249 Tom Boyle 0457 897 806

Gippsland Donald Rash 0418 900 693 Landmark St Arnaud Damian Drum 0428 952 284

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Office 03 5358 2100 Office 03 5495 1722

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Special focus through both programs has been to generate addition-al horn families and to benchmark through proven poll outcrosses.

All sires retained for 2016 kept performing with our two top performing sires, WP150422 and WP150441, both cutting 12kg for 7 months growth.

All natural joinings were a success at less than 1% joining. True libido and constitution was demonstrated when we mated unclassed ewe lambs joined at a minimum of 44kgs live weight at the start of 2017.

All rams used had been through a 2-cycle joining, during November and December. Then after a two week spell, rams were put back in with ewe lambs for another 2 cycles, joined at 0.85%. Success, scanned at 78% conception with 108% lambing.

Trent & Kate 03 5359 2290Trent 0427 776 114

[email protected]

John & Jenny 03 5359 2202 John 0427 501 431

www.wallaloopark.com

Pregnant 2016 April/May drop ewe lambs, 12 weeks pre lambing

The 2017 season is shaping up to be very exciting. For the first time in over a decade, all rams being offered by Wallaloo Park will be presented only at our 26th On Property Ram Sale. This will enable clients to have the opportunity to view the standard of stud offerings side by side.

The sale rams this year have been run in the same management group. No itemised special feeding or shedding for specialist groups or foot pairing until 12 months of age.

Classing at Wallaloo park, as always, is done through both visual and measured appraisal, and is not distorted by additional treatments. We have successfully measured and gathered total drop data for 3 years now and we are ready to indorse and improve our ASBVS trends with specially selected joinings through the utilisation of our newly formed ‘Walladale’ family. The first lambing of all Walladale ewes came through with a 0.2 increase in a pre-lambing condition score.

We are all extremely excited about the2017 drop, and we cannot wait for thegenetic progress and results in years to come.

For the 1st time, Wallaloo park presented ewes at the 2016 Bendigo show.A great start with WP151342 performing exceptionally well through the strong wool classes.

Pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow... 2016 ET lambs

2017 DATES7th & 8th August Hamilton Sheepvenon – Site 369Wednesday 6th September On property pre sale inspecon dayThursday 14th September On property Ram Sale – ‘’Top of the Drop’’ – 150 RamsThursday 21st September Marnoo Field Day – Grade Rams for sale

Visit our website & Facebook for regular news updates


ALL WALLALOO PARK SHEEP ARE APPROVED VACCINATES, OJD MN3 & BRUCELLOSIS ACCREDITED

Here at Wallaloo park we o�er a tethered sale structure which is client friendly. This allows buyers the opportunityto compare all attributes and evaluate structure without the hindrance of straw or gates.

On Property Sale –Top $26,000 with 18 stud rams av $7,222 and �ock rams averaging $2,5342016 SALE RESULTS

The 2016 sale was an enormous success, with 120 rams sold at auction, averaging $3,325. This average was accelerated by the top prices for the stud end.

A top price of $26,000 was paid for WP150245, purchased through ‘Classings’ for Frankland River Grazing Co, Frankland River, WA.Sale summary; 18 stud rams av $7,222 and flock rams averaging $2,534

Mr Walker from Classings said Mr Beasley would use the ram as a semen sire on 200 stud ewes this year via artificial insemination (AI), and then as a live sire on 120 stud ewes during a “hectic paddock joining”.

November 2016 saw, extensive AI and ET programs carried out with great success. Both mature age and maidens ewes flushing well. The maidens averaged 15 embryos over 2 flushings. The standout being our successful show ewe from Bendigo sheep show 2016 WP151342 producing 44 embryos in total.

The Wallaloo Park bloodline is recognised as one of the leading suppliers of merino genetics across Australia, having proven results over all bloodlines. We aim to maximize constitution, wool cut, temperament and milking ability to increase pro�t for our clients.

@wallaloopark

Top priced ram sold On Property to Franklin River Grazing Co.

From Left: Bill Walker - Classings, Andrew Sloane - Landmark, Kathrine and Trent Carter - Wallaloo Park.

