“If it can move, it can carry diseases, pests and weeds.” * Last week we met with Tristan Jubb, a Bendigo based vet, who also specialises in biosecurity issues, working in export marketing and with national livestock bodies. When you think of ‘biosecurity’ do you think of apples and New Zealand, or frozen berries andContinue reading “Safe and Secure”
Tag Archives: animal health
Managing Mastitis
We get many queries from farmers and cheese-lovers alike about animal health. How do we manage specific issues? What are our treatments and protocols? How do organic farms differ from conventional ones? We will cover a few of these questions through these blog posts and have created a page dedicated to animal health on our websiteContinue reading “Managing Mastitis”
Healthy Soils, Healthy Goats
We had a visit from Peter Norwood the other week. Peter is a farm consultant from Maffra and a specialist in animal nutrition. Peter had been visiting central Victoria speaking to Landcare members and farmers about soil health and links with plant and animal/human health. Peter advocates the Albrecht approach to soil health, which isContinue reading “Healthy Soils, Healthy Goats”