Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine livestock condition and nutritional requirements
- Livestock condition is monitored and reported according to industry standards and enterprise requirements.
- Livestock production status is identified according to enterprise requirements.
- Livestock nutritional requirements and the nutritional value of feedstuffs are sourced from the feeding plan.
- Feeding plan is referred for adjustment in response to the monitoring of livestock condition and pasture growth.
- Animals that are in atypical condition, injured or diseased, are reported or separated.
- Assess pasture feed
- Quantity and quality of available pasture is assessed.
- Grazing management is implemented and monitored to ensure the sustainable stocking capacity of pasture.
- Grazing behaviour of livestock is monitored and shy or problem feeders identified.
- Livestock feeding methods and level of supplementary feeding is determined, according to the feeding plan.
- Manage the feeding of livestock
- Livestock are grazed on pasture according to the guidelines described in the feeding plan.
- Required supplementary feed is obtained according to the guidelines described in the feeding plan.
- Supplementary feed is provided to livestock in the manner, and at the times described in the feeding plan.
- Indications of any negative environmental impacts are identified and assessed, and amendments are made to the feeding method as required
- Condition and liveweight response to feeding is monitored and reported for review of the feeding plan.