Agricultural
8 April, 2022
Nutrien Livestock and Agronomy Event
Allora Sports Club was the venue for a livestock and agronomy afternoon hosted by Nutrien Ag Solutions Thursday March 31.
To keep farmers and graziers up to date, Nutrien drew speakers from a wide area of Queensland.
Sarah Halleen, an animal production specialist gave cattle and sheep producers a rundown on the use of feed supplements, emphasising the importance of nutrition for stock.
The Northern Regional Sales Manager for Datamars Livestock, Rob Doro, gave an update on the range of products currently available from the global company.
Mr Doro explained how harnessing data would help enable primary prodcers to make more sense of what they do and often enable them to find better ways to do it.
One of the products that garnered the attention of those in attendance was a remote walk over weighing system for cattle.
These units are based on cattle crossing scales as they enter a fenced area to seek water, with the weight able to be monitored remotely from the farm office or homestead.
On the crop front, Hugh Reardon-Smith from Nutrien Ag Solutions at Pittsworth addressed current issues as a result of recent climatic conditions and the world scene.
Mr Reardon-Smith said sunflower prices could be expected to increase massively as a result of crops in Ukraine being decimated.
He also pointed out how important soil testing would be with the soaring price of fertiliser at present.
The afternoon also included Nutrien finance team member Alex Morison who outlined options for funding which supplemented bank finance.
Nutrien’s National Animal Health Training Manager David Homer discussed drenches and vaccines.
Mr Homer provided some eye-opening figures on drench resistance and suggested that a combination of drenches would assist their effect-iveness.
