TREATING lambs like a cash crop and growing them as quickly and economically as possible is a must and is reliant on feeding the right type of supplementation and keeping them healthy. We need to grow ...

Sheep producers are being urged to consider creep feeding this season as good prices and steady demand create a valuable window of opportunity in the market. Recent price gains have come despite a ...

GRASS is scarce. The constant change from frosty dry spells followed by wet milder spells and reverting back to frosty spells again has done little to promote growth. This is the situation on the ...

Throughout the country, sheep farmers are busy getting creep feeders ready for this year's lamb crop. Ask any farmers who bought store lambs last year -- they had few problems getting these lambs to ...

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It’s hard to believe, but July was the wettest month so far this year. We had a 57mm deluge a few weeks ago, where the recently planted broccoli was well irrigated by natural resources. But for all ...

Occasionally the question of whether creep feeding is a cost-effective practice comes up. The simple answer for commercial cow/calf operations is “not in most circumstances.” This is particularly true ...