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Breeding EDGE workshop | Charters Towers, Queensland

Grain-fed Cattle
Grass-fed Cattle
30 Aug 2018 | 08:00 AM
2 days
$1,750 + GST / One person from a business and $1,450 + GST / Two or more people from a business

Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop (30-31 August and 6 September 2018) designed to improve and refine producers breeder herd management and genetic improvement plans.

Participants will be able to develop a breeding herd management plan using genetic and reproductive knowledge and technologies, to achieve desired production targets.

Attending this workshop will help you to:

  • identify where the current breeder herd management program can be improved to reduce reproductive loss
  • measure reproductive performance more accurately
  • identify strategies and management to improve bull selection, retention, management and performance
  • develop, or refine, a practical and achievable management plan for the breeding herd that will lead to higher productivity
  • gain a thorough understanding of genetic improvement for both breeding cattle and turnoff cattle and develop breeding objectives to take your herd in a more profitable direction.

What you will learn:

  • current herd performance – what measures matter most
  • reproduction and reproduction loss
  • managing the breeders - systems
  • bull fertility and management
  • identifying “not so obvious” bull faults that impact reproduction
  • reproductive diseases and diseases impacting reproduction
  • breeder herd management plans
  • genetic improvement of your herd (including breeding objectives)
  • genetic principles and selection tools
  • selection and selection criteria for traits important to you
  • breeds and breeding systems.

Deliverers:

  • Felicity Hamlyn-Hill - Beef Enterprise Advisory Services Pty Ltd
  • Mick Sullivan - QDAF
  • Tim Emery - Tropical Beef Technology Services (TBTS)
  • ACV & BULLCHECK accredited vet

Download flyer here.

Registration details

Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook, electronic files and other materials.

Check with your local catchment group for potential workshop subsidies.

Registration:

To register contact: Felicity Hamlyn-Hill M: 0428 113 732 or E: felicityhamlyn-hill@bigpond.com

QDAF Office, 1-5 Prior St, Charters Towers

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