Sheep resources on the BCG website
Sheep are an integral part of many farming systems.
BCG have a number of resources on our website relating to stock. Most of these can be found in the Past Events Information page, where you can find writeups and transcripts of many of our past events.
Below is a reminder of the resources on our website relating to sheep that you may find very useful:
| Sheep CRC | The Sheep CRC (CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation) is a partnership of Australia's leading sheep industry organisation and is supported under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program. |
| Lamb feedlot | Read details about a lamb feedlot we visited at Loxton, SA (March 2004) |
| Making More from Merinos | Read what was said at the MLA Forum in St Arnaud, May 2004 |
| San Jolly Sheep Nutrition Day | Read an extract from San's presentation (full transcript available from the BCG office) |
| Special livestock day | Read about the day with Brian Ashton (July 2006) |
| Download John Milton's presentation | from the 2006 BCG Main Field Day at Rupanyup (October 2006) (audio recording of John's session is available in the Member Area) |
| Flexible Farming Systems trial |
Click here to read the first part of "Six Seasons of the BCG Farming Systems Trial" (includes front cover, summary, background, methods, results, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgements and references) Click here to read the second part of "Six Seasons of the BCG Farming Systems Trial" (includes appendices and back cover) |
External sites
The Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) website has a section on drought resources. It contains publications such as:
- Feedling and managing sheep in dry times
- Managing sheep in droughtlots
- Managing fodder prices for droughts
- Which sheep do I keep?
- Planning for profit