Pastoral Sheep Operations and Lamb Feedlots

Nutritional Services

• Nutritional inspections of sheep and lamb feed lots including pastoral operations

• Least cost ration formulations to optimise profitability for feedlots

• Nutrient supplementation strategies

• Pasture management and feedlot ration formulation

• Feed commodity selection, handling, quality assurance and storage strategies

• Forage crop management advice including silage production, storage & management

• Selection of feed mixing and handling equipment for intensive sheep and lamb operations

• Gross margin analysis

Veterinary Services

• Comprehensive health management consulting service including live export / transportation of sheep

• Disease diagnostics and epidemiology

• Advice on veterinary medicines, vaccines and herd health programs

• Low antibiotic usage programs and strategies

• Biosecurity inspections and programs

• Hygiene inspections and programs

• Animal welfare inspection and programs based on market access

• Advice on worm control and the management of fly strike 

Purchasing, Approvals, Transport and Exporting

• Advice on sheep selection and purchasing to satisfy market requirements

• Assistance in sourcing of animals according to international export standards

• Assistance with export approvals

• Advice on the supply of semen and embryos

• Advice on live export procedures and transport programs

General and Operations Management

• Advice on sales and marketing strategies

• Advice on financial reporting of sheep meat supply chains

• Benchmark KPI’s of leading sheep meat supply companies

• Analysis of product mix, margins and optimisation of profit

• Value adding, packaging and marketing of products

• Operational planning

Marketing and Supply Chain Management

• Supply chain audits and support services

• Complete supply chain supporting services, including marketing and management advice and supply chain audits, e.g. product mix, margin analysis and optimisation of profit

• Value adding of products, packaging and marketing

• Recall and traceability systems

Greenfield Developments / Business Expansion / Project Management

• Project management of large integrations from concept / prefeasibility / feasibility / scoping / financial control systems / market access / site selection / approvals / tenders / construction / commissioning of complete mutton and lamb supply chains

• Meat by product processing plants, e.g. offal, hide and meat and bone meal production

• Economic analysis, financial modelling and business plans

• The design of mutton and lamb feedlots including specifications for dimensions, equipment, feed and water storage, services, alarms, controllers, cooling and ventilation systems including construction advice of abattoirs

• Preparation of building and development applications

• Project management of construction

• Advice on feedlot information systems

• Site based management environment plans

• Best practice management of odour, effluent and solid waste materials

• Advice on sustainability, energy management and biogas systems  

   

Farming Management

• Advice of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of all stages of sheep and lamb production

• Advice on developing leading methods for farming sheep and lambs

• Advice regarding facilities and farming equipment

• Assessment of the capability of personnel, farm management and staff

• Advice regarding optimising animal comfort and seasonal strategies

• Advice on improving feed efficiency and farm productivity