LIFETIME WOOL. 14. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE PADDOCK

摘要

Lifetime Wool is a national project that is developing profitable ewe management guidelines for woolgrowers across Australia. The project comprises a series of plot-scale research experiments that aim to determine the dose-response of both wool and meat production per hectare in the short term, and the lifetime performance of the progeny in the longer term, to a range of levels of ewe nutrition at different stages of the reproductive cycle (Thompson and Oldham 2004). The project also consists of paddock-scale research in cooperation with woolproducers across the main wool producing regions of Australia, with 15 sites spread throughout WA, VIC, SA, TAS and NSW. These experiments are primarily aimed at confirming results in the paddock are the same as those from the plot-scale experiments, exploring the performance of twins verses single progeny, and developing the management process.