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Presentation at WCCA5 2011 by Rob Egerton-Warburton
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Integrated livestock Cropping
Systems
Three Questions
• What is mixed farming• Is it important• If it is, what is the right
system.
Crop –Pasture Rotations
External Crop Livestock
Winter Stocker Operation
$Risk •What is the right System?
•Seeded 25 April•Grazing till 10 August•Lamb growth 320grams per day
• June 25th
• 350 ewes and lambs 15 days• 14 ha
•1.24 T/Ha •1.26 T/Ha
•Lucerne Over seeded with canola
• "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages."
•Adam Smith
Corn = Energy
Diversity decreases risk but increases
opportunity
Thank you
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