Special focus through both programs has been to generate addition-al horn families and to benchmark through proven poll outcrosses.

All sires retained for 2016 kept performing with our two top performing sires, WP150422 and WP150441, both cutting 12kg for 7 months growth.

All natural joinings were a success at less than 1% joining. True libido and constitution was demonstrated when we mated unclassed ewe lambs joined at a minimum of 44kgs live weight at the start of 2017.

All rams used had been through a 2-cycle joining, during November and December. Then after a two week spell, rams were put back in with ewe lambs for another 2 cycles, joined at 0.85%. Success, scanned at 78% conception with 108% lambing.

Trent & Kate 03 5359 2290Trent 0427 776 114

[email protected]

John & Jenny 03 5359 2202 John 0427 501 431


Pregnant 2016 April/May drop ewe lambs, 12 weeks pre lambing

The 2017 season is shaping up to be very exciting. For the first time in over a decade, all rams being offered by Wallaloo Park will be presented only at our 26th On Property Ram Sale. This will enable clients to have the opportunity to view the standard of stud offerings side by side.

The sale rams this year have been run in the same management group. No itemised special feeding or shedding for specialist groups or foot pairing until 12 months of age.

Classing at Wallaloo park, as always, is done through both visual and measured appraisal, and is not distorted by additional treatments. We have successfully measured and gathered total drop data for 3 years now and we are ready to indorse and improve our ASBVS trends with specially selected joinings through the utilisation of our newly formed ‘Walladale’ family. The first lambing of all Walladale ewes came through with a 0.2 increase in a pre-lambing condition score.

We are all extremely excited about the2017 drop, and we cannot wait for thegenetic progress and results in years to come.

For the 1st time, Wallaloo park presented ewes at the 2016 Bendigo show.A great start with WP151342 performing exceptionally well through the strong wool classes.

Pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow... 2016 ET lambs

2017 DATES7th & 8th August Hamilton Sheepvenon – Site 369Wednesday 6th September On property pre sale inspecon dayThursday 14th September On property Ram Sale – ‘’Top of the Drop’’ – 150 RamsThursday 21st September Marnoo Field Day – Grade Rams for sale

Visit our website & Facebook for regular news updates


ALL WALLALOO PARK SHEEP ARE APPROVED VACCINATES, OJD MN3 & BRUCELLOSIS ACCREDITED

Here at Wallaloo park we o�er a tethered sale structure which is client friendly. This allows buyers the opportunityto compare all attributes and evaluate structure without the hindrance of straw or gates.

On Property Sale –Top $26,000 with 18 stud rams av $7,222 and �ock rams averaging $2,5342016 SALE RESULTS

The 2016 sale was an enormous success, with 120 rams sold at auction, averaging $3,325. This average was accelerated by the top prices for the stud end.

A top price of $26,000 was paid for WP150245, purchased through ‘Classings’ for Frankland River Grazing Co, Frankland River, WA.Sale summary; 18 stud rams av $7,222 and flock rams averaging $2,534

Mr Walker from Classings said Mr Beasley would use the ram as a semen sire on 200 stud ewes this year via artificial insemination (AI), and then as a live sire on 120 stud ewes during a “hectic paddock joining”.

November 2016 saw, extensive AI and ET programs carried out with great success. Both mature age and maidens ewes flushing well. The maidens averaged 15 embryos over 2 flushings. The standout being our successful show ewe from Bendigo sheep show 2016 WP151342 producing 44 embryos in total.

The Wallaloo Park bloodline is recognised as one of the leading suppliers of merino genetics across Australia, having proven results over all bloodlines. We aim to maximize constitution, wool cut, temperament and milking ability to increase pro�t for our clients.

@wallaloopark

Top priced ram sold On Property to Franklin River Grazing Co.

From Left: Bill Walker - Classings, Andrew Sloane - Landmark, Kathrine and Trent Carter - Wallaloo Park.

