ATKINSON LIVESTOCK

In 2008 we decided to cease all mulesing. In response to this our lambs did much better and we saw increased growth rates after marking and overall health. We now also use a local anesthetic similar to what dentists use, to provide pain relief to lambs during docking and castrating. Our goal is to treat our animals as best we can in order to get the best return from them... We are always striving to learn more, and find better ways to do things. This has been paramount being a growing farm and not an established generational farm. Everything since the first block was purchased in 1985 has had to be learned from scratch. Even though we are now at a point where the farms are running very well and we are more than comfortable with farming, we will not stop trying to find new ways to improve our methods... We run a self-replacing flock of non-mulesed Merino's, with emphasis on good animal welfare and at the same time caring for the environment. We are growing a minimum 85mm staple length..

Primary location: Crafers Australia