Boosting bottom lines

ADVICE to improve farm profits and productivity were shared by industry experts when Wheelhouse AGnVET opened the doors of its new Bridgewater showroom last week.

Company and industry specialists spoke to more than 20 district primary producers in what new manager Andrew Bodycoat said would be the first in a series of information sessions this year.

Mr Bodycoat was appointed manager at Bridgewater earlier this year to oversee the company’s operations across the Loddon and to Rochester and Charlton.

“If farmers improve productivity and reduce costs, they improve the bottom line,” he said.

“Through our series of presentations, we want to make sure they have the correct advice.

“Wheelhouse is based on value and integrity and now a a part of AGnVET, we continue to be that trusted resource for primary producers,” said Mr Bodycoat who has spent 25 years working in the sheep, beef and dairy industries.

Mr Bodycoat said information sessions this year would be at both the new showroom and onproperty.

“We will work with our staff and the best of the industry to provide sound information and assist in driving profitability across farms,” he said.

During last Wednesday’s session, AGnVET’s Doug Clark spoke on pasture and paddock feed and Andrew Smith provided an insight on the current fertiliser market. Dickson AG’s Tania Lud- ers discussed nutritional requirements of ewes coming into lambing season, explaining graziers must consider pasture status after last October’s floods while Adrian Jackson of Virbac Animal