A combination of false rain fronts predicted, lower pasture growth rates through autumn and winter and possibly 'decision fatigue', has industry professionals urging producers to be vigilant with their animal management coming into spring.

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Although paddocks may be greener in the south after a tough winter, the toll of the harsher conditions through winter has left body condition scores lower than optimal levels, with prolonged anestrous periods in cattle and lower marking percentages in lambs.

Farm Production Advisor, Jock Munro, and veterinarian Tom Graham, Coolac Vet Services, said that alt

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