Productive Producer
The Productive Producer podcast is brought to you by Max Newsome from the Northern Tablelands Local Land Services. This is your podcast for production and management decisions.
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Need to feed (opens the original)
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In this episode, we are joined by North West Local Land Services Livestock officer Sally Balmain to discuss practical feeding strategies for sheep and cattle as producers navigate a tricky seasonal shift. Across parts of the region there has been some useful rain, and paddocks are starting to show a green pick. While that is a welcome change, the key message is that green does not always mean there is enough feed available. Short days, cold conditions and falling soil temperatures mean pasture g
Restocking and herd rebuild (opens the original)
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In this episode, Liam Baker livestock officer with North West local Land Sercices us to unpack one of the biggest seasonal and business decisions producers face after a tough run: when to destock, how far to go, and how to think about rebuilding when the season starts to turn. Following a large destock across parts of the region, many producers are now looking at what comes next. Rainfall may bring optimism, but rebuilding a herd or flock is not as simple as buying numbers back in. It requires a
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