Bestprac is a continuous improvement program for arid zone rangeland wool, sheep meat and cattle producers.
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Western Grazing Group Profile
Location:
Wilcannia and White Cliffs
Years in Bestprac:
3 years
Facilitator:
Trudie Atkinson, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Benefits of Bestprac:
- Changing practices to be more profitable
- Learning new things
- Gaining new ideas
- Meet and talk with other producers about how they run their business.
- Get away for a few days and have a look at what other producers in different parts of Australia are doing.
- Analyse your own business, compare it to others and try to improve it.
Future direction of Group?
Keep working together as a group focusing on:
- Ram selection (including visiting some studs)
- Putting in water monitoring technologyImproving lambing percentages.
Meet a couple of times a year have a look at something new and talk about it over a few beers.
“Others should be involved in Bestprac because…
- It gives you a broader look on what new things you can try and what is practical, which may work in with your program
- Of the things you learn, the places you go and the friends you meet."