Stuart and Katie Barrett have overcome productivity challenges in their breeding and backgrounding operations ‘Drumburle’, south of Biloela in Central Queensland.

The productive potential of a sheep is defined by its genetic makeup that interacts with environmental factors, such as nutrition, to determine the extent to which the potential is realised. While an animal's specific genetic makeup is unique to that animal, many important production traits are shared within breeds and...

The productive potential of any animal is defined by its genetic makeup that then interacts with environmental factors eg nutrition, to determine the extent to which the potential is realised.

Achieving desired production and profitability targets within a farmed goat breeding enterprise is influenced by genetics.

Sheep Genetics, operated by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is releasing the new combined LAMBPLAN research analysis available from August 27.

BredWell FedWell | Hamilton, VIC (Sheep)

Marcus Sounness runs a family-owned 4,000ha mixed crop and sheep property at Amelup, in southern WA. It sees an average annual rainfall of 400mm, although this can vary by as much as 200mm each year.

Sheep Genetics Development Manager