High performance of a low input, mixed western Australian farming system: public policy implications from the case of Tolga farm

Table 6 Tolga livestock summary, 2021 (50% livestock, 2,600 ha, assumed morality rate of 3%)

	Rams	Ewes	Wethers	Hoggets	Ram lambs	Ewe lambs	Lambing rate	Total
Merino	32	2405	0	594	660	660	120%
Terminal*	37	0	0	0	1109	1109	170%
Dohne	6	188	0	169	169	169	180%
Shedders	7	220	0	165	165	165	180%
Dry ewes		247	0	0	148	148	120%
Total hd	82	3060	0	928	2252	2252		8574
DSE**	164	5508	0	1114	0	0		6786
DSE/winter grazed ha	0.06	2.12	0.00	0.43	0.00	0.00		2.61

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