The 2018 lambing season ended with 143% lambs marked. This result is similar to our experience over the last three years. Our emphasis is on providing ewes with optimum nutrition and lambs with wind chill protection using bulky perennial pastures.
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By working with nature farm productivity is rewarded with optimum lamb and ewe welfare, optimum lambing percentage, and optimum pasture growth to support ewe milk production and lamb growth rate. Applying some simple pasture management techniques supports natural sheep reproduction cycles, pasture growth and paddock ecosystem functions.
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On Moffitts Farm near Romsey, Victoria a ram joining management program is reducing the lambing period to about three weeks. Coupled with attention to high pasture herbage levels in lambing paddocks for avoiding bad wind chill impacts and ensuring high levels of ewe nutrition, lamb marking percentage is keeping above 130% .
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Moffitts Farm Wiltipoll sheep meat has won a silver medal in the 2015 Royal Melbourne Fine Food Awards.
Read moreThis year Moffitts Farm lambed down its first flock of hogget ewes. Results have been excellent.
Read morePhotos of 5 to 7 days old lambs on a frosty morning in September 2014 demonstrate just how comfortable our system is for the livestock.
Read moreThe 178% lamb marking achieved this spring highlights the important connection between high year round pasture mass and livestock nutrition, ewe fecundity, ewe health, lamb birth weight and lamb welfare.
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At Moffitts Farm we are trialing collars as a more welfare orientated and long-term solution to breeding ewe identification.
Read moreThe ultimate no stress lawn mower sheep are suitable for larger yards, lane ways and storage areas such as wood and equipment yards.
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Moffitts Farm livestock enterprises are maintained to utilise the prolific, year-round-green perennial pastures which are the principle focus of holistic grazing management.
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On Moffitts Farm holistic grazing management was introduced in 2000. It followed a six year period trialing high fertiliser input and high pasture utilization management under the Triple P program.
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