The Mackinnon Project is a recognised leader in sheep and beef consultancy, both in Australia and internationally. We offer a unique range of services, including farm management consultancy, farmer training programs, contract research and post graduate training.

Where to for the beef industry? Understanding markets & adding value

Wednesday 20th October 2010, 10:00am

This More Beef From Pastures field day at Welcome Swallow Angus stud features Mackinnon consultants John Webb Ware and Nicholas Rolls, as well as other industry experts, speaking about beef production priorities, drench resistance and the beef supply chain. 

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• Control of breech blowfly strike in unmulesed sheep & sheep treated with 'Anti-Flystrike Clips': This article reports important interim results from a large Mackinnon field trial being conducted in southern Victoria, comparing realistic alternatives to mulesing for preventing flystrike in sheep.  The article identifies potentially highly effective alternatives to mulesing, as well as pointing to aspects of sheep management that will become increasingly important as producers move away from mulesing.

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• Research into wool staple strength: We discuss the importance to woolgrowers of an experiment reported in 2009 in the scientific journal Animal Production Science, which examined the contribution of stress-strain properties of individual wool fibres to overall wool staple strength.   The ‘take-home message’?  Don't be concerned that you are unintentionally breeding for ‘inherent’ or ‘hidden’ fibre weakness without realising it. 

Mackinnon Project researchers Leah Tyrell, John Larsen and Norman Anderson are leading a program investigating new strategies to tackle flystrike in sheep.  Their interim results have just been presented at the Australian Society for Animal Production conference in Armidale, New South Wales.

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Opening the Gates on Farmer Health: 11-13 October 2010, Hamilton, Victoria

This conference is being run by the National Centre for Farmer Health and may be of interest to Mackinnon Project clients. The program will focus on the diversity of issues that affect farming communities, including human-animal diseases, human welfare/animal welfare, and biosecurity.

For further information visit www.farmerhealth.org.au