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MURTOA STAWELL RUPANYUP Ph: (03) 5385 2285 Ph: (03) 5358 5500 Ph: (03) 5385 5273

19 McDonald Street 15 Horsham Road 27 Cromie Street

For nearly 30 years, Tyler’s Rural have been servicing the needs of farmers right across the Wimmera. Originally established in Rupanyup in 1988, the company expanded to Murtoa in 1989, and Stawell in 2015. Our business is built on the backbone of offering our clients a comprehensive agronomic service backed up by a full range of rural merchandise products that suit each individual clients’ needs.

Sourced from only leading suppliers and manufacturers, we stock a

full range of quality rural merchandise products, including- Crop & Pasture Seed Fencing materials Electric fencing Polypipe & fittings Tanks and troughs ‘Swap & Go’ Gas

Agricultural chemicals Animal nutrition supplements Animal health products Work boots & farm wear Spray nozzles & parts

Shearing sundries Fertilisers Pet food Stockfeeds Feeders Tools

We strive to help our growers turn problems in the paddock into solutions that

improve sustainability, productivity and profitability. Firsthand farming experiences backed up by tertiary qualifications allows our

agronomy team to fully understand the requirements of their client base. Let us be your one-stop shop for all your farming needs.

CLASSINGS SHEEP -CLASSING & ADVISORY

Classing’s Sheepclassing and Breeding Consultancy began in 1962 under the direction of Don Walker and in the last thirty years has continued successfully with son, Bill at the helm. Experience gained from years of merino, in yard visual classing backed up by information gleaned from Classing’s Laboratory results validated any new breeding concepts and undertaken on client’s properties. Classings now has over 80 commercial clients and over 20 studs they class and advise in four states, guiding them toward the best tactics in breeding high quality merinos that meet all fibre and meat expectations as well as exuding a skin that is productive yet easy care as to attract a young aspiring wool grower!

CLASSINGS WOOL TESTING FACILITY

Classing’s Wool Testing Service has been in operation since 1972 and has been using CSIRO’s Laserscan extensively since 1996 under the management of director, Rose Walker and staff.

The Laserscan added another dimension to the business with the additional measurements produced and the subsequent interpretation of these on flowing to clients as a means to the betterment of their flocks with production and quality.

The Laboratory tests samples from all over the nation including merino, alpaca, mohair and angora.

Results are printed and bound in an easy to read folder.

For all testing options please go to the Classing’s website.

CLASSING’S CLASSIC POLL MERINO RAM SALE

The Classing’s Classic sale was initiated back in 2002 with only 42 rams from selected studs who were seen to be progressive in their endeavour to address mulesing issues. These rams were genuinely plain bodied yet productive and included plain and sometimes bare breeches.

Today the sale boasts around 80 poll merinos annually satisfying the needs of stud and commercial growers alike. The studs involved and rams selected are handpicked from over three states. All rams are selected under stringent guidelines for quality control

The Classic’16 sale averaged $4,450 boosted by a top price of $16,000 but included many affordable rams in the $1,500-$3,500 range to appease the budgets of the commercial buyer.

CLASSINGS Merino Sheep Classing and Wool Testing Service

Bill and Rose Walker

25 Sturt St. Murray Bridge SA 5253 Bill: 0428 973 804 Rose: 0428 832 806 Ph: 08 85323065

[email protected] www.classings.com.au

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3 Woods St, (Sunraysia Hwy), Donald VIC 3480Phone: 03 5497 1488 Fax: 03 5497 2276

Email: [email protected]

Reception Hours: 8:00am-9:00pm (Mon to Sat) 8:30am-8:00pm(Sun)

Hosts : Trevor & Jenni Campbell7 Units with balconies overlooking the River

Largest Room accommodating up to 4 personsAll Non Smoking Rooms

Free Pick-up from Donald AerodromeContinental Breakfast Available to Room

Marnoo Milkbar

Hot pies, pasties & sausage rolls

Other snacks available.

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Ideal half way point to stop-over on the road fromMelbourne to Mildura on the Sunraysia Hwy.

