1. Production Technology in Wool Sheep Management Dr Louis du Pisani

3. HOW DID THE MAIZE INDUSTRY ACHIEVE THIS?  Adopted & embraced improved production technology  Improved cultivars (Genetics & Bio-technology)  Precision farming (GPS technology)  Conservation tillage (No-till technology)  New generation fertilizers  New generation irrigation systems  Produce more maize, on less land, at lower cost and with less damage to the environment

4. DID THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY STAY BEHIND IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT? NO

5. IMPROVED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY  NUTRITION (bypass protein, flush feeding, creep feeding, injectable nutrients, precision & strategic feeding, ram feeding, etc.)  REPRODUCTION (artificial insemination or AI, synchronising ovulation, super ovulation, pregnancy testing, testing of rams for fertility & mating ability, preparing rams before mating, lambing pens & paddocks, accelerated breeding schemes, etc.)  ANIMAL HEALTH (Famacha, faecal egg counts, selection against internal parasites, testing for parasite resistance, etc.

6. IMPROVED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY  GRAZING & PASTURES (grazing management, improved pasture cultivars, no-till planting etc.)  BREEDING & SELECTION (ewe selection techniques, “wet&dry”, BLUP, Genomics, progeny testing, etc.)  FLOCK MANAGEMENT (electronic ear tags, automatic scales, computerized management programmes, etc.)  SHEARING (shearing platforms & other shearing facilities, machine shearing, etc.)  RECORD KEEPING & DATA ANALYSIS  PREDATOR MANAGEMENT

7. BUT, THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY IS SLOWER IN ACCEPTING & ADOPTING NEW TECHNOLOGY  WHY?  Not aware of it  Too costly  Too complicated or cumbersome  Not trusted

8. CASE STUDY 1 Tersius Louw - Venterstad 2008 Gross Value of Products100 Direct Costs100 Overhead costs100 Nett Farming Income (/ha)100

9. CASE STUDY 1 Tersius Louw - Venterstad 20082009 Gross Value of Products100123 Direct Costs100188 Overhead costs10096 Nett Farming Income (/ha)100139

10. CASE STUDY 1 Tersius Louw - Venterstad 200820092010 Gross Value of Products100123138 Direct Costs100188267 Overhead costs1009699 Nett Farming Income (/ha)100139154

11. CASE STUDY 1 Tersius Louw - Venterstad 2008200920102011 Gross Value of Products100123138161 Direct Costs100188267273 Overhead costs1009699100 Nett Farming Income (/ha)100139154203

12. CASE STUDY 2 CREEP FEEDING

16. CASE STUDY 3 FLUSHING EWES – GERHARD VERMAAK (STEYTLERVILLE)

17. Adult EwesMaiden Ewes % Pregnant8580 % Fetussus134135

18. CASE STUDY 4 PREDATION MONITOR FARMS

19. IMPROVEMENT IS TO CHANGE TO BE PERFECT IS TO CHANGE OFTEN Winston Churchill INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING OVER & OVER AGAIN AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS Albert Einstein

20. 1) TEAM OF DEDICATED & KNOWLEDGEABLE PRODUCTION ADVISORS 2) ECONOMIC STUDY GROUPS 3) DEMONSTRATION FARMS