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"SPRING OPTIMISER WORKSHOP" The Sheep's Back - WICKEPIN
Monday, October 26, 2020, 12:30-17:00 (AWST)

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The Sheep’s Back's is AWI's producer network in Western Australia and our mission is to champion the Western Australian Merino sheep industry and improve grower confidence and their capacity to make better and timelier decisions.

The Sheep's Back delivers information to WA wool producers and other industry representatives on our network of over 2100 contacts via newsletters, workshops, timely text reminders, major events such as Sheep Easy and more.

A Services Menu giving some further information about what The Sheep's Back can provide can be found here: https://sheepsback.com.au/tools/

Follow us on Twitter (@sheepsback) and Facebook (The Sheeps Back) for all our latest information.

Network Composition

Job Title Number

Farmers 1,425
Agribusiness 256
Student 28
DAFWA 25
Animal Health 22
Education 23
Farm Employee 23
Total 1,802

Wool & Sheep Numbers

Area 5,098,567
Sheep Total 8,083,238
Ewe Numbers 4,500,407
Wool Bales 221,861

Featured Events

GREAT SOUTHERN LIVESTOCK '20
Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 12:30 (AWST)

The WA Producers Co-operative has partnered with Stirling to Coast Farmers to bring you a fantastic program for livestock producers to hear from other producers about the latest developments and R&D with field demonstrations, presentations, fo...
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"SPRING OPTIMISER WORKSHOP" The Sheep's Back - WICKEPIN
Monday, October 26, 2020 at 12:30 (AWST)

"A Focus On Getting Through Summer - Water & Livestock"
Planning for summer & beyond: Sheep nutrition, feed budgeting & condition scoring. - Mark Allington, Icon Agriculture

What are the most cost effective options for surfa...
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GREAT SOUTHERN LIVESTOCK '20

Field Day - West Kendenup WA Farmer's Forum - Albany Entertainment Centre Albany WA
26Oct, 20

Oct. 26, 2020

"SPRING OPTIMISER WORKSHOP" The Sheep's Back - WICKEPIN

Wickepin Community Centre
27Oct, 20

Oct. 27, 2020

DPIRD Katanning 'SCIENCE OF THE MERINO' - Sheep Field Day 2020

DPIRD Katanning Research Facility, 76 Katanning-Nyabing Rd, Katanning WA 6317, Australia

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Featured News

Photo by Markus Winkler

Western Australia worms, flies and lice update - August 2020

Aug. 25, 2020 www.paraboss.com.au

Albany: Brown Besier, Brown Besier Parasitology (brown@bbpara.com.au)
The recent rains in many districts have been welcome, but there won’t be much change in the parasite situation since the last mon

Photo by JW DANG

Western Australia worms, flies and lice update - July 2020

July 24, 2020 www.paraboss.com.au

Albany: Brown Besier, Brown Besier Parasitology (brown@bbpara.com.au)
As with the comments last month, the continuing dry conditions and patchy rainfall don’t mean that worms are not a risk at this t

Photo by Jar Nech

Western Australia worms, flies and lice update - May 2020

May 27, 2020 www.paraboss.com.au

Albany: Brown Besier, Brown Besier Parasitology (brown@bbpara.com.au)
It’s the merry month of May, and lambs are hitting the ground in droves! Unfortunately, worms seem to know that, and are getting