Hosts : Kelvin & Kate Clark12 Modern Units with Queen Beds

4 Family Units with Kitchen-can sleep up to 61 Disabled Unit

Non Smoking RoomsFully Licensed Restaurant Next Door

Hosts : David & Kate3149 Western Highway, Stawell 3380

*28 Spacious & quiet ground �oor suites all with a lake view*Spa, Family & Disabled Suites available

*Fully Licensed Restaurant * Competitive Rates

Phone: 03 5358 3877Email: [email protected]: magdalamotorlodge.com.au

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STUD BREEDERS SITE MAP

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Oakbank Merino Stud conducts an on-propertyField Day in late September each year to displaythe type of sheep we are trying to produce.Our on-property sale rams will be on display withtheir current wool tests and body weights. Oakbank lambs down all its ewes from mid July tolate August each year. The sale rams are unhoused paddock run rams grownout naturally and are ready for work when sold.Private selections are available each year after theon-property sale.Oakbank also sells rams each year at the BendigoSheep and Wool Show on Sunday July 16th as wellas a pen of Poll rams at Hamilton Sheep Vention.

With good returns from sheep and wool, a self replacing merino flock is very profitable. At Oakbank we aim to breed a balanced animal with well nourished wool that keeps thedust and weather out.Oakbank sheep are large framed and early maturing with our wether lambs selling well overthe hooks in recent years. In 2012 a Poll stud has been registered.The Poll rams are similar to the horns, big framedeasy care wool producers on an uncomplicated large framePoll rams will be available at our on-property RamSale on October 3rd.

WARREN McRAE: (03) 5496 6232, Mob: 0429 957 874

On Property Field Day -Thursday,

September 21st 2017

NORTH CENTRAL NEWS PRINT, St. Arnaud - (03) 5495 1055

Champion Strong Wool Poll Ram - Balmoral 2017

60 Oakbank Road, Gre Gre North,

Vic 3477

On Property Ram Sale - Tuesday, October 3rd

at 1.00pm

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Grand ChampionFine MediumMerino Ram

- Reserve Champion Medium Poll Ram

- Reserve Champion Strong Poll Ewe

- Reserve Champion Strong Merino Ewe

BENDIGO RESULTS 2016

Warren and Rodney inspect Jack McRae’s first wool classing at the wool stores

with Landmark’s David Morgan.

• 1340c/kg ewes fleecewool March 2017

• 1480c/kg hogget woolApril 2017

• $156/head 400 C.F.A. ewes BendigoApril 2017

• 2016 On property ramsale average $2114

• More rams in On Property Sale 2017

• A great seasonal startto 2017

HIGHLIGHTS

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Cam Morrison 0448 951 286

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AgronomistsBrett Douglas 0447 162 455

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Hello, we’re your CommBank team in Horsham.We’re here to help.Whether it’s loans, transactional banking, trade finance, risk management, vehicle and equipment finance or wealth management our specialists are dedicated to helping you. The team would welcome the opportunity to provide an obligation-free business financial health check, so please contact the team today.

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ContentsSalt, Magri-lime, Molasses, Vegetable Oil, Causemag, Di-Calcium Phosphate,

Bypass Protein Meal, Magnesium Sulphate, Gypsum.Trace Elements: Cobalt, Iodine, Selenium, Methionine, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Biotin, Chelated Zinc. Molybdenum


AnalysisSalt 28%





Phone 0458 782 392www.fabstock.com.au


pastures and cereal crops.

ContentsSalt, Magri-lime, Molasses, Vegetable Oil, ,Bi-Carb, Causemag, Di-Calcium

Phosphate, Bypass Protein Meal, Magnesium Sulphate, Gypsum.

AnalysisSalt 34%

Urea 2.5%Molasses 2%Calcium 12 %

Magnesium 1.6 %Sulphur 3.1%




Net Weight when packed 25kgNot suitable for horses

This product does not contain restricted animal material

ContentsSalt, Magri-lime, Molasses, Crushed Lupins, Bi Carb,

Vegetable Oil, Bovatec, Dextrose, Di-Calcium Phosphate, Bypass Protein Meal, Magnesium Sulphate, Gypsum.

Trace Elements; Cobalt, Iodine, Selenium, Methionine, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Biotin, Chelated Zinc. Molybdenum


AnalysisSalt 28%



Fabstock Pty Ltd11 Moorong Street Wagga Wagga NSW 2650



Kick Start contains all the necessary Vitamins and Minerals needed to

system.

