Source of lambs to Hamilton saleyards lambs, but also are not really sure of how many stay on the farm of origin to be Unfortunately, while backgrounded or how many are moved direct between farm of origin to there is overall agreement about total another backgrounding farm. numbers back- grounded and fin- ished Estimate of lamb numbers on farm, pre- cise As noted previously, Agriculture Victoria estimate about 3 million lambs are numbers of their source is not known by backgrounded in this region of Victoria. It is the dominant destination of Agriculture Victo- ria lambs backgrounded in Victoria including those bred on the same farm they or stock agents. are backgrounded on. The graphs on this page and page 20 indicate where the lambs are sourced that go to Ballarat, and Hamilton saleyards. The first graph is for Hamilton sale- yards and the second graph is for Ballarat. Pasture types There are a variations in the pasture base and specialist summer crops to back- In northern parts of ground and finish lambs. the High Rainfall Zone pastures will Firstly, in the northern regions of this high rainfall southern zone will have a tend to be based phalaris, but pasture base more dominated by phalaris, sub clover and to a lesser extent Vic- perennial ryegrass and lucerne may feature occasional- ly. Summer fodder crops become rarer. and less to irrigation areas along the Murray River in the north west of the state. There is also a lot of movement of lambs from farm to farm, but Agriculture Victorian are not sure of accurate numbers. Agents tend to agree with the overall estimate of backgrounded
Source of lambs to Hamilton saleyards Unfortunately, while there is overall agreement about total numbers back- grounded and fin- ished on farm, pre- cise numbers of their source is not known by Agriculture Victo- ria or stock agents. In northern parts of the High Rainfall Zone pastures will tend to be based phalaris, but perennial ryegrass and lucerne may feature occasional- ly. Summer fodder crops become rarer. and less to irrigation areas along the Murray River in the north west of the state. There is also a lot of movement of lambs from farm to farm, but Agriculture Victorian are not sure of accurate numbers. Agents tend to agree with the overall estimate of backgrounded lambs, but also are not really sure of how many stay on the farm of origin to be backgrounded or how many are moved direct between farm of origin to another backgrounding farm. Estimate of lamb numbers As noted previously, Agriculture Victoria estimate about 3 million lambs are backgrounded in this region of Victoria. It is the dominant destination of lambs backgrounded in Victoria including those bred on the same farm they are backgrounded on. The graphs on this page and page 20 indicate where the lambs are sourced that go to Ballarat, and Hamilton saleyards. The first graph is for Hamilton sale- yards and the second graph is for Ballarat. Pasture types There are a variations in the pasture base and specialist summer crops to back- ground and finish lambs. Firstly, in the northern regions of this high rainfall southern zone will have a pasture base more dominated by phalaris, sub clover and to a lesser extent Vic-