ASHEEP AGM and Conference | Esperance, WA

MLA invites you to this Asheep Annual General Meeting (AGM) and conference. ASHEEP is the association for sheep husbandry, excellence, evaluation and production.

Program:

• 8:30am AGM
• 9:30am Magnesium’s effect on dark cutting and animal temperament– The Local data Peter Gale, Landmark Brindley and Gale
• 9:50am WA Farmers Federation Update– Matt Hill, Zone President
• 10:00am Foot and Mouth Disease– the English Experience Erica Ayers, local producer and vet. ASHEEP FMD Readiness Pilot Project Bob Reed, Local producer and ASHEEP committee member

10:40am Morning Tea

• 11:00am Magnesium, the why and how of supplementation and how to get the most out of crop grazing– Kate Louden, Murdoch University
• 11:40am Lamb Survival Initiative Results- what about wind chill? And the latest local findings in sheep management and nutrition. Ed Riggall, Agpro Management

12:40pm Lunch

• 1:15pm Elanco Update– David Howey, Elanco
• 1:30pm Wether trials and flock DNA profiling– How does Esperance stack up and what do we do with the data? Caris Jones, MLA
• 2:30pm Guest Producer Case Study– Wayne Pech, Gnowangerup

3:30pm Afternoon break

• 3:40pm Oestrogenic Medics and clovers and their impact on animal performance– Kevin Foster, UWA
• 4:00pm Red Clover Update– Paul Sanford, DPIRD
• 4:45pm Question panel and refreshments sponsored by Elanco

Download the flyer here.