Full Name: Predator Control and Livestock Productivity Network
Funding Body: Australian Government, MLA, PIRSA & Livestock SA
Duration: 2024-2026
Project Lead: UNFS
Contact: Rachel Trengove, UNFS
Objective: This three-year initiative lets producers decide what they want to learn through a peer-led, landscape-scale, locally driven approach. The network provides one workshop per year and one trial over the 3-year period in the Upper North.
The network aims to:
- Develop producer-driven capacity and knowledge to improve productivity through programs in:
• predator behaviour and control
• livestock productivity
• other programs identified by the groups
• leadership and business skills - Produce best practice materials & resources
- Run trials to improve predator control and livestock productivity
FOCUS AREAS:
Productivity – Pregnancy scanning, condition scoring, nutrition assessments, and diagnosing and managing livestock diseases
Predator behaviour – Trapping and new technologies
Trials – Predator alerts, eDNA, livestock nutrition, and bait efficacy
Activities in 2024: “Transitioning to Non-Mulesed Sheep Workshop” – Pekina
“Merino Flock Profiling Demonstration”