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MMFS Module 8: Turn Pasture into Product
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Chapter 8.1 - Know your feed supply
Key decisions, critical actions and benchmarks -
Review annual rainfall patterns
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Determine your current pasture growth pattern
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Determine variability in your pasture growth
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Modify your pasture supply
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Deferred grazing through containment feeding
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Utilise cereal crops
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Chapter 8.2 - Know your animal demandKey decisions, critical actions and benchmarks
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Estimate feed quality
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Estimate pasture mass/feed on offer
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Set annual targets for livestock classes and pasture
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Assess stock condition
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Set trigger points and plan to meet your targets
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Monitor your plan
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Modify the annual animal demand curve
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Time of lambing
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Stock sales and purchases
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Time of shearing
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Chapter 8.3 - Match animal demand to feed supply and minimise riskKey decisions, critical actions and benchmarks
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Introduction
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Plan your feed year
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Does pasture supply meet animal demand?
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What animal factors can I change?
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Complete regular feed budgets (measure and monitor)
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Manage the grazing system to control stock intake
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Manage the grazing system to maintain optimum pasture levels
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Implement tactical grazing
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Are paddocks unevenly grazed?
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Increase pasture utilisation on part of your property
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Plan for drought
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Set annual targets for livestock classes and pasture
Meat & Livestock Australia January 25, 2022
Plan how you want the pastures and stock to look throughout the year. An example is shown in figure 8.5 for a winter rainfall area but the principle is the same for all environments
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Managing higher pasture utilisation is all about planning ahead (see figure 8.5.) Set targets, monitor, and have trigger points for action when things deviate from your plan.
Setting targets for pasture supply and animal demand through the year gives you the decision framework for taking action if stock condition or pasture mass deviate significantly from the plan.