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Gain
the skills and
confidence to
manage ewe
reproduction
increasing the
profitability of
your sheep
enterprise
The
program works!
The
program was developed by producers for
producers.
Lifetime
Ewe
Management
is
a nationally accredited course involving
groups of five producers and six
'hands-on' sessions over
12months.
It is structured to maximise knowledge
retention, skills development and
practice change.
Each producer monitors a mob of their
own ewes to demonstrate the effects of
nutrition and management has in their
environment.
Lifetime
Ewe
Management
is
coordinated
by Rural Industry Skills Training
(Victoria). RIST specialises in
providing short course training
opportunities to farmers. The course is
facilitated by private
and government specialists who have
been trained in pasture and animal
assessment and understand the sheep
Industry.
Who's
been involved?
LTEM
has
been delivered to more than 2000 Merino
and cross-bred producers across
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In
Victoria
, LTEM participants improved the number
of lambs weaned per hectare by
30%.
This was achieved through a 15% increase
in ewe stocking rate, a 50% reduction
ewe mortality and a 15% increase in
weaning rates.
What
you will gain?
You
will gain key skills and knowledge that
will allow you to improve your
flock's reproductive performance and
optimise ewe stocking rates.
Lifetime
Ewe Management is
§
for
small groups of sheep
producers
§
about
managing your own
ewes
§
a
nationally
accredited
course with
6 meetings
during
the
year
Key
topics
Weaning and preparing ewes for next
year's joining
Setting
up for joining — manipulating ewe
condition
Linking
ewe condition at joining with lambing
potential
Mid-pregnancy
—looking forward and planning for
lambing
Late
pregnancy — optimising lamb survival and
futureproductivity
Economic
analysis of different feeding strategies
What
now?
Find
otherinterested sheep producers in your
area and get a Lifetime
Ewe
Management
group
together to increase the profitability
of your ewe based sheep enterprise.
LTEM
operates best if the total travelling
distance between all of the farms in the
group is less than 100km.
For
more information on
Lifetime
Ewe
Management
and
deliverers in your area
,
contact
Kirsty
Kennedy (RIST), 03 5573 0943, kkennedy@rist.edu.au
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