THE Victorian Farmers Federation is encouraging livestock producers to boost their understanding of sheep and goat electronic identification tags by attending a series workshops.
The Peter Westblade Merino Memorial Challenge (PWMMC) has proved the accuracy of the new DNA Flock Profiler Test under development by the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep CRC.
SHEEP producers expected to move from marking their flock with visual tags to the new electronic identification system won’t bear the burden of increased costs or time, according to Victoria’s peak farmer organisation.
Australian Wool Innovation has announced its annual Call for Proposals for organisations interested in On-farm and Off-farm research and development projects.