eNews #6

• 1st April - Click with Confidence (Walcha)
• 28th-29th April - Reading Rural Landscapes Workshop (Dangarsleigh) 
• 13th May - May Member Muster (Uralla)
• 14th May - Boots on Ground Day (Wongwibinda)

You are invited to engage in development of technologies that support grazing flock management..

Seeking sheep industry stakeholder input, as part of a project to develop an off-animal technology system that provides an estimate of an individual sheep’s liveweight and fleece weight. The project is co-funded by Meat & Livestock Australia and the Australian Wool Innovation.

To ensure the prototype system being developed is practical and reflects the needs of users, we are looking for sheep producers who would like to engage with the project at a number of key points:

A Practical Guide to Planting Tubestock Paddock Trees by John R. Baker is a hands-on, landholder-focused manual for successfully establishing paddock trees using tubestock (nursery-grown young trees). Drawing on many years of field trials and real planting experience in central NSW, it covers how to choose the right species, pick suitable planting sites, time your planting and select quality tubestock to maximise survival and growth. The guide emphasises practical techniques and lessons learned in the field so landholders can avoid common failures and improve the success of tree plantings that will become long-lived paddock trees supporting biodiversity and farm function.

If you would like a hard copy, visit the SNEL office or call 02 6772 9123.

Price: $20.

You can also download a digital copy from the Hovells Creek Landcare website here.