Electronic identification improves data accuracy and flock productivity
Clayton South and his partner Polly runs a mixed cropping and livestock farm 30 kilometers east of Wagin.
The property is 4000 hectares, with 65% to 70% dedicated to cropping, and the remainder to livestock. Implementing Electronic Identification (EID) for the mating of six and a half thousand adult ewes annually, as well as a thousand ewe lambs, means the South’s have the ability to find out which animals are performing best by recording weight and growth rate while still continuing with normal husbandry operations.
From the South’s investment of $34 500 they were getting a return of about ninety two thousand dollars over 10 years, with a payback period of six years.
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