ContentsSalt, Urea, Magri-lime, Molasses, Vegetable Oil, Causemag, Di-Calcium

Phosphate, Bypass Protein Meal, Magnesium Sulphate, Gypsum.Trace Elements: Cobalt, Iodine, Selenium, Methionine, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Biotin, Chelated Zinc. Molybdenum


AnalysisSalt 28%


Urea <5%Magnesium 4%

Sulphur 3.3%Phosphorus 3.2 %Potassium 0.2%

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Molasses 2%Calcium 9.2%

Magnesium 1.2%Sulphur 2.8%





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Bi Carb, Vegetable Oil, Bovatec, Dextrose, Di-Calcium Phosphate, Bypass Protein Meal, Magnesium Sulphate,

Gypsum.Trace Elements; Cobalt, Iodine, Selenium, Methionine, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Biotin, Chelated Zinc. Molybdenum


AnalysisAnalysis Salt 24%

Calcium 18%Magnesium 4%

Sulfur 3%

Fabstock Pty Ltd15 Lewington Street Wagga Wagga NSW 2650



Fabstock Super Cycle is designed to help increase ovulation in ewes prior to natural joining as well as Artificial Insemination.Super Cycle is recommended to be given to ewes 4 weeks

before and during joining.

The use of either loose lick or block mineral supplements in livestock enterprises has long been debated. State-ments regarding their use cover the full spectrum ranging from being essential in reducing deficiencies and assisting production to having no noticeable impact at all.

Recent independent trials conducted at the Temora Agri-cultural Innovation Centre have demonstrated the positive benefit of Fabstock® supplements on lamb growth rates finished on high quality Lucerne pasture. The weights of lambs ranged from light stores (28Kg) through to trade lambs (50Kg) and were finished for 6 weeks. Lambs pro-vided with ad lib Fabstock Feedlot mix achieved growth rates up to 100gms/day higher than those not on supple-ment. The increase in growth rates was achieved across all weight categories with lambs reaching growth rates around 500 gms/day at stages during the trial.

Treatments were swapped toward the end of the trial and the response to Fabstock was immediate with the lambs that were previously not receiving supplement increasing growth rates and those taken off Fabstock dropping to lower levels. This indicates that mineral supplementation of lambs needs to be maintained throughout the finishing time frame.

The average advantage of the supplemented lambs at sale was $9 per lamb and with the cost of Fabstock for the 6 weeks averaging $1.50/head, this represents a return of 600% on the expense of Fabstock.

Definitely worth its weight .. and more, even on high qual-ity pasture.

More details www.clearviewconsulting.com.au

Supplements Prove Their Worth - And More

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Where you can see us...Australian Sheep & Wool Show Bendigo, July 14th-16thHamilton Sheepven�on, August 7th-8th (Pen of 5 Display Sheep Tech Marquee)Marnoo Field Day Inspec�on Day, September 21stOn Property Ram Sale, October 4th at 11:30am. Inspec�on from 10am

At Belbourie we are renowned for our heavy cu�ng, so� medium wools on a deep body large framed sheep. With these factors in mind we, along with our clients are achieving successful results with our sheep.Last year was a successful year in our selling season, which started at Hamilton Sheepven�on with our poll team selling to a top of $4200, the pen of 5 averaged $2100 and we were also placed 4th in the judging for the pen of 5.The on-property sale was successful with repeat buyers and also gaining new clients from the Southern Districts with rams going to many Victorian and South East South Australian districts.During a visit to the Australian Sheep Show, Bendigo last year it was with the vision to pursue and outcross with the purchase of a semen share of an East Mundulla Poll ram, bred by Collinsville Imperial 141. His lambs are looking very impressive at the moment, showing good a�ributes of bone and thickness.This year we will be offering 60 rams at the on-property sale on Wednesday October 4 at 11.30am.Morning tea and a light lunch will be provided.

