• Nutritional Requirements of Livestock

• Wet Season Supplementation

• Dry Season Supplementation

• Weaning

Supplementary feeding aims to correct nutrient imbalances present in the available pasture, by increasing intake and/or improving utilization of available paddock feed. With any livestock innovations, the entire farm management strategy revolves around great seasonal variations in pasture production which, depending on location and time of year, can be low in both protein and digestibility.

The aim of most beef cattle and sheep producers is to generate the maximum return from available grass. In order to achieve this, supplementation is a necessary key management strategy