Feedlotting for farm business success at Piangil

22 December 2025

Mixed farmers are invited to an upcoming workshop series hosted by Agriculture Victoria in Piangil, starting February 2026.

Agriculture Victoria Mixed Farming Development Officer, Roger Harrower said the workshops with Elders Senior Livestock Production Advisor Rob Inglis, would be ideal for any farmer contemplating setting up or restarting a sheep feedlot to improve their management of seasonal, market and business conditions.

‘We’re kicking off this series focusing on the practicalities of designing and building a feedlot and what makes it profitable,’ Mr Harrower said.

‘Farmers will explore why feedlotting sheep might suit their business, key regulations, infrastructure options, feed storage, delivery and cost.

‘The following workshops will dive deeper into specifics; workshop 2 will focus on feedlot nutrition, while workshop 3 will cover animal welfare, marketing options and strategies to scale operations in line with seasonal and business resilience considerations,’ he said.

All workshops will be held at Piangil Community Centre, 8 Beveridge Street, Piangil:

Workshop 1–Designing and building a profitable feedlot

11 February 2026 from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm

Workshop 2–Feeding and nutrition feedlot workshop

March 2026, details to follow

Workshop 3–Beyond the feedlot: welfare, markets and integration

June 2026, details to follow.

Interested farmers are encouraged  to register for all 3 workshops at www.trybooking.com/DFOTE or contact Roger directly on 0407 729 024, roger.harrower@agriculture.vic.gov.au.

Find more information about available drought support at www.agriculture.vic.gov.au/drought or call 136 186.

Media contact: Tessa Butler