To assist farmers with decision making during dry seasonal conditions, Agriculture Victoria staff are available to provide technical advice and support through workshops, field days, online resources, social and print media and over the phone.
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Technical information and resources include dry season preparedness, farm business planning and risk management, animal health and welfare, feed budgeting, on-farm stock water availability and management, soil and land management, irrigation and water-use efficiency and stock containment area site selection and management.
Stock containment areas are a carefully selected, fenced section of the property which is set up to periodically contain livestock.
They are primarily used to protect soil and pasture resources during or after adverse seasons or events such as fire, droughts, late autumn breaks. There are several benefits of containing livestock in a SCA, including:
- facilitation of livestock feeding, watering, monitoring and handling.
- containment of weeds brought onto the property with imported feeds.
- protection and faster recovery of pastures.
- less chance of soil erosion or damage to paddocks.
- control of shelter and shade for animals.
SCAs need to be well planned and should include consideration of size, location, feeding, water supply and shade. Agriculture Victoria staff provide technical information to assist landholders with SCA site selection and design planning, as well as livestock management.
If you are interested in further information or attending upcoming events, including on the design and management of SCAs, please contact Ian Gamble at Agriculture Victoria, Rutherglen on (02) 6030 4528.
An upcoming workshop will be held on ‘Shade and Shelter for Livestock Production’ at Moyhu on Monday, November 19 at 6.30pm. This workshop will discuss the design and benefits of providing shade and shelter in extreme weather conditions.
For further information contact Kylie Macreadie on 02 60 437 900 or to register go to www.tinyurl.com/GVLGshade by November 15.
This is a joint event with Greta Valley Landcare Group.
Keep an eye out for upcoming workshops that focus on managing dry seasonal conditions on the Agriculture Victoria webpage: http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/agriculture/farm-management/farmer-workshops.
Information on dry season support is available on the Agriculture Victoria web page: http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/dryseasons.
