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AWI Extension NSW Webinar - Ram management and brucellosis
In this webinar from AWI Extension NSW, Dr. Tim Gole - For Flocks Sake, addresses all aspects of ram management to keep your ram team in high-performance mode. Tim also covers the risks and management of Brucellosis which can unknowingly and severely effect your team’s performance.
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Best-practice barber’s pole worm control in sheep
The level of worm infection appears to be increasing in Australian sheep flocks. This problem is compounded by common sheep worms developing resistance to drenches. Fortunately, dramatic improvements in productivity and welfare of sheep can be rapidly gained using genetic selection, monitoring, vaccination, drench testing, pasture rotation, feed supplementation and careful flock management.
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Pre-joining management the key to reducing risk of Border disease
Border disease virus has recently been confirmed in Tasmania, following the investigation of a large composite ewe flock that experienced abortions, high lamb losses and the birth of multiple ‘hairy shaker’ lambs.
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Australian wool production forecast
The latest Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee's (AWPFC) third forecast of shorn wool production for 2025/26 season is 244.7 million kilograms greasy. This is 12% lower than the 2024/25 estimate and a 6.8 Mkg greasy downward revision of the August 2025 forecast.
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