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Old Dundee is a horned stud which is transi�oning to Polls. We aim to breed a well balanced sheep, early maturing, large

frame, cu�ng 19-22 micron. A type of sheep that suits a grazing and cropping system with a quest of commercial reality.

o Stud and Commercial Ewes o To li� stocking rates we have a split lambing in Autumn, 1st April to the

end of May and in Winter, 1st June to the end of July. o Ewe lambs are joined at 9 to 10 months.

o Two thirds of the flock are joined to Merinos and one third are joined to White Suffolk's

Flock 4190

Sires: Old Dundee Collinsville Horn and Poll Glen-Lea Park Poll

Old Dundee With seasons being against us, we have tried to minimise the affects of Mother Nature as much as possible, this has led to feed supplemen on.

o All sheep are fed on lick feeders o Grazing of cereal crops o Block grazing of Lucerne o Rota razing of pasture based Lucerne

o Finishing of lambs on grain

This year, in an effort to increase lambing percentages, we reduced mob sizes for joining and lambing and moved our shearing from January to October.

Pregnancy tests showed a best result of 98% with a 6% trend average increase on mature sheer.

Sale t y

Thursday 21st, September, 2017

Contact: David Hodder 5357 3237 Glendon Hancock 0429 829 613

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To find out more, please contact our Merino Breeding Specialist - Jacob Davies on 0408 346 562

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Founded in 1915, the McLennan family worked to establish Banavie as one of few true foundation studs, selling genetics throughout every state in Australia and internationally. For over 60 years Neil continued the

work of his father Dick, to develop the Banavie type. Renowned for having strong bone, excellent wool density and elite wool quality the Banavie type is easily distinguished in stud families and commercial flocks across Australia. Since purchasing Banavie in 2001, we

are pleased to see the continued impact and industry influence the Banavie type is having.

www.banavie.com.au

Flock No 2772 OJD MN3. Approved Vacc. Bruc Acc.

SIRE 333 HIGHEST PRICED VICTORIAN MERINO RAM EVER SOLD$60,000 TO Mununda Merino Stud, WA

Tag: 130333Sire: Majestic 11139 Dam: KP204- 110016Micron SD CV CF20.1 3.0 15 99.9

A special well balanced ET bred sire withfaultless structure and pure well nourished long stapled wool.

They are as even a drop as we can remember, with a distinctive make and shape. 333 is already impacting on stud flocks Australia wide. If your looking for a poll sire to breed with predictability and consistently high quality progeny then look no further.

In 2016 Banavie o�ered and sold 18, 333 Sons at Hamilton, Adelaide and on Property selling to atop of $21,000 and at an average of $5208. SIRE 333

We are excited to o�er 333 sons this selling season

Young Sire 160365SIRE: BENNY DAM: KP 130692

Micron 18.2 SD 2.9 CV 15.9 CF 99.8

Our 2017 ram sale team is 50% horn and 50% pure poll. We have 12 sire families available for selection this year. We are very excited about the introduction of the " BENNY" Family. BENNY has become avaluable tool in our stud kit bag. He is a genuine strong wool poll and has great neck extension with heavy bone and cut a massive 12.7kg at just 6 months.

Young Sire 160365 is a BENNY son that is structurally outstanding, he is perfect on his feet and square behind. He has purity and is very well covered.His wool is deeply horseshoe crimped, bright and nourished.

6 MONTH SHEARING - 1 KG PER MONTH?

The Banavie Stud Ewes were shorn August 2016 and again in February 2017. The following wool clip averages are fromBANAVIE wool o�ered during the Landmark sale M39 held onthe 29th March 2017.

ADULT EWES ONLY (Weaners not Included)21.16 Micron 72.37% Yield 71mm 48nkt POBM 23%

WOOL CUT AVERAGE OF 6.29KG per head. 1.05KGs per month.

Under current market conditions that is $68.28 per head or an annual return over $135 per ewe in wool returns.

INSPECTION DAYThursday 21st September 2017At Banavie 10.30am - 5.00pm

Displaying Sires, Clients sheep,all sale rams with tests and weights.

