Emma Grabham

Please fill out this survey on non chemical worm control i.e. methods that are not worm drenches or worm injections or backliners. Bioworma, cross species grazing and keeping pastures long are all non-chemical methods of worm control.

Before you phone your vet or contact me on the PhoneAvet app examine your goat carefully. Vets will ask the rectal temperature, respiratory rate (watch the chest for 15 seconds then X by 4) and listen on the left hand side of the top abdomen for 2 minutes for rumen movements.

For goat producers, this will be an outstanding tour. All stops are high quality.

In episode 2 of AgriFutures new look podcast, Unearthed, we explore the impact of varroa mite and how the new Colony Loss Survey is helping track the threat. Led by ANU researchers, as part of the National Varroa Transition to Management Program, the survey is managed by @AustBee with the support of the AgriFutures Honey Bee & Pollination Program. 🎧 Listen now or head to YouTube to watch: bit.ly/3Gx6SDf

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Have you got your tickets to the Australian Rice Conference? Event highlights include 🔬 AgriFutures Rice Research Update 🎤 Inspiring keynotes & panel discussions 🏆 Rice Industry Awards & Gala Dinner 🌾 Women in Rice Breakfast 🏭 Tour of the SunRice Mill 📅 6–8 Aug 2025 📍Whitton & Leeton, NSW 🎟️ Get your tickets now! riceconference.com.au

Even the rainbow looked cold today 🌈❄️

📢 Don't forget to register for next week's webinar The productive flock - hitting targets, lifting results 🐑 We're excited to have Jim Meckiff join us to discuss how to build resilience in your flock. Discover how to utilise tools such as condition score, identify underperforming animals, and hit industry benchmarks to improve your flock performance. 🗓️ 15 July 2025 🕒 1:00 pm AEDT Register here 👉tinyurl.com/productiveflock @woolinnovation @AWIExtensionSA @AWIExtensionWA @AWIExtensionTAS @AWIExtensionQLD @AWIExtensionVIC

Get your 🎧 out! This new @AgriFuturesAU podcast's different... real, raw & relevant, it's about: 👥 People & places 🔬 Research & science 🌾 Industry insights 🚜 Aus. agriculture Episode #1 is a levied industry -> Thoroughbred Horses. So listen in, subscribe, etc...

Sheepos: the researchers are also keen for producer insights to guide their new project.... Who's coming? @sheepGeekCP @forflocks @rolfey334 @adelesmith001 @GordonRefshauge @propfarmer

📢 Free feed & water testing now available for drought-affected producers in NSW via @LLSNSW ✔️ Test pasture, hay, grain, silage & stock water Pick up a kit at your nearest Local Land Services office: loom.ly/sKeXHY8 #SNSWInnovationHub #FutureDroughtFund @DAFFGov

Missed our confinement feeding workshops? We’ve got you! Join us online Fri 4 July, 12–2pm (AEST) Insights, expert tips, practical strategies & discussion, delivered to your screen. Get in quick – register via bit.ly/ML2025webinar

B-ewe-t Bathurst session today! 💡 Plenty of food for thought on 🐑 confinement feeding! 📊 Today's workshop will guide research on confinement feeding + increased productivity & reduced methane, across changing climates. ⏭️ Next: Cumnock & Uralla Keep 👀 for more...

📖 Interesting read for a Friday afternoon… RD&E insights from within NSW DPIRD, internally focused but very common across the Australian agricultural landscape. Especially appreciated the adoption and extension elements. Thanks for sharing @DingoResearch!

Super cool (on a few levels ❄️Bendigo!) to get into some grassroots extension today! Am on leave from the day job, back into 🐑 and 🧶 with 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 & @MerinoLink

Well how 'bout this? ✔️ Shearing ✔️ Fibre ✔️ Hands on But Angoras not Merinos... 🐐🐑 ✔️ Interesting! @goatvet @GordonRefshauge @neXtgenAgri @Fergenetics @FarmTableAU

Let's talk lambing paddock management! Lambing paddocks need: ✅️ Appropriate pasture biomass ☘️🌱 to meet the needs of the lactating ewe (and her progeny as they commence grazing) ✅ Good shelter 🌳 (to guard against the impacts of rain, wind, and low temperatures) ✅ Freedom from predators 🦊🐷🦅🐖 ✅ Low worm risk 🪱 (ewes will pick up worms from dirty pastures, and pass on worms to lambs) ✅ Appropriate mob size for the paddock and preg status of the ewes (ie singles, or multiples etc) 🐑🐑🐑 (twins get priority to best/most suitable paddocks and then singles) Where ewes are scanned and drafted into single and twin bearing, allocate ewes to lambing paddocks that have the best pasture/best shelter to least pasture/least shelter on the basis of this table from MMFS. Mob size is super important - to allow ewes privacy and optimise the lambing environment. The below are guidelines from MMFS for the MAXIMUM mob size at lambing. Twin-bearing mature ewes - 150 Single-bearing mature ewes - 500 Single-bearing maiden ewes - 400 👩‍💻Source of information - Making More from Sheep - Module 10 - Wean more lambs Check it out - there's loads of super practical information! makingmorefromsheep.com.au/manual/module-… @woolinnovation @AWIExtensionSA @AWIExtensionWA @AWIExtensionTAS @AWIExtensionQLD @AWIExtensionVIC

It's certainly the tale of two seasons for NSW at the present time. Due to the stark contrast in conditions throughout our great state, we've decided to add in an EXTRA webinar in June to cover off on sheep nutrition in all seasonal conditions. We're calling it a 'mini-series' 😀 Details: 1⃣Success with grazing crops - how to get peak animal performance from your grazing crops 📅 17 June ⏲️ 1:00 pm AEST 2⃣ Managing sheep nutrition in dry times - maintaining productivity when the going is tough 24 June ⏲️ 1:00 pm AEST Both webinars will be delivered by Nicole Logg The Livestock Coach As we are delivering these as a mini-series, there will be some cross over and discussion of both good and not-so-good seasonal contexts. We recommend you register for both! Register: awiextensionnsw.com/events/ 📷 Megan Rogers @woolinnovation @AWIExtensionSA @AWIExtensionWA @AWIExtensionTAS @AWIExtensionQLD @AWIExtensionVIC

🌾 @AgriFuturesAU is compiling a national directory of individuals & organisations delivering extension, advisory & capability-building services across agriculture. 🌱 If you’re enabling change in Aust. agriculture, add your details by 20 June 2025 👉 bit.ly/3Hd1NQN

Ever wondered where your lunch came from? 🍔🤔 In their 2020 study, @OzPIEF found that Aussie schoolkids don’t always know either. Australia’s 15 RDCs are working on a National Food & Fibre Education Strategy that goes beyond teaching students where their food comes from - we want your feedback to shape how we teach #AgInSchools! Read the Discussion Paper 📝 bit.ly/4jVicYv Give us your feedback by 21 May 🗣️ bit.ly/3GN2gIX