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Jane Kellock discusses the production and business decisions that have shaped their Merino operation in South Australia.

Jane Kellock joins Mark to talk through the production and business decisions that have shaped their Merino operation in South Australia’s Mid North. From running a non-mulesed flock for more than 20 years to building a breeding programme focused on lamb survival, Jane explains how genetics, condition scoring and lessons learned from attending previous LambEx conferences have helped their business through some brutal seasons. Jane also discusses the importance of making strategic decisions be...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Ferguson

Guest: Jane Kellock

Topics covered

• Merino operation
• breeding programme
• lamb survival
• genetics
• business decisions
• LambEx conferences

Keywords

• Merino
• lamb survival
• breeding programme
• genetics
• LambEx
• business decisions
• non-mulesed flock

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Places: South Australia, Mid North

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