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Breeding EDGE workshop | Richmond, Queensland
23 Mar 2018 | 08:30 AM
3 days
$1,550 + GST / One person from a business (discounted rate) or $1,250* + GST / Two or more people from one business (discounted rate). *Producers are eligible for a discount of $200 thanks to the generous support of QDAFs GrazingFutures BMP project.
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)
- Vet from Great Artesian Veterinary Surgery
Download the flyer here.
Registration details
Registration:
Contact: Felicity Hamlyn-Hill, Beef Enterprise Advisory Services, M: 0428 113 732 or E: felicityhamlyn-hill@bigpond.com.
Shire Council Chambers, 65 Goldring St, Richmond