RAM SALEMonday 2nd October 2017

At Charinga Inspection from 10.00amSale Starts at 1.00pm

Private Selection Starts Monday 9th October300 Rams starting at $500

CONTACT: TIM POLKINGHORNE 0427 317 846 | ROGER POLKINGHORNE 0427358168EMAIL: [email protected]

COMMERCIAL FOCUS

Profitability PredictableGenetics

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Wool Cut& Quality

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Young Sire 160050SIRE: JONTY 125 DAM: BIG TOM 130138 ET BRED

Micron 20.0 SD 3.2 CV 16.8 CF 99.5This young sire really is proving to be one of the tops of

the drop, he ranks in the top 1% for fleece weight and top 1% for body weight. He is a big growthy medium wool, with tremendous bone. He has a great outlook,

richly nourished wool and a beautifully loose skin, he is long bodied young ram with a real presence.

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Gudair®: Best Practice Vaccination TechniqueIn accordance with the registered product label, the vaccine should only be administered under the skin (subcutaneously). However, a recent study conducted by Zoetis2 has revealed that even experienced sheep producers may be unintentionally administering Gudair into muscle, or hitting other structures such as bone, on a regular basis. This increases the risk of carcase trimming, abscesses - and the subseqent risk of fly strike - and, in rare cases, neurological dysfunction (“OJD staggers”).

Human safety – use the Gudair sekurus safety vaccinatorAll oil vaccines are known to be reactive. Take care to avoid accidental self-injection by ensuring: In the case of human exposure (self-injection, scratch), seek medical attention immediately. Take the vaccine box for the healthcare professional to read.

VACCINATION WITH GUDAIR HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN PROTECTING MANY FLOCKS.

GIVE ONE DOSE AT 4-16 WEEKS AND PROTECT LAMBS FOR LIFE.

OJD DISEASE IS STILL THREATENING PROPERTIES ACROSS AUSTRALIA

Reference: 1. Toribio, J; Bush, R; Windsor, P. OJD.023 A Study of the Biological and Economic Impact of OJD in affected Sheep Flocks in NSW (2015) Meat & Livestock Australia Limited. 2. Robertson, N. Study of OJD vaccination techniques: Revelations after dissecting sheep administered dyed Gudair® vaccine. Proceedings of the Australian Sheep Veterinarian’s Conference, Dubbo, 2016.

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Diversity proves a financial success..

By Nigel Greenaway

A decision to return to Merinos has rekindled a five-generation tradition for Bernarro Partnership’s farm near St Arnaud…and proven to be a financial success.

The 800 hectare farm at Beazleys Bridge, 15km south of St Arnaud, has been in the Greenaway family for five generations with the focus mainly on sheep and mixed cropping.

In 1981 a piggery was added to the mix, a bit out of the ordinary for the area but all in the name of diversity.

Nigel Greenaway, 35, takes responsibility for the sheep side of the operation and farms with his brother Daniel and father Bruce.

Traditionally the family farmed Merinos, but in the late 1990s went into cross-breds with first-cross ewes and fat lamb breeding. This continued for about 10 years before a shift to composite ewe breeding with dorper sires.

“We decided to go down the dorper path because first cross breeder ewes were unaffordable to us at the time,” Nigel explained. “We thought we’d breed a self-replacing flock out of that.”

The shift was a success, with the farm building up to 1500 breeding ewes.

“We had really good results with our lambing percentages,” Nigel said. “We were consistently scanning up around 170 per cent plus and marking and weaning about 150.”About four years ago they crossed back to Merinos.

“We looked at the market and noticed the lack of Merino ewes snd decided to go back that way,” Nigel said. “We thought that the wheel would turn and head back strongly into Merinos and the prices would lift a few years down the track.”

Their predictions proved to be true.

“It’s probably the best decision we’ve ever made,” Nigel said. “It was attractive to shift back over with the prices of wool and Merino lambs lifting. We combined that with the knowledge we’d gained with high fertility from the cross-breds and put that into place in a Merino flock.”

They’ve been scanning around 150 per cent and weaning around 130-140 per cent, although Nigel would like to continue improving those figures. “With scanning and classing we should be able to get it better,” he said.

