Setting your ewes up for success.

If you live near Moulamein, Maude, Kyalite or in the Balranald area and are interested in improving the performance of your sheep enterprise then Lifetime Ewe Management (LTEM) is the answer for you.

AWI & RIST’s Lifetime Ewe Management (LTEM) course aims to increase producers’ understanding of the influence of ewe nutrition and management on overall reproduction rates and lamb and ewe survival. Producers develop the skills to manage their ewes to achieve condition score targets and explore the economics of supplementary feeding and pasture management to review stocking rates.

LTEM groups meet six times in the annual sheep calendar during a period of 12 months. The course is very hands-on, being based in the sheep yards, shearing sheds and paddocks of participating woolgrowers, which enables participants to share and learn from one another. For more details visit https://rist.edu.au/lifetime-ewe-management-courses/”

Benefits of LTEM:

Being involved in a Lifetime Ewe Management course gives you the skills and support to make feeding and managing your ewes easier.

How it works:

Working with groups of 5-7 farmers who meet six times in 12 months, your trainer, an experienced sheep consultant, will work with you to:

• Learn how to condition score
• Prepare ewes for joining
• Manage singles and twin-bearing ewes at different stages of their reproductive cycle
• Assess pasture and calculate supplementary feeding rates
• Set up lambing paddocks
• Form weaning strategies to maximise weaner survival
• Set targets for condition score, conception, lamb survival, ewe mortality, lamb growth rate and feed on offer

Workshop Details:

If you would like to set up an AWI & RIST’s Lifetime Ewe Management (LTEM) course in your area call Tanisha on 0499 638 447 or visit the RIST website: https://rist.edu.au/lifetime-ewe-management-courses/”