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  • 1 - Setting Directions
      • 1 - Assess the current position of the business.
      • 2 - Establish business goals and objectives
      • 3 - Evaluate and choose the best options for improvement
      • 4 - Document the plan
      • 5 - Implement the plan, monitor progress and review.
      • Module 1 Tools
      • Module 1 Tools
      • 1.01 - Property data questionnaire
      • 1.02 - CoP calculator
      • 1.03 - Diagnosing problems
      • 1.04 - Industry benchmarks
      • 1.05 - Pastoral business risk assessment template
      • 1.06 - Drought management decision points.
      • 1.07 - Simple goal setting
      • 1.08 - Preparing business plans
      • 1.09 - SWOT analysis
      • 1.10 - One page planning
      • 1.11 - Partial budget template
      • 1.12 - Business plan basics
      • 1.13 - Overall business management system
  • 2 - Managing your feedbase
      • 1 - Understand long term weather, climate data and pasture growth.
      • 2 - Understand livestock nutritional requirements
      • 3 - Understand nutritional properties of major arid zone pasture plants
      • 4 - Determine carrying capacity and stocking rate
      • Module 2 Tools
      • Module 2 Tools
      • 2.01 - Establishing patterns and variability of rainfall
      • 2.02 - Plant species sampling information sheet
      • 2.03 - Estimating carrying capacity
      • 2.04 - Calculating DSE days
      • 2.05 - Stocking rate planning sheet
      • 2.06 - Comparing feed on offer to stocking rate
      • 2.07 - Calculating the number of stock for each paddock
  • 3 - Managing your natural resources
      • 1 - Understanding your natural resources.
      • 2 - Mapping and describing your natural resources
      • 3 - Monitoring your natural resources and land condition
      • Module 3 Tools
      • Module 3 Tools
      • 3.01 - Photo standard example
      • 3.02 - Establishing a new photo point
  • 4 - Cattle Genetics
      • 1 - Use a selection index based on a balanced breeding objective
      • 2 - Select a profitable breed or crossbreeding system to achieve genetic progress
      • 3 - Buy the right bulls (or semen) to maximise progress toward enterprise profit while preventing inbreeding.
      • 4 - Modify trait emphasis in line with individual requirements
      • 5 - Implement sound culling, management and marketing policies that complement the genetic improvement programs
      • Module 4 Tools
      • Module 4 Tools
      • 4.01 - BreedObject software
      • 4.02 - A practical approach to breeding
      • 4.03: Considering different breeds
      • 4.04 - BREEDPLAN support
      • 4.05 - Bull earning capacity calculator
  • 5 - Maximising Weaner Throughput
      • 1 - Maximise the number of live calves per breeding female
      • 2 - Wean as early as possible, without compromising overall calf growth rate
      • 3 - Implement a female culling and replacement policy to maintain best herd active.
      • Module 5 Tools
      • Module 5 Tools
      • 5.01 - Maximising weaner throughput
      • 5.02 - Evaluating and reporting bull fertility
      • 5.03 - Calving histogram calculator
  • 6 - Heard Health & Welfare
      • 1 - Choose the appropriate disease and disorder prevention management practice, corrective treatment or a combination
      • 2 - Determine the risk and vaccinate to prevent specific diseases
      • 3 - Watch for sporadic diseases and disorders
      • 4 - Adopt biosecurity strategies to prevent the introduction of infectious diseases
      • 5 - Manage the welfare of your cattle herd
      • Module 6 Tools
      • Module 6 Tools
      • 6.01 - Diagnostic tool to detect diseases controlled by vaccination
      • 6.02 - Disease information sources
      • 6.03 - Tools to identify toxic plants and noxious weeds.
      • 6.04 - Infectious disease risk assessment protocols.
      • 6.05 - Diagnostic tools to assess infectious disease status
      • 6.06 - On property animal welfare compliance checklist
      • 6.07 - Summary of information sources
      • 6.08 - NLIS state authorities
  • 7 - Meeting market specifications
      • 1 - Know your market specifications
      • 2 - Manage the nutrition, health and welfare of sale animals to meet target market specifications on time
      • 3 - Manage cattle before sale and during mustering and transport to achieve best carcass dressing percentage and avoid downgraded meat and carcasses
      • 4 - Evaluate market opportunities
      • Module 7 Tools
      • Module 7 Tools
      • 7.01 - Liveweight and fat score ranges
      • 7.02 - BeefSpecs
      • 7.03 - Hormone growth promotants
      • 7.04 - Selling options
      • 7.05 - Obtaining market information
      • 7.06 - Additional information sources
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  • 5 - Maximising Weaner Throughput
  • Module 5 Tools
  • 1 - Maximise the number of live calves per breeding female
  • 2 - Wean as early as possible, without compromising overall calf growth rate
  • 3 - Implement a female culling and replacement policy to maintain best herd active.
  • Module 5 Tools
    • 5.01 - Maximising weaner throughput
    • 5.02 - Evaluating and reporting bull fertility
    • 5.03 - Calving histogram calculator
  • 5.01 - Maximising weaner throughput
  • 5.02 - Evaluating and reporting bull fertility
  • 5.03 - Calving histogram calculator

Module 5 Tools

Then tools that you can use for maximising weaner throughput for your farming business will be outlined briefly on this page. It will be explained in more detail if you click on the tool you feel is most relevent to your situation on the left hand corner of the page under the heading tools. 

Tool 5.01: Maximising weaner throughput.

Tool 5.02: Evaluating and reporting bull fertility.

Tool 5.03: Calving histogram calculator.

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  • Rainfall to pasture growth outlook tool
  • Beef Cost of Production
  • Calving Histogram Calculator
  • Stocking Rate Calculator
  • Feed Demand Calculator

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