The Spring Seasonal Update for TFS members and their guests was held on Monday the 26th of October. We were fortunate to have John Francis from Agrista (formerly of Holmes Sackett) and Matt Lieschke from the SELLS present.
John’s presentation around options for utilising the spring feed surplus and pasture budgeting can be found here Agrista TFS 26 Oct 20 pres Throughout the discussion on the day one issue that came to light was restocking post drought. John agreed to conduct some analysis around the options available to producers in regards to retention of younger ewes that would have been culled in any other year v. retention of older ewes that would have been culled due to their age. This analysis can be found here Agrista Restocking options analysis.
Matt’s presentation centred around the common questions and comments he has received and heard since the launch of Farming Forecaster in April this year. Matt also went through how you can best apply the pasture forecasting information to your property even when you don’t host a probe.
Matt’s presentation can be accessed here: TFS seasonal update-Lieschke-producer notes