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A wide range of publications and other resources is available for wool producers in WA.
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What to look out for with stock water quality and some tips to help
Don’t let water quality slip through the cracks
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Feed budgeting 101
Do you need a refresher on feed budgeting or perhaps you’re just learning how to conduct a feed budget? Then read ahead!
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Raising the bar with lamb survival
Lambing is fast approaching for most of you, with lambing already underway for some. This presents an opportunity to raise the bar on your marking results.
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Driving productivity with EID
Electronic identification tags (EID) are becoming mandatory, so why not make the most of the technology to help you achieve the goals of your sheep enterprise? We've pulled together some information to help you utilise data collected via EID to increase productivity and profit.
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Making sense of ASBVs and Selection Indexes
Ram buying is a task that is often only carried out once a year, so it is important that you are making well-informed selection decisions. With this year’s ram selling season now underway, now is a good time to brush up on what you need to think about to get the most out of your selection decisions.
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Best-practice shearing and crutching
Ensuring shearing sheds are safe workplaces not only helps to reduce injuries and accidents but also helps to attract and retain shearers and shed staff, and improve productivity and profitability of the wool industry. This article dives further into best-practice shearing and crutching.
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Preparing for a successful joining
Good preparation of ewes for joining can increase reproductive rates and decrease the number of ewes scanned dry. Ram preparation is also important to ensure they are in prime condition to work and pass on their genes. This article looks at ways to improve how you prepare for a successful joining.
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Strategies and tactics for the season
As we battle on with the current poor season that we find ourselves in, it's important to remember that we're not alone, and that there are resources and support available to help.
Beyond the Bale articles
Beyond the Bale is Australian Wool Innovation’s quarterly magazine for AWI shareholders, other wool levy payers and wool industry stakeholders.
Industry News
Winning With Weaners lifts performance
AWI’s ‘Winning With Weaners’ workshop helps woolgrowers identify key management strategies to improve the lifetime performance of their Merino weaners.
Industry News
Workshop to improve ram performance
RAMping Up Repro workshops give sheep and wool producers the skills to improve ram health, performance and longevity in their commercial sheep enterprises.
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Assessing, classing and selecting sheep
Assessing and selecting sheep to achieve optimal genetic gain involves a wide range of issues. This article works through the issues and breaks down some of the component topics that are often discussed.
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Wrinkle expression in the MLP project
As the Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) project approaches completion, we can increasingly use this valuable industry resource to answer a range of questions relevant to Merino sheep producers. In this article we use the MLP project data to explore how Australian Sheep Breeding Values for breech wrinkle relate to actual raw measurements or scores on farm.