They are also concentrating on improving the farm’s survival rate. “Getting more to survive is the next challenge,” Nigel said. “Overall the rate is pretty good but it was last year was bad because of exposure. We lamb July-August and that was an exceptional year with bad weather. If the weather is better we should be better off.”

They are planting more trees for shelter belts and lambing in smaller paddocks and smaller flock sizes to improve the survival percentage

In the meantime Nigel and his family are enjoying the return of Merinos.

“Financially we’re heaps better because cashflow wise,” he said. “We shear every six months and to have cash flow to help pay for property expenses which makes it a lot easier.”

They target 60mm or more growth every six months. “It’s not always achievable with the seasonal conditions, but that’s the aim,” Nigel said. “We’ve been meeting those targets so we’re happy.”

“We also target 1kg of wool per month and been able to achieve it.”

The farm has about 1500 breeder ewes, well below the 3500 pigs, but they plan to grow the flock.

“We want to breed more and better Merino ewes and try to push the boundaries even more,” Nigel said.

They will plant more lucerne this year as part of the push for expansion. “The lucerne is a superior and natural feed and it’s so productive on our farm; that will help us to get our stocking rates up,” Nigel said.

Wethers that were processed for the merino gold day in March this year.

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FOREST SPRINGS MERINO STUDFLOCK No. 1465

Accredited Ovine brucellosis freeand OJD vaccinated since 2009.

Forest Springs Merino Stud is located at Joel Joel, 8 kms west of Landsborough and 28kms east of Stawell , and 50 kms southeast of Marnoo in a 450 - 500 mm rainfall environment.Our sheep are run under commercial conditions on various soil types ranging from grey clays, red loams to the lighter foothills of the Pyrenees Ranges, producing a sheep able to thrive in a variety of climates.

An extensive AI has been undertaken in the past 8 years using genetics from Wallaloo Park, Glenlea Park, Ridgway, Gunallo and Hynam Poll Merino Studs.Last year Mumblebone 850 was purchased from Mumblebone Merino Stud in Wellington, NSW. 850 has an advanced wool, great structure and excellent carcase traits. He was also a standout performer at the balmoral sire evaluation trials. 850 will complement our existing wool types and fast track our gains in fat and eye muscle traits.We are producing a robust, good doing sheep that has the ability to grow a heavy cutting, bold crimping, richly nourished wools while maintaining an excellent carcaseand highly fertile sheep, able to thrive in any environmentand any seasonal conditions.

Completion of a Lifetime Ewe Management course and the implementation of EID to enable us to use pedigreematchmaker to mother up all of our top ewes so as toidentify our best performing ewes are other tools we areusing to take our sheep to another level.

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Principal: BJ & TE Dean96 Frampton Road, Joel Joel, VIC 3382

Flock No. 1465 - Poll Merino StudPhone: (03) 5356 9147Mobile: 0407 054 342

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Wether lambs averaging 23.5 kgs dressed @ 10 months oldAverage wool cut across all mature ewes 7.5kgs

Average micron 19.56 month wool cut off yearling rams averaged 6.3kgs

Glendon Hancock 0429 829 613

July 14th -16th Australian Sheep and Wool Show, Bendigo

Merino Marquee Display

August 7th & 8th Hamilton Sheepvention - Sale Pen 5 Rams

Monday September 4thClassings Classic Ram Sale,

Murray Bridge - Sale 2-4 Rams

Thursday September 21st Marnoo Merino Field Days

Display Marnoo Football Ground

Thursday September 28th

4th AnnualOn Property Ram Sale

Friday September 29th onwards Grade Rams for Sale

2016 ResultsSheepvention: 5 offered, 4 sold to a top of $2200, average $1750

Classings Classic: 2 offered, 2 sold to a top of $2500, average $21253rd On Property Sale: 50 offered, 30 sold to a top of $1800, averaged $1088

Breeding ObjectivesEarly maturing, highly fertile, well muscled sheep with free growing, deeply crimped, heavy cutting wools.

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We are producing a robust, good doing sheep that has the ability to grow a heavy cutting, bold crimping, richly nourished wools while maintaining an excellent carcase and highly fertile sheep, able to

thrive in any environment and any seasonal conditions.

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