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Lifetime Wool

The breeding ewe plays a pivotal role in the wool production system - she is the engine room of the wool business. It makes good sense to have her in the right condition at the right time as her condition affects reproduction levels and lamb survival, wool production of herself and her progeny, pasture utilisation and efficient use of feed resources.

Lifetime wool has a series of ewe and pasture targets that increase productivity and profitability of the Merino sheep enterprise for regions across southern Australia. There are also management guidelines and tools for ewe flocks at all times of the year.

While the lifetime wool website is undergoing maintenance you can find a selection of grower resources and lifetime wool research papers available for download below.

Grower Resources

Summary of tools and products developed for lifetimewool

Condition score card

Ewe management handbook for the cereal-sheep zone

Ewe management handbook for the high rainfall zone

Ewe management handbook medium rainfall zone (WA)

Ewe management handbook southern slopes NSW and north central Victoria

Ewes in better condition at joining conceive more lambs lifetime wool factsheet

Estimating required supplements for breeding ewes

Feed tables break of season

Feed tables for dry and droughts

Feed tables green pastures

Improving ewe fleece weight and wool quality lifetime wool worksheet

Improving lamb survival lifetime wool factsheet

Lifetime wool dry feed budgeting tool

Managing ewes to increase farm profit high rainfall zone

Managing ewes to increase farm profit medium rainfall zone (WA) factsheet

Managing ewes to increase farm profit southern slopes factsheet

Managing merino ewes productively in the cereal sheep zone

Managing merino ewes productively medium rainfall zone (WA) factsheet

Managing twinning ewes for higher production lifetime wool factsheet

Reproductive rate of your flock worksheet

Lifetime Wool Research Papers

Achieving fat score targets - the costs & benefits

Agronomic implications of intensive grazing systems

Foreword to 'Lifetimewool'

Australian sheep farmers are increasing pasture utilisation and reducing risk with easy-to-use tools from lifetime wool

Calculation of dry sheep equivalents

Does improved ewe management offer grain farmers much extra profit?

Effects of nutrition during pregnancy and lactation on mortality of progeny to hogget shearing

Effects of nutrition during pregnancy and lactation on the growth and wool production at hogget shearing

Evaluation of the impact of Lifetimewool on sheep producers

Fat score or condition score? - it all depends on what you want to do!

Improving the nutrition of Merino ewes during pregnancy and lactation increases weaning weight and survival of progeny but does not affect their mature size

Improving the nutrition of Merino ewes during pregnancy increases the fleece weight and reduces the fibre diameter of their progeny’s wool during their lifetime and these effects can be predicted from the ewe’s liveweight profile

Is it important to manage ewes to CS targets?

Know your audience to increase their rate of practice change - Lifetime wool as an example

Lifetime wool – ewe management guidelines

Lifetime wool - modifying GrazFeed for WA

Lifetime wool project overview

Lifetime wool paster growth, utilisation and ewe stocking rates

Lifetime wool ewe liveweight and condition score

Lifetime wool ewe wool production and quality

Lifetime wool carryover effects on subsequent ewe reproduction

Lifetime wool progeny birth weights and survival

Lifetime wool progeny growth rates

Lifetime wool progeny wool production and quality

Lifetime wool progeny back fat and eye muscle depth

Lifetime wool progeny faecal worm egg counts

Lifetime wool progeny genotype by environment interaction using the reaction norm model

Lifetime wool estimating pasture height for using grazfeed to predict ewe performance

Lifetime wool calibration of condition scoring between operators

Lifetime wool putting it all together in the paddock

Lifetime wool whole-farm benefits from optimising lifetime wool production

Lifetime Wool carryover effects on subsequent reproduction of the ewe flock

Lifetime wool: comparisons on commercial farms demonstrate significant production potential for twin bearing merino ewes and their progeny

Lifetime wool: comparisons on commercial farms show the benefit of good nutrition in pregnancy on production and lamb performance of merino ewe

Lifetime wool: developing effective extension packages for farmers –A case study based on sustained behaviour change principles

Lifetime wool farmers attitudes affect their adoption of recommended ewe management

Lifetime wool managing nutrition during pregnancy of twin-bearing ewes

Lifetime wool the best bet optimum condition score profile for merino ewes lambing in winter

Lifetime wool twin futures

Lifetimewool methodology for market segmentation based on ‘willingness to change’ questions in the 2005 survey of sheep producers

Lifetimewool target liveweights for the ewe flock

Managing the nutrition of twin-bearing ewes durig pregnancy using lifetime wool recommendations increases production of twin lambs

On-farm paddock-scale comparisons across southern Australia confirm that increasing the nutrition of merino ewes improves their production and the lifetime performance of their progeny

On-farm participatory research is an essential step towards achieving successful adoption of innovation: ‘lifetime wool’ a case study

Optimising genetic potential for wool production and quality through maternal nutrition

Optimising the nutrition/grazing management of ewe flocks

Participation in lifetime ewe management results in changes in stocking rate, ewe management and reproductive performance on commercial farms

Poor ewe nutrition during pregnancy increases fatness of their progeny

"Potential economic benefits from improving ewe nutrition to optimise lifetime wool production and quality in South-west Victoria"

Impact of scanning pregnancy status on farm profitability in South West Victoria

Profitability in merino enterprises

Reactions and attitudes associated with the lifetime wool project amongst consultants and extensionist involved in sheep production

The birthweight and survival of merino lambs can be predicted from the profile of liveweight change of their mothers during pregnancy

The merit of condition score and fat score as alternatives to liveweight for managing the nutrition of ewes

The national Lifetimewool project: a journey in evaluation

The response of sheep consultants and extensionists in southern Australia to lifetimewool

The wool production and reproduction of Merino ewes can be predicted from changes in liveweight during pregnancy and lactation

What value is a lamb?

Whole-farm profit and the optimum maternal liveweight profile of merino ewe flocks lambing in winter and spring are influenced by the effects of ewe nutrition on the progeny’s survival and lifetime wool production

Successful adoption of new guidelines for the nutritional management of ewes is dependent on the development of appropriate tools and information

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