Sheep - Drought information
Management
- Agistment of livestock during a dry season
- Drought management plan for sheep
- Drought lotting sheep during a dry season
Maintain stock on hand without causing unnecessary degradation to the environment. - Lot feeding Merino lambs during a drought
Feeding during a dry season
- Vitamin requirements of sheep and cattle during a dry season
- Producing, storing, feeding and improving native pasture hay
- Feeding mulga to sheep in south-west Queensland
During drought mulga can be a source of fodder for sheep when lopped or pulled. This page discusses important factors to consider before feeding mulga. - Cyanide (prussic acid) and nitrates in sorghum crops - Risk management
Both Cyanide (Prussic acid) and Nitrates can be present in various amounts in many grain and forage sorghum crops suffering under hot, dry conditions.
Supplementary feeding
- Points to consider before beginning a supplementary feeding program
- Supplementary feeding of sheep using cottonseed
- Supplementary feeding using the Toorak urea block
- Supplementary feeding when protein levels in pastures are low
- Dry lick supplementation for sheep on mulga
- Feeding grain to sheep during a dry season
See also animal welfare