Livestock Tech Talks
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This series explores South Australia's Red Meat and Wool sector; speaking with livestock producers, technology providers and more about how they can work with producers to strengthen their business to grow more prosperous regions. It showcases success stories from the ground, and how they've benefited from changing their farm's business model with the adoption of technology,..
Livestock Tech Talks
7M ago
Every producer wants to save on fundamental farm resources such as labour, water and travel. In this episode, we talk with Mike Hayes from In2It Technologies who has been installing remote water monitoring systems, an economically savvy tool which does just that, across South Australia for many years.
Mike explains how the use of a range of different technologies help to increase communication coverage and save producers much needed time and money.
For complimentary videos and supporting resources visit the Livestock Tech Talk page on the PIRSA website ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
7M ago
Allandale Station is located between Oodnadatta and Lake Eyre. The property contains a high proportion of floodplain country associated with the Neales River and consequently it has the capacity to grow high amounts of feed and contains many natural waters following rainfall events that support good grazing. Andrew and Donnagh Clarke run a maximum of about 7500 head of mostly Angus and Sangus, but this can be very much reduced during a succession of dry years. They are currently running just under 4500 head and are in a rebuilding phase.
The Clarkes select bulls and breeding cows to maximise c ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
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Peter Whittlesea shares his experience with pregnancy scanning and remote monitoring technology at his sheep enterprise in central South Australia, running 10,000–13,000 self-replacing Merino ewes.  ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
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Richie Kirkland runs a prime lamb enterprise with a flock of 8500 maternal composite ewes across 2500 ha in the lower south east of SA. He discusses AgTech adoption and his management approach to support prime lamb production in the high rainfall zone.  ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
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David Cooper talks about using telemetry, eID, drones and other technology to make the pastoral property as productive as possible ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
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Kathleen Allan, Communication and Evaluation Manager, Integrity Systems Company, talks about the importance of traceability and food safety in the red meat sector ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
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Mark Inglis, Farm Assurance and Supply Chain Manager at JBS Australia , talks about health management in the supply of red meat, the conditions with the most impact on profitability and integrity, and carcass and animal health feedback to producers ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
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Alex McGorman, owner and manager of Thornby Feedlot, talks about what he looks for healthwise when bringing sheep into Thornby ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
7M ago
Bonnie Skinner, General Manager Policy and Advocacy at Sheep Producers Australia, talks about the benefits of electronic identification (eID) across the supply chain, the importance of traceability for the Australian sheep industry, and the challenges of implementing eID across the entire industry ..read more
Livestock Tech Talks
7M ago
Rob Barwell, Head of Program, Biosecurity at Animal Health Australia, talks about restocking options, questions producers should ask vendors, and biosecurity considerations when introducing animals to properties ..read more