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

Table 7 Tolga livestock summary, target (65% livestock, 3,380 ha, assumed mortality rate of 3%)

	Rams	Ewes	Wethers	Hoggets	Ram lambs	Ewe lambs	Lambing rate	Total
Merino	40	1419	0	350	993	993	140%
Terminal	40	1419	0	350	1206	1206	170%
Shedders	40	1703	0	420	1277	1277	150%
Total hd	120	4541	0	1120	3476	3476		12,733
dse	240	8174	0	1344	0	0		9758
DSE/winter grazed ha	0.0	2.35	0.00	0.39	0.00	0.00		2.80

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