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MLA disaster recovery webinars to kick off tomorrow

Sheep Central March 23, 2020

A SERIES of webinars starting tomorrow has been scheduled for livestock producers, offering practical tips to help rebuild on the back of the recent bushfires, drought, floods and storms.

 

The webinars hosted by Meat & Livestock Australia, Australian Wool Innovation and AWI Sheep Connect NSW form part of a broader response package to support livestock producers during these challenging times.

The hour-long webinars will be held weekly every Tuesday at 1pm (NSW time) for the next 12 weeks and offer resources and support to help those impacted by recent events to get ‘Back to Business’.

Originally scheduled as face-to-face workshops throughout bushfire and drought impacted regions, a revised webinar format is now the best alternative for livestock producers to access to the same expert information and speakers given the current situation with COVID-19.

With information from experts to help build resilient livestock businesses, the webinar series of will provide tools and advice on decision making, rebuilding, and setting business priorities. Information on health and wellbeing and accessing financial and government assistance will also be shared throughout the series and will provide participants with a plan for a resilient, productive and profitable future.

Alastair Rayner

Beef Central genetics contributor and industry consultant Alastair Rayner, from RaynerAg, will lead tomorrow’s first seminar, sharing information on cashflow, and options to consider regarding feedbase and livestock.

“As an advisor I’m always excited about sharing ideas and opportunities that can become a new focus for producers looking to move on from fires and droughts”, Mr Rayner said.

“There are some really neat options that can work, but often they can be overlooked when we are so focussed on immediate operational and day to day tasks. It’s good to see the producers I work with taking some time to reassess and realise there are some exciting directions to pursue,” he said.

“These webinars are really designed to give that opportunity to pause and think about what people really want, what excites them about their business, and then offer some tips on how to make the start towards that,” Mr Rayner said.

Other topics in the series in coming weeks and months will inform producers on livestock nutrition, water access and quality, mental health support services, and accessing financial and government assistance as well as farm infrastructure, pasture recovery, and the redevelopment and rebuilding of your herd or flock.

The twelve webinars are open to all livestock producers, are free of charge and will be held each Tuesday at 1pm.

There is still plenty of time to join tomorrow’s first webinar. Click here to register.

  • 24 March – Cashflow is king – things to consider now and options available – feedbase and livestock
  • 31 March – Accessing support that’s available – financial, personal and business
  • 7 April – Planning for a resilient future – what’s possible? Personal and business direction
  • 14 April – Farm infrastructure – sheds, water, fences and shelter
  • 21 April – Livestock health, welfare and biosecurity during rebuild
  • 28 April – Livestock nutrition and feeding options during rebuild
  • 5 May – Grow more feed – pasture recovery, redevelopment, forage crops and purchasing fodder
  • 12 May – Opportunities to drive livestock operations – enterprise options and genetics
  • 19 May – Making use of short-term business resilience opportunities – cashflow, feed/sell/agist, market scenarios and season forecast
  • 26 May – Building long-term business resilience – budgets, business structure, farm management and succession planning
  • 2 June – Rebuilding your herd or flock – using management and genetics to achieve the best reproduction results
  • 9 June – Maintaining the integrity of Australia’s red meat and wool industries

 

Source: MLA

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