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4 SEASON COMPANY – How Jason Strong achieved a three-fold productivity increase
Simple steps: how Jason Strong achieved a three-fold productivity increase Maximising the value of available pasture hasdriven a remarkable three-fold increase inproductivity for high profile beef industryidentity Jason Strong. Delivered by a shift to rotational...
4 Season Company donating to Give-A-Hand Campaign
4 Season Company is proud to join forces with Farmcraft in their Give-A-Hand initiative, working together to support rural communities devastated by the recent QLD floods.
ADVANCED LIVESTOCK FEED SUPPLEMENTS TO REDUCE AUSTRALIA’S EMISSIONS
ADVANCED LIVESTOCK FEED SUPPLEMENTS TO REDUCE AUSTRALIA'S EMISSIONS HIGH tech livestock feed supplements will be one of the key drivers of a comprehensive strategy to reduce Australia's emissions by 2050. Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor said advanced livestock...
ASEAN-Australia Special Summit: AgCoTech executive chairman Charles ‘Chick’ Olsson has been appointed as a ASEAN Business Champion to Laos.
On 4-6 March 2024, the Hon Anthony Albanese, MP, Prime Minister of Australia hosted leaders of ASEAN and Timor-Leste for the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit to celebrate 50 years of partnership with the Association of...
Australian businesses challenged to become better invested across Asia
Australian business leader Charles 'Chick' Olsson has thrown out the challenge for more Australian businesses to get involved with their nearby Asian neighbours. Mr Olsson, who was recently reappointed by Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong as Asutralia's Business...
BEWARE PITFALLS IF YOU JOIN YOUR MERINO EWE LAMBS
BEWARE PITFALLS IF YOU JOIN YOUR MERINO EWE LAMBS Interest in joining Merino ewe lambs is running high but leading senior sheep consultants warn of serious consequences if some major boxes aren't ticked. Producers are looking at ways to increase sheep numbers to...
Busting poverty, climate is all in day’s work for this aussie champion
Australian agricultural identity Charles 'Chick' Olsson has been recognised for his ongoing efforts in reducing poverty and helping to manage climate in South East Asia, being awarded a prestigious Medal of Labour by the Laotion Government. Download here to read...
Could sulphur be a secret weapon in fighting flystrike in Merino flocks?
Supplementing sheep’s diets with sulphur could have spin-off benefits in helping suppress flystrike, according to early work being done by an animal nutrition company.
Early 4 Season update, Thailand
Josh and Daniel at Austrade convention in Thailand, promoting new cattle supplements to local farmers We are pleased to see our Australian Government (Austrade) supporting 4 Seasons push into the Thai beef cattle market. Daniel and Josh Olsson were warmly welcomed and...
Four Season: First to Become Carbon Neutral
Four Season Company has become the first Australian stock feed manufacturer to become carbon neutral. Owned by the Olsson family, the Four Season Company had been researching and manufacturing animal health and nutrition products for livestock for almost 30 years for...
GATES FOUNDATION: LIVESTOCK CAN END POVERTY
GATES FOUNDATION: LIVESTOCK CAN END POVERTY LIVESTOCK hold massive potential for lifting entire populations out of poverty but genetics, health and feed remain major barriers to achieving meaningful change to animal production systems in developing countries. Alfred...
Grower chases new way to promote wool’s sustainability credentials
A NSW woolgrower is thinking outside the square on how to attract sustainability premiums by having his wool certified as carbon neutral. Chick Olsson from Four Seasons Farm, Kinglake, said he had made the decision to prove the carbon neutrality of his wool to add...
High-Quality Molasses Blocks for Enhancing Productivity and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Addressing Climate Change: Enhancing Productivity and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cattle and Buffalo Below is the Simple Summary featured in: Provision of High-Quality Molasses Blocks to Improve Productivity and Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions from...
HOW BEEF CATTLE ARE HELPING LIFT LAOS WOMEN OUT OF POVERTY
HOW BEEF CATTLE ARE HELPING LIFT LAOS WOMEN OUT OF POVERTY IMPROVING the health and nutrition of the South East Asian cattle herd is playing a direct role in lifting women out of poverty. Work being carried in the Luang Prabang region of northern Laos is showing that...
How innovative supplements are helping livestock beat buffalo fly, heat
Innovative nutritional supplements incorporating natural additives, including garlic and beetroot extracts, are proving an extremely effective tool for managing livestock.
Increases in extreme heat stress in domesticated livestock species during the twenty-first century
Anthropogenic climate change is expected to have major impacts on domesticated livestock, including increased heat stress in animals in both intensive and extensive livestock systems. We estimate the changes in the number of extreme heat stress days per year for...
LAMB DEATHS UNDERSTOOD AFTER POST MORTEM
LAMB DEATHS UNDERSTOOD AFTER POST MORTEM Reducing the incidence of lamb deaths is the aim of every sheep producer. With prime lamb prices at record levels and demand for all types of sheep nearly inexhaustible, reducing lamb deaths by even 10 per cent will have a...
LAMB DEATHS UNDERSTOOD AFTER POST MORTEM
Reducing the incidence of lamb deaths is the aim of every sheep producer. With prime lamb prices at record levels and demand for all types of sheep nearly inexhaustible, reducing lamb deaths by even 10 per cent will have a significant impact on the bottom line for...
Letter from Senator the Hon Penny Wong
MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR PREGNANT EWES
MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR PREGNANT EWES A project funded by AWI is looking at whether more widespread supplementing of lambing ewes’ diets with calcium and ...
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