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Who wants to be better? Nathan Scott Ph 0409 493 346 nathan@achieveag.com.au TURNING POTENTIAL INTO PERFORMANCE What Excites You? Farmers wont change! Whatever we do well today, we can do better tomorrow. Control & Influence

  1. Who wants to be better? Nathan Scott Ph 0409 493 346 nathan@achieveag.com.au TURNING POTENTIAL INTO PERFORMANCE

  2. What Excites You?

  6. Farmers won’t change!

  8. Whatever we do well today, we can do better tomorrow.

  9. Control & Influence Concern Influence Control 9

  10. Control & Influence Concern Influence Control 10

  11. Control and influence Concern Influence Control

  12. Control & Influence Labour Concern Genetics Prices Pastures Influence Nutrition Market Access Control Weather Politics Animal Welfare Pests Disease 12

  13. Who’s on your Team?

  14. Your Team!

  15. Control

  16. Lieberg’s Law

  17. Nathan’s Law

  18. Nathan’s Law Copper Fibre Protein Energy

  19. Nathan’s Law YOU!

  20. Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility

  21. Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility

  22. Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility

  23. Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility

  24. Livestock Production Genetics Animal Management Pasture Quality Soil Fertility

  25. Livestock Production Genetics Animal Animal Management Performance Pasture Quality Soil Fertility

  26. What’s possible?

  27. What is your average lamb growth rate? What are your best lambs doing? What are your worst lambs doing? When are they doing it?

  28. What is your average lamb growth rate? What are your best lambs doing? What are your worst lambs doing? When are they doing it?

  30. Lambs averaging 234g/day up until weaning Good or Bad?

  31. 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81

  32. 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81

  33. 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81

  34. 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81

  35. Average Growth Rate – 320g/day 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81

  36. Average Growth Rate – 320g/day 30 25 20 Liveweight (kg) Average Growth Rate – 234g/day 15 10 5 0 Days 1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81

  37. Growth Rates Singles

  38. Growth Rates Singles

  39. Growth Rates Red Zone Singles

  40. Growth Rates Twins

  41. Growth Rates Twins

  42. Growth Rates Red Zone Twins

  43. Individual Animal Management Consider the following….

  44. Individual Animal Management Consider the following…. Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  45. Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  46. Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  47. Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  48. Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  49. Traditional Mob Based Selection One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers Six Year Old Ewes CULLED

  50. Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  51. Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes CULLED Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  52. Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes CULLED Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers Six Year Old Ewes CULLED

  53. Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes CULLED Three Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers Six Year Old Ewes CULLED Six Year Old Ewes Seven Year Old Ewes CULLED

  54. Traditional Mob Based Selection Individual Animal Selection One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes One Year Old Ewes Two Year Old Ewes CULLED Two Year Old Ewes Poor performers retained throughout Poor performers Three Year Old Ewes Three Year Old Ewes culled as early as possible Four Year Old Ewes Four Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Five Year Old Ewes Six Year Old Ewes CULLED Six Year Old Ewes Six Year Old Ewes CULLED Superior performers retained longer Seven Year Old Ewes CULLED

  55. Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  56. Poor Performers Average Performers Superior Performers

  58. Kilograms of Lamb Weaned Per Ewe Commercial Border Leciester X Merino ewes joined to maternal composite rams. 140 120 Kilograms of Lamb Weaned Per Ewe 100 80 60 40 20 0 Weights were recorded on a single day estimated to be 85 days from the average birth date of lambs in the mob.

  59. How much lamb did each ewe produce? Assumes prices of $5.00 for store lambs, $5.50 for trade, $5.20 for heavy export $350.00 $300.00 $250.00 $ weaned per ewe $200.00 $150.00 $100.00 ? $50.00 $-

  60. What about over 2 years? Assumes prices of $5.00 for store lambs, $5.50 for trade, $5.20 for heavy export $450.00 $400.00 $350.00 $300.00 $250.00 $200.00 $150.00 ? $100.00 $50.00 $- Individual Ewes

  61. ?

  62. Estimated Lamb Growth Rates Achieved – Birth to Weaning - 0.6 Estimated daily growth rate (kg/day) 0.5 0.4 Average 385g/day! Maternal Rams! 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 Individual Lambs

  63. Commercial Merino Fleece Results Fleece Weight vs Micron 22 21 20 19 Micron 18 17 16 15 14 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 Greasy Fleece Weight

  64. Wool Value per Head $/kg 90 80 70 Wool Value per Head ($) 60 50 40 ? 30 20 10 0 Individual Ewes

  65. New Products

  66. New Products

  68. Sheep Handlers • Designed to combine multiple tasks • Autodrafting • Can be loud • Maneuverability

  69. New Products

  70. Where is lamb processing heading in the future?

  71. Mature Supply Chain Tracking Systems Feedback Loop Cloud 71

  73. Objective carcase measurement Hyperspectral Camera Impedance spectroscopy probe Slide provided by Alex Ball - MLA

  76. What Excites You?

  77. Understanding the information is critical

  79. Why?

  80. What does the consumer want?

  81. Why?

  82. Mulesing 1960’s Officially identified as a welfare issue 1980 “Sheep mulesing as it is presently practiced constitutes an animal welfare problem”

  83. We need to stop being victims!

  84. We need to start being LEADERS!

  85. Thank a farmer?

  86. Thank an Electrician?

  87. Thank a teacher?

  88. Thank a chiropractor?

  89. “We need to show them where their food comes from”

  90. Trace every pack of Lilydale back to the farm it’s from Our farmers are committed to raising healthy free range chickens. They are passionate about farming and in growing good quality produce. To find out more about our farmers and the regions from which your chicken has come from, Lilydale free range chicken now comes with a unique farm code allowing you to trace your chicken. To discover more about where your chicken is from, simply enter your pack’s farm code below. 90

  91. Don’t Waste Your Time

  92. Motivation

  93. To Do List • Improve Lamb Survival • Drought Proof Farm • Set up Succession Plan • Improve Parasite Control • Improve Genetics • Improve Nutrition

  94. Dopamine

  95. To Do List • Improve Lamb Survival • Drought Proof Farm • Set up Succession Plan • Improve Parasite Control • Improve Genetics • Improve Nutrition • Clean out ute

  98. To Do List • Improve Lamb Survival • Drought Proof Farm • Set up Succession Plan • Improve Parasite Control • Improve Genetics • Improve Nutrition • Clean out ute

  99. Procrastination

  100. Amount of Work Required Due Date

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