AWI Drought Resources

Further Information

AWI RESOURCES

Planning for Profit (10 PDFs from 60-220Kb)

• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought introduction
  (Introduction). 
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 1
  (Improved Pasture Utilisation).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 2
  (Matching Livestock Production and Pasture Production).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 3
  (Improving Pasture Management).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 4
  (Selection of Superior Genetics).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 5 
  (Accelerated Lambing).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 6
  (Joining Management).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 7
  (Improving Lamb Survival).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 8
  (Weaner Management).
• Planning for Profit - A Practical Guide to Assist Woolgrowers Recover from Drought part 9
  (Flock Structure).

Calculators and Tables

• Wool Cost of Production Calculator.
• Lifetimewool Feed Budget Tables.

Publications

• Managing Sheep in Droughtlots (PDF 625Kb).
• Stock Water - a limited resource (PDF 130Kb).
• Managing fodder prices for droughts (PDF 37400 Kb).
• Which sheep do I keep? (PDF 447Kb).
• Drought Feeding and Management of Sheep (PDF 2.1Mb).
• Feeding & Managing Sheep in dry times (PDF 1.4Mb).

Reports

• Holmes Sackett report - the effect of drought on relative returns for the major broadacre enterprises (PDF 48Kb).
• Grain & Graze Discussion Paper - Making Confident Decisions in Drought (PDF 48Kb).

AWI STATE NETWORK RESOURCES

Sheep Connect NSW webinar recordings

• Confinement feeding of sheep 
• Managing livestock nutrition in dry times and beyond 
• Early weaning - tips for a successful early weaning exercise 
• Pastoral livestock nutrition for dry times 
• What's your plan? - preparedness for dry times 
• Funny feeds  
• Taking the guess work out of feeding or selling sheep during drought 

Leading Sheep (Qld) resources

• How to have a successful lambing in dry conditions webinars:
• Part 1 Nutrient demand  
• Part 2 Practical and social considerations
• Part 3 Supplementation strategies
• Drought feeding to minimise ewe and lamb losses – a producer case study
• Drought Survival Stories (3 volumes).

Sheep Connect South Australia resources

• Feeding Management of Single and Multiple Bearing Ewes 
• Good pasture assessment skills & feed management = profitable sheep enterprises
• Dry Season Fact Sheets 
• Water Security 

AWI GROWER NETWORKS

• Sheep Connect NSW
• BESTWOOL/BESTLAMB (Victoria)
• Sheep Connect SA
• The Sheeps Back (WA)
• Leading Sheep (Queensland)
• Sheep Connect Tasmania

OTHER LINKS

• Department of Agriculture and Food - Western Australia - drought.
• West Australian Farmers Federation.
• Pastoral and Graziers Association of WA.
• Federal Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - drought and rural assistance.
• Meat & Livestock Australia - drought and disaster management.
• Department of Human Services
• Bureau of Meteorology.
• NSW Farmers Mental Health Network.
• Lifeline.
• Beyond Blue.
• NSW Department of Primary Industries – DroughtHub.
• NSW DPI StockPlan® webpage.
• NSW Farmers - Drought Network.
• Agriculture Victoria (Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources) – drought information.
• Victorian Farmers Federation.
• Ag Excellence Alliance (South Australia) - five Livestock Containment videos.
• Queensland Farmers’ Federation Farmer Disaster Support
• Future Beef - Drought (Qld. Good, although for beef businesses).