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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine nutritional requirements for livestock
   • Determine nutritional value of pasture and feedstuffs
   • Identify and assess livestock production status according to enterprise requirements
   • Determine essential requirements for livestock nutrition according to assessed livestock condition
2. Assess pasture feed
   • Determine grazing management strategy to ensure the sustainable stocking capacity of pasture
   • Monitor pasture for quantity and quality to ensure continual and consistent supply of nutrients to livestock
   • Monitor and assess pasture intake according to identified nutritional requirements of livestock
3. Determine supplementary feeding program
   • Determine economic basis to supplementary feeding according to enterprise requirements
   • Identify and determine types of supplementary feed for all classes of livestock
   • Determine supplementary feeding program to fill the pasture shortfall for predicted pasture growth
4. Develop livestock feeding plan
   • Develop and review feeding plan to ensure it remains responsive to changing conditions
   • Identify and carry out suitable feed conservation methods or fodder sources in preparation for abnormal conditions
   • Select a system of feeding that supplies the appropriate amount of feed to the herd/flock to meet condition and growth needs, and that meets production requirements of the business
   • Prepare a feed budget according to the selected system of feeding
   • Document data for continual assessment and effective management planning

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

research predicted seasonal pasture production for the area

estimate the feed value of a standing pasture at different times of the year

calculate the feed demand for different types of livestock and production phases

match feed supply and demand

assess feeding plan alternatives

develop and document a feeding plan

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

nutritional and daily energy requirements of livestock

water quality and livestock tolerances

nutritional value of different feedstuffs

assessment procedures to ascertain livestock condition

methods of assessing pastures quality and quantity

pasture livestock carrying capacity

supplementary feeding strategies

change in nutritional requirements during late pregnancy and lactation

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