CATTLE

Lessons from the drought - early weaning

THE ONGOING poor season over much of eastern Australia has forced many beef producers to undertake some unusual management strategies, such as weaning calves much earlier than usual.

Pamela Lawson
 The weaners are still being fed pellets in self-feeders and are monitored daily in a paddock near the house. Photo: Kylee Callow

The weaners are still being fed pellets in self-feeders and are monitored daily in a paddock near the house. Photo: Kylee Callow

In an average season, Chris and Kylee Callow run 500 head of Angus, Anguscross and F2 Wagyu breeders on their property at Dunedoo in the centralwest of NSW. All the cows are joined to terminal sires, either...

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