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Nutrition EDGE workshop | Walgett, NSW


15 Aug 2017 | 08:30 AM
3 days
Please note: this event has been cancelled.
The Nutrition EDGE package is tailored for your conditions and enterprise management. It is designed to equip you to make decisions that ultimately help to achieve your herd performance targets through improved breeder fertility, weight gains, optimal use of supplements and overall management.
What you will learn:
- Digestive system of ruminants and use of nutrients, intake and production
- Pasture growth and quality, and indicators and factors that affect them
- Grazing management and animal production
- Managing supply of nutrients from the pasture to grazing animals
- Identifying mineral and vitamin deficiencies and how to manage for them
- Managing nutritional deficiencies
- Cost calculations between supplements
- Identifying lick groups and understanding lick labels
Deliverer: Désirée Jackson, Désirée Jackson Livestock Management
Registration details
Cost:
$1040 plus GST per person
Places are limited to 15!
Suitable for both beef and sheep breeding operations
To register and for more information:
Register online here or download registration form here. RSVP by 7 August.
Contact Sally Balmain for more information, M: 0428 280 809 E: sally.balmain@lls.nsw.gov.au
Leonard Pavilion, Walgett Showground, Walgett NSW