Producing sheep with less feed and labour

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Updated July 17 2020 - 9:38am, first published July 16 2020 - 6:30pm
Merino producer Tony Armour with daughter Kellie at the Bookham Flock Ewe Competition. Mr Armour suggested studmasters or auctioneers should explain what rams had been fed during the year, prior to a sale. Photo: Stephen Burns
Merino producer Tony Armour with daughter Kellie at the Bookham Flock Ewe Competition. Mr Armour suggested studmasters or auctioneers should explain what rams had been fed during the year, prior to a sale. Photo: Stephen Burns

With most sheep producers forced to hand-feed over the past few years, there has been a spotlight cast on the relationship between feed intake and returns.

SB

Stephen Burns

Journalist

Journalist for The Land at Wagga Wagga.

OC

Olivia Calver

Journalist

Journalist for The Land

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