Who wants to be better? Nathan Scott Ph 0409 493 346 nathan@achieveag.com.au TURNING POTENTIAL INTO PERFORMANCE
What Excites You?
Farmers won’t change!
Whatever we do well today, we can do better tomorrow.
Control & Influence Concern Influence Control 9
Control & Influence Concern Influence Control 10
Control and influence Concern Influence Control
Control & Influence Labour Concern Genetics Prices Pastures Influence Nutrition Market Access Control Weather Politics Animal Welfare Pests Disease 12
Who’s on your Team?
Your Team!
Control
Lieberg’s Law
Nathan’s Law
Nathan’s Law Copper Fibre Protein Energy
Nathan’s Law YOU!
Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility
Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility
Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility
Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility
Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility
Livestock Production Genetics Animal Animal Management Performance Pasture Quality Soil Fertility
What’s possible?
What is your average lamb growth rate? What are your best lambs doing? What are your worst lambs doing? When are they doing it?
What is your average lamb growth rate? What are your best lambs doing? What are your worst lambs doing? When are they doing it?
Lambs averaging 234g/day up until weaning Good or Bad?
30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
Average Growth Rate – 320g/day 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
Average Growth Rate – 320g/day 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
Growth Rates Singles
Growth Rates Singles
Growth Rates Red Zone Singles
Growth Rates Twins
Growth Rates Twins
Growth Rates Red Zone Twins
Individual Animal Management Consider the following….
Individual Animal Management Consider the following…. Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers Six Year Old Ewes CULLED
Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes CULLED Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes CULLED Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers Six Year Old Ewes CULLED
Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes CULLED Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers Six Year Old Ewes CULLED Six Year Old Ewes Seven Year Old Ewes CULLED
Traditional Mob Based Selection Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes CULLED Two Year Old Ewes Poor performers retained throughout Poor performers Three Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes culled as early as possible Four Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Six Year Old Ewes CULLED Six Year Old Ewes Six Year Old Ewes CULLED Superior performers retained longer Seven Year Old Ewes CULLED
Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers
Kilograms of Lamb Weaned Per Ewe Commercial Border Leciester X Merino ewes joined to maternal composite rams. 140 120 Kilograms of Lamb Weaned Per Ewe 100 80 60 40 20 0 Weights were recorded on a single day estimated to be 85 days from the average birth date of lambs in the mob.
How much lamb did each ewe produce? Assumes prices of $5.00 for store lambs, $5.50 for trade, $5.20 for heavy export $350.00 $300.00 $250.00 $ weaned per ewe $200.00 $150.00 $100.00 ? $50.00 $-
What about over 2 years? Assumes prices of $5.00 for store lambs, $5.50 for trade, $5.20 for heavy export $450.00 $400.00 $350.00 $300.00 $250.00 $200.00 $150.00 ? $100.00 $50.00 $- Individual Ewes
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Estimated Lamb Growth Rates Achieved – Birth to Weaning - 0.6 Estimated daily growth rate (kg/day) 0.5 0.4 Average 385g/day! Maternal Rams! 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Individual Lambs
Commercial Merino Fleece Results Fleece Weight vs Micron 22 21 20 19 Micron 18 17 16 15 14 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 Greasy Fleece Weight
Wool Value per Head $/kg 90 80 70 Wool Value per Head ($) 60 50 40 ? 30 20 10 0 Individual Ewes
New Products
New Products
Sheep Handlers • Designed to combine multiple tasks • Autodrafting • Can be loud • Maneuverability
New Products
Where is lamb processing heading in the future?
Mature Supply Chain Tracking Systems Feedback Loop Cloud 71
Objective carcase measurement Hyperspectral Camera Impedance spectroscopy probe Slide provided by Alex Ball - MLA
What Excites You?
Understanding the information is critical
Why?
What does the consumer want?
Why?
Mulesing 1960’s Officially identified as a welfare issue 1980 “Sheep mulesing as it is presently practiced constitutes an animal welfare problem”
We need to stop being victims!
We need to start being LEADERS!
Thank a farmer?
Thank an Electrician?
Thank a teacher?
Thank a chiropractor?
“We need to show them where their food comes from”
Trace every pack of Lilydale back to the farm it’s from Our farmers are committed to raising healthy free range chickens. They are passionate about farming and in growing good quality produce. To find out more about our farmers and the regions from which your chicken has come from, Lilydale free range chicken now comes with a unique farm code allowing you to trace your chicken. To discover more about where your chicken is from, simply enter your pack’s farm code below. 90
Don’t Waste Your Time
Motivation
To Do List • Improve Lamb Survival • Drought Proof Farm • Set up Succession Plan • Improve Parasite Control • Improve Genetics • Improve Nutrition
Dopamine
To Do List • Improve Lamb Survival • Drought Proof Farm • Set up Succession Plan • Improve Parasite Control • Improve Genetics • Improve Nutrition • Clean out ute
To Do List • Improve Lamb Survival • Drought Proof Farm • Set up Succession Plan • Improve Parasite Control • Improve Genetics • Improve Nutrition • Clean out ute
Procrastination
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