Today’s driving thought - In light of current economic and climatic times, what info would make it easier to determine which animals to keep and which to cull/sell? How do producers collect and use that info? What barriers are there to this?

Prep for fleece weighing of 1200 commercial Merino ewe hoggets at shearing. EID gear set up & ready to be charged. Fleece weights, wool tests & birth mob data allows data informed selection of replacements and enterprise destination. #agchatoz #youcantmanagewhatyoudontmeasure

@samanthawan is a 🏙 girl+1st gen Aus-born Chinese who discovered wool. Now owns a farm & encourages #ausag careers“Wool broker doesn’t quite make the top careers your Chinese child should be...so it’s a good thing my parents didn’t fall into stereotypes”👉 https://t.co/YZiGuS85mE

Condition scoring and wet/drying Merino ewes at lamb marking, recorded using EID for the MLA PDS Pregnancy Scanning in Extensive Flocks project. All commercial ewes are wet/dried for rearing status to improve flock reproductive rate #agchatoz #electronicid @StaceyLugsdin

Breech wrinkle scoring of ewe lambs at marking in a non-mulesed Merino flock using visual scores. Ewes with high EBWR will be removed from the breeding flock to reduce flystrike risk. #youcantmanagewhatyoudontmeasure @StaceyLugsdin

EID tags ready for Lamb Marking 2023. First year all lambs EID tagged, not just ewe lambs, tag buckets uploaded to indicator rather than VID manually entered. Breech wrinkle being collected at marking in non-mulesed flock. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. @StaceyLugsdin

Commercial producers using EID tags, how do you currently store your data and what are the issues with storage and use of data? Researching for a project. Feel free to send me a DM #questions #agchatoz @FarmsAdvice @ramsaybaa @sheepGeekCP

Pregnancy scanning for multiples in the rangelands with Clark Ultrasound Services, using the client’s Trutest XR5000 and our XRP2 Panel reader #rangelandsheepproduction #precisionsheepmanagement #youcantmanagewhatyoudontmeasure

Pregnancy scanning in extensive ewe flocks MLA PDS project - large variation in NRR, different flock responsiveness in NRR to CS. Collection, storage and use of large amount of ewe repro data for driving measurement of NRR is a challenge. @SueHatcher14 #LLSRangelandsforum

Fleece weighing and side-sampling for submission to Sheep Genetics Australia for MERINOSELECT ASBVs at Avenel Merino and Poll Studs was a two-day family affair, with three sets of sisters working for the family farm, the data collection team and the shearing team! #womeninag

Fleece weighing and side sampling hoggets at Avenel Merino and Poll Merino stud #agchatoz