Breeding EDGE workshop | Katherine, NT

Please note, due to insufficient registrations this event has been cancelled. For more information please contact info@mla.com.au 

Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop 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:

• evaluate and improve your existing breeding herd management program for reproduction and genetic improvement
• understand the importance of measures of reproductive performance
• identify strategies and management to improve breeding herd performance
• develop a management plan that incorporates practical, achievable strategies and a management program to meet your desired objective(s)
• develop systems for evaluating the success of your strategies.

What you will learn:

• reproduction and current herd performance
• female reproduction
• managing the breeders - systems
• bull fertility and management
• reproductive diseases and diseases that impact reproduction
• breeder herd management plan
• genetic improvement of your herd (including breeding objectives)
• traits of economic importance for your herd
• genetic principles and selection tools
• selection and selection criteria
• breeds and breeding systems.

Deliverers:

• Felicity Hamlyn-Hill Beef Enterprise Advisory Services Pty Ltd
• Tim Emery - Tropical Beef Technology Services (TBTS)
• Whitney Dollemore - NT Department of Primary Industry and Resources

Download the flyer here.