Case Studies

 

• Use of good advice and technology lifts genetic performance of wool breeding enterprise

  Keith Bolto

  Name: Lyn and Trevor and sons Keith, Colin and Ian Bolto

  Location: Macgillivray, Kangaroo Island

  Average Rainfall: 500mm

  Enterprises: 5,400 Merino breeding ewes, 4,200 hoggets and balance of 4,300 wethers. Normally shear around 17,000 head.

  Farm Area: 1,760ha (including 60 ha crop – rotation of wheat or beans)

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• Ewe fertility and stocking rate translate to increased profit

  Dave Farley

  Name: Dave and Michelle Farley

  Location: Kybybolite, South Australia

  Average Rainfall: 565mm

  Enterprises: 10,500 maternal & composite ewes

  Farm Area: 5000 acres

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• Grazing Management

  Tom Weckert

  Name: Tom Weckert, “Valkyrie”

  Location: Orroroo, South Australia

  Average Rainfall: 300mm

  Enterprises: Mixed cropping and livestock

  Farm Area: 3000ha

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• Improving reproduction efficiency through pregnancy scanning

  Matt Clarke

  Name: Matt Clarke

  Location: Pine Grove Station, Hawker

  Average Rainfall: 300 mm

  Enterprises: Self-replacing merino and terminal sire over merino

  Farm Area: 30,350 hectares

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• Improving reproduction efficiency through pregnancy scanning

  AJ and PA McBride Pty Ltd Warren Breeding (Manager)

  Name: AJ and PA McBride Pty Ltd Warren Breeding (Manager)

  Location: Teetulpa Station, Yunta

  Average Rainfall: 208 mm

  Enterprises: Self-replacing merino

  Farm Area: 86,000 ha

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• Second generation farmers who love farming

  Lloyd and Christine Berry

  Name: Lloyd and Christine Berry

  Location: Kangaroo Island

  Average Rainfall: 500 mm

  Enterprises: 4,600 adult Merino’s 19.3 micron average

  Farm Area: 1,200 ha (984 ha arable) 600 ha crop (beans, wheat and canola)

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• Shelter belts increase numbers of lambs alive

  Graham Clothier

  Name: Graham Clothier

  Location: ‘Greenvale’ Woolumbool, South East, South Australia

  Average Rainfall: 385mm

  Enterprises: 3500 ewes (1500 merinos 2000 crossbreds) + 2000 hens

  Farm Area: 650 hectares

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• The Goode Sheep – Fun easy care Merinos for the future

  Deane Goode

  Name: Deane and Prue Goode, sons Henry, Tom and William Goode

  Location: 20 km South of Kingston, South East, South Australia

  Average Rainfall: 650-675 mm

  Enterprises: 5,600 Merino ewes, 350 breeding cow herd

  Farm Area: 2,772 ha (40-50 ha leased out for potato production), 210 ha under pivot irrigation (lucerne or potatoes)

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• Third generation Kangaroo Island farmer expands business

  Simon and Marissa Veitch

  Name: Simon and Marissa Veitch

  Location: Kangaroo Island

  Average Rainfall: 500 mm

  Enterprises: 2,400 adult Merinos, 19 micron. 200 cows and calves, 200 yearlings

  Farm Area: 1,380 ha (1,050 ha arable) including leased property, 300 ha crop (wheat, canola and lupins)

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• Using technology to make better farming decisions - the Buck Story

  Tim Buck

  Name: Tim & Kate Buck and Tim’s parents Bruce & Alison.

  Location: Hundred of Duncan, Kangaroo Island

  Average Rainfall: 750mm

  Enterprises: Mixed cropping and livestock

  Farm Area: 700 ha arable

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