New sheep calendar of operations for the South East

January/February 2021

Andrew Britton, Small Landholder Engagement Officer

The South East Farmers Network as part of the Every Bit Counts project has recently launched the Sheep Calendar of Operations for the South East region.

This calendar has been produced for all small sheep producers and is a simple management tool to help improve the efficiency of their sheep operations. While each farm will operate differently, the calendar is designed to help remind land managers and assist them with forward planning of activities which may occur during specific months, breeding and management cycles.

Information provided in this Sheep Calendar of Operations has been sourced from NSW DPI workshops such as PROGRAZE™ and LANDSCAN™.  The calendar is designed to be mounted in a prominent place to remind you of the recommended procedures to be carried out each month and is based on the `typical' monthly activities of a sheep system with a late winter/early spring lambing, a first cross ewe (Border Leicester x Merino) which requires shearing, but is equally relevant to shedding breeds such as dorper cross.

The South East Farmers Network run regular sheep workshops on farm across the region. To keep up to date with the latest news and events why not join you local Farmers Network today via www.smallfarms.net.au

The Sheep Calendar of Operations is available as a free download on the South East Local Land Services website. Also available is the Beef Calendar of Operations which was launched in December 2020. To receive a printed version of either calendar in the mail, please email me at andrew.britton@lls.nsw.gov.au.

Funding for this calendar has been provided through the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and the NSW Environmental Trust `Every Bit Counts’ project.