What makes StockCARE® so good?
It's the only farm business programme designed to balance the needs of the animals with efficient and sustainable farming systems.
And it has been proven to add value to farm businesses
Please note StockCARE® is the new brand for what has been called Sheep for Profit®.
Our research shows that StockCARE® is a programme that suits farmers who want healthy stock performing to their optimum.
StockCARE® can help farmers develop an awareness and understanding of what's going on with the key drivers of their animal production systems. It is based on a disciplined approach to the collection and utilisation of knowledge and information to give farmers more confidence to make changes.
Other farm business improvement tools tend to focus on pastures and/or finances but we focus on the animal performance which is central to the business of farming - the effective conversion of pasture to meat and wool. You can't do that without livestock.
It is not uncommon to hear about recommendations for change based on whatever is in fashion at the time (eg. "get rid of cows and run bulls", "get rid of ewes and run dairy grazers" etc). StockCARE® is entirely focussed on helping you achieve your own goals and objectives by enhancing the well-being of your animals for optimal performance.
StockCARE® is all about finding out what the real issues are and then finding the appropriate solutions.
The only way to get optimal animal performance is to make sure they are well fed and in good health. By optimal we mean helping you achieve what you want to achieve - there are no recipes.
Key success factors include:
- A strong focus on the individual farmer and his/her own business. Information and knowledge are incorporated to assist individual farmers set their own targets and goals and create and implement plans for improvement. On-going involvement in StockCARE® measures the impact of decisions and assists continuous forward planning.
- Knowing what's going on within all the animal production systems so at any time being able to see how changing one system may impact on other systems. This leads to more effective prioritising throughout the year.
- It will only work if you are committed. Doing StockCARE® properly takes extra time and effort - you will get more out than what you put in, as long as you put it in.
- Every farm is linked to a StockCARE® Veterinarian. We think these guys are pretty special vets. They all have a passion for sheep and beef farm business. Who better than experienced vets to help improve animal performance?
- Involvement of agribusiness partners to provide expertise and knowledge and foster the concept of creating business teams.
- Being able to identify and then understand the factors that may be limiting your performance in your business, before solutions are applied.
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