The 2021 National Landcare Conference and Awards that were due to take place in Darling Harbour, are now being hosted online due to the current COVID situation in Sydney. The National Landcare Conference is the largest knowledge sharing convention for the Landcare community. This national event brings together Landcare groups and volunteers, landholders and farmers, […]
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Drench Resistance Test
We are fortunate to have been given permission to make available the results from TFS member Kenneth Wheelwright’s, recent drench resistance testing. Wheelwright FECRT report We thank Kenneth and his family for making these available and sharing these resources with TFS members. Please treat these results with care – we have permission to make them […]
Winning With Weaners Workshop
Nutrien in Crookwell are hosting a Winning with Weaners workshop on the 10th August at the Crookwell Services Club. We had some TFS family member’s participate in the recent Winning with Weaners workshop hosted by the Goulburn Young Farmers Group in May this year, and reports were that it was a worthwhile workshop. The Winning […]
Healthy Soils Workshop 5
We recently held the 5th Healthy Soils workshop in the series, with Jim, Nathan and Madi from Graminus Consulting. This workshop looked at experimenting on farm and the best ways to do this. In addition to the workshop handout which you can access below, one of the key messages delivered when looking to carry out […]
Grassland Society of NSW Inc
1/7/2021 – UPDATE – The NSW Grassland society conference is now a virtual conference. With the current COVID situation they have made the decision to go online. The conference will be streamed live on the 20th and 21st July and will now cost $120. The farm tours which were part of the original plan will […]
Independent research confirms significant cost of using ineffective drenches on herd performance
TFS Industry member Virbac, recently released an editorial after they partnered with two independent research groups to look at the effectiveness of cattle drenches. A copy of the editorial can be found here Virbac Australia – Cydectin Platinum editorial. The study looks at the response in cattle to a range of pour-on drenches with a […]
Foot Bathing Sheep Factsheet
Following on from the lambing ewe management post from last newsletter we were sent a factsheet on foot bathing sheep which was prepared by Alex Stephens, district vet located at Yass. It is again timely, as we experience some area wide rainfall for the start of this month and remember the high numbers of lame […]
Lambing Ewe Management
With many sheep producers within the TFS area lambing or about to start, it is timely to be thinking about ewe management especially remembering the issues many of us faced last year with prolapses and foot abscesses. Below is a link to an article written by Matthew Lieschke, Senior Agriculture Advisor with SELLS which recently […]
Goulburn Young Farmers Winning With Weaners Event
The Goulburn Young Farmers Network (GYFN) are hosting a Winning With Weaners workshop at the end of May. This one is just for young farmers and is free of charge. If you or someone you know is interested in attending more details on registering can be found here Winning With Weaners – GOULBURN YOUNG FARMERS […]
Parasite Control and Healthy Soils Workshop
Last week we held a TFS field day looking at Parasite Control with Matt Playford of Dawbuts and Soil Profiles with Graminus and Jason Condon. We kicked off early in an effort to make the event a true half day, and we were hosted by Clive and Meredith Cawthorne at Kialla. A big TFS thanks […]