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Strategies to prepare for a dry spring and summer

The 2024 season has been tough for South Australian producers, with well below-average rainfall received across most of the agricultural districts.

With the outlook for the remainder of spring and summer uncertain, the South Australian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SA Drought Hub), in conjunction with Deb Scammell from Talking Livestock and Felicity Turner from Turner Agri, will be hosting a series of workshops to support producers in preparing their livestock business for the months ahead.

SA Drought Hub Livestock Technical Specialist Dr Penny Schulz said the workshops will actively assist producers to develop defined strategies that are tailored to their business needs.

 These strategies will include:

  • developing feed budgets for sheep and cattle and understanding trigger points,
  • developing a water budget,
  • developing feed rations for sheep and cattle and the use of containment feeding ,
  • managing sheep and cattle to optimise their performance for the coming year,
  • making those difficult decisions around selling, retaining and/or feeding sheep and cattle stock
  • and importantly, the long term economic impacts of the decisions you are making.

Three workshops will be held in late October and registrations can be made by visiting the SA Drought Hub events page or through Eventbrite. 

  • 24 October – 9am to 4pm – Clare Valley (The Vale, Watervale)
  • 30 October 9am to 4pm – Murray Mallee (Karoonda Football Club)       
  • 31 October 9am to 4pm – Fleurieu Peninsula (Yankalilla Golf Club)   

The SA Drought Hub brings together a dynamic network of primary producers, industry groups, researchers, government agencies, universities, agribusinesses, traditional owners, and others to work towards a common vision to strengthen the drought resilience and preparedness of our farms and regional communities in South Australia.

The Hub provides a range of resources and information to South Australian producers that assists them to prepare for and be more adapted to withstand the impacts of drought upon their farm businesses.

The Drought hub is delivering a wide range of effective projects and programs in conjunction with farming systems groups, Landscape Boards, the South Australian Research and Development Institute, universities and others.

To find out more about the drought resilience projects being run across South Australia and for a wide range of information on drought management options and approaches, visit the SA Drought Hub website.

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