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The lambing planner

The lambing planner brings together best practice guidelines in one easy-to-use tool.

The lambing planner is a simple tool that allows you to change a lambing date or a joining date to see the impacts of that on other key times in the reproductive year.

It sets out key management operations that make up the breeding cycle, providing information on ewe and ram nutrition, condition score targets at different stages and reproductive management.

It also features a short best-practice guide for lambing.

The lambing planner app has been made possible by the department’s Sheep Industry Business Innovation project (SIBI), supported by Royalties for Regions.

It is available below in both Android and iOS formats.

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The lambing planner

The lambing planner allows you to change a lambing or joining date to see the impacts of that on other key times in the reproductive year. The calendar displays the current activities and stages of pregnancy or lactation with more detailed information at the click of a button.

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Features

  • Enter a lambing date or a joining date and see the impacts of that on other key times in the reproductive year
  • Dynamic content that calculates other key milestones in the reproductive year based on your entries
  • Provides ewe and ram nutrition information
  • Information on condition score targets for your flock at different stages
  • Information on reproductive management
  • Includes a short best-practice guide for lambing
  • Free to download on Android and iOS
iPhone shell
Lamb planner screenshot

About

This product was a collaborative effort between the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia and the Association for Sheep Husbandry, Excellence, Evaluation, and Production (ASHEEP) Group, Esperance. The lambing planner was originally developed as a paper based tool and is still available from the contacts below, supported by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI).

This app has been made possible by support from Royalties for Regions, a major Western Australian government program. The program is enabling the department to apply its expertise to support the Western Australian agrifood sector build capacity, retain benefits and improve services in regional communities, while expanding opportunities to grow markets, productivity, profitability and people.

ASHEEP is an association of south coast sheep producers concerned about the loss of sheep and sheep management expertise, particularly amongst young farmers more focused on crops. This association aims to evaluate and extend best practice models for sheep production to encourage a continuing profitable role for sheep in the farming system.

For more information about managing ewes and increasing reproduction please visit the managing pregnancy, joining and lambing and lactation pages on this website.

Who we are

This app was developed by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia with the ASHEEP group of Esperance.

A paper-based tool is also available. For a free copy of the paper-based planner, contact Ros at the department's Katanning office on +61 (0)8 9821 3219 or email roslyn.campbell@agric.wa.gov.au.

The lambing planner paper tool is supported by funding from Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).

Contact us

We welcome all comments and suggestions from the reporting community and gratefully acknowledge the input received to date by all.

ASHEEP Group
PO Box 2445
Esperance WA 6450
Facebook Asheep-Esperance

Agriculture and Food
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
444 Albany Hwy, Albany WA 6330
Ph: +61 (0)8 9892 8444
email: albany@agric.wa.gov.au