Projects
Increase Velvet Harvest
Hamish and Pip from Ben Dhu Station want to consistently cut 4kg of velvet per animal.
Tactics/Actions:
- Better genetics for velvet antler
- Utilizing Lucerne mixes for better feeding
- Culling harder on animals that aren’t performing
- Buying in velveters to keep numbers stable
- Developing native ground to better feed stags at key times
Capital requirments:
To achieve increased velvet harvets capital would need to be spent on purchasing sire stags with velvet genetics, and capital would need to be spent on developing native ground etc.
Outcome/Results:
Weighing and grading of velvet will take place.
...results to come
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