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Removing Stags Early to Increase Profit
By mating more hinds than he intends to fawn, and removing the stags early, Simon moves average conception date forward, resulting in more deer heavier, earlier. View project details
Multi-mineral injection has no effect on weaner growth rates.
A pre-winter jab of a multi-mineral treatment did nothing to boost winter weaner growth rates. That was the finding of a two mob comparison trial by Bruce Allan in 2015. View project details
Does Regular Yarding Supress Weaner Growth Rates?
Staff suspected that the regular yarding was causing stress and pegging back growth rates judging by the appearance of some weaners as the season progressed. View project details
Strategic feeding for better first fawning performance
“Genetically they’re our best stags but phenotypically they don’t look the part when we sell them as two-years-old because they’re born three weeks later than the re View project details
Better feeding to improve scanning performance in a post-rut weaning system.
A 20 kilogram average weight gain in fawns over two months has been the big win from a 2016 trial of post-rut weaning at Cathedral Peak station. View project details