Join us for an interactive day where you will hear from a local farmer and an independent industry expert about sustainable worm control through purposeful management changes.
Learn how grazing management can help control worms and what to do when liver fluke and barber’s pole undermine your efforts to reduce drench use in ewes.
What you will learn
- Identify good practice in managing sheep productivity in hill country ewes.
- Communicate knowledge and learning in parasite management to a wider audience.
- Managing resistant worms, liver fluke, and Haemonchus.
- Provide clear and actionable insights farmers can go home and implement.
This day will be for all levels of knowledge and will include core internal parasite management principles.
Speakers
- Richard Lee (Vet, farmer, independent advisor) - Richard is a 45 +year veteran production animal vet from Hawkes Bay. As well as this he is a Beef and Lamb New Zealand Livestock Parasite Management Group facilitator , a Better Ram Buying facilitator, a sheep and cattle genetics advisor to commercial farms and studs but even more so- he is a farmer and a farmer’s father! Richard was at the very start of Wormwise and has seen the changes and progress in this programme over time. Nutrition, monitoring, disease proactive management, genetics, practical examples in everyday situations and system change on farm are up for discussion. An informed perspective of change over time- and more -are what he will bring to this discussion….all with no attachment or commercial alignment ie independent. His ‘new’ mantra is that the windscreen is a better view than the rear vision mirror! The future is the key!
- Cyril Brownlee - Cyril farms just south of Wairoa on 1400Ha of predominantly steep hill country. Cyril made a number of significant changes over the last few years that have resulted in better parasite control and a reduction in drench use. Last year he purchased FEKPAK and now does his own faecal egg count testing. Cyril now he has a much better understanding of the parasite challenge his sheep are facing, and how to manage it. Since adopting these changes and monitoring his flock regularly he has reduced worm burdens and drench use, and stock are performing better. You need to come along hear his story!
What to bring
- Please bring a packed lunch, 4WD farm utes required, no ATV or SxS.
Registration
Registration essential.