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Winning With Weaners - Boyup Brook
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 09:00-14:30 (AWST)
Winning With Weaners - Esperance
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 09:00-14:30 (AWST)
Winning With Weaners - Frankland River
Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 09:00-14:30 (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.

Also check out our YouTube channel https://tinyurl.com/y3ehrxoj

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

Winning With Weaners - Frankland River
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 09:00 (AWST)

The Winning With Weaners™ (WWW) workshop is designed for woolgrowers, and is aimed at improving weaner management of their Merino flock, targeting 95% weaner survival to one year of age. WWW identifies key practical actions and tools for commercia...
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Winning With Weaners - Esperance
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 09:00 (AWST)

The Winning With Weaners™ (WWW) workshop is designed for woolgrowers, and is aimed at improving weaner management of their Merino flock, targeting 95% weaner survival to one year of age. WWW identifies key practical actions and tools for commercia...
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Winning With Weaners - Boyup Brook
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 09:00 (AWST)

The Winning With Weaners™ (WWW) workshop is designed for woolgrowers, and is aimed at improving weaner management of their Merino flock, targeting 95% weaner survival to one year of age. WWW identifies key practical actions and tools for commercia...
Read More

Next Events

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Winning With Weaners - Frankland River

53 Moir St, Frankland River WA 6396, Australia
29Sep, 21

Sept. 29, 2021

Winning With Weaners - Esperance

68 The Esplanade, Esperance WA 6450, Australia
13Oct, 21

Oct. 13, 2021

Winning With Weaners - Boyup Brook

1437 Boyup Brook-Cranbrook Rd, Scotts Brook WA 6244, Australia
22Oct, 21

Oct. 22, 2021

PINGELLY 2021 MLP FIELD DAY

UWA Farm "Ridgefield" Lamard Rd, West Pingelly WA 6308, 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