Livestock Tech Talks

Dr. Mary Carr, chief veterinary officer at PIRSA, talks about how Biosecurity SA is safeguarding our red meat and wool industries, and about One Biosecurity's role in maintaining market access.

Nathan Scott,  Director, Achieve Ag Solutions, explains biosecurity and talks about how an emergency animal disease outbreak can affect producers. He also discusses the role of electronic identification (eID) in traceability.

Keyneton Station is a progressive sheep enterprise run by Georgie and Toby Keynes at Keyneton with 2,700 Merino ewes mated to Merinos and Border Leicesters. Georgie discusses the benefits of eID, pregnancy scanning and AgriWebb technologies and improving land quality and lamb survival. 

Penny and Jason Schulz run Coolaroo, a 1000 hectare sheep and cattle farm in the upper south east of South Australia with Merino ewes joined to Border Leicester rams. They discuss their plans to update sheep and cattle infrastructure and making better use of eID, as well as AgriWebb and water monitoring technology.

Mentara Park is a 6000 ha mixed cropping sheep operation with 3200 Merino ewes, near the Coorong. David Eckert discusses the business's recent adoption of technology for livestock management including use of a new sheep handler, scanning for multiples and SafeAg software.

Chris Lymn runs a 4,000 hectare mixed farm enterprise including 1,500 Merino ewes, 2,000 hectares of cropping across two properties at Wudinna and Minnipa on the Upper Eyre Peninsula. Chris discusses individual animal selection and the benefits of eID technology. 

Robert Pocock runs a 3,000 hectare mixed cropping and self-replacing Merino sheep enterprise in the SA Mallee called Lampata, and was an early adopter of livestock technology in sheep management.  Robert discusses how these technologies have helped him achieve business and enterprise goals. 

Scott and Fleur Harlock are from a dairying background, where individual animal management is an important part of getting the best out of a dairy. To do that successfully requires data management skills. It's something they've applied to their 1,400 hectare sheep and cattle property at Bool Lagoon in the south-east of South Australia. 

Data is used heavily on farms trying to find new ways of improving productivity. McPiggery is one of those. It's a 19,500 hectare business in the Southern Mallee of South Australia. 

 The Kellocks are using eID to accurately measure and monitor the production and performance of their merino flock to enable them to make informed decisions on management changes to increase profitability.