Grazing Fundamentals EDGE | Roma, Queensland

This is a one-day workshop designed to give you a broad understanding of the components of the grazing production systems and the core, scientifically-backed principles behind optimising grazing land productivity.

 What you will learn:

• environmental regulators of pasture growth and quality
• local seasonal pasture growth patterns and key decision dates
• how soil properties influence pasture growth
• how grazing affects pasture plants, their productivity and growth
• how to assess land condition and how this impacts on carrying capacity
• know when and how to use pasture spelling
• principles behind successful grazing systems
• how to account for different classes of animals when assessing grazing pressure
• what’s involved with forage budgeting.

Attending this workshop will help you to:

• understand what conditions drive pasture growth and how you can use strategic grazing management to improve pasture productivity
• evaluate the productive potential of your property and identify opportunities for improvement
• better align herd management with seasonal changes in pasture condition.

Cost:

$450pp* + GST for 1 person from a business, $500* + GST for 2 people from the same business. Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning/afternoon tea.

* Price discounted by $300 thanks to the generous support of $200 from GrazingFutures BMP project, an initiative of the Queensland Government and $100 from Queensland Murray-Darling Committee through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.

Deliverers: 

Col Paton – EcoRich Grazing, Jill Alexander – Applied Ag, Rhonda Toms-Morgan – ConnectAg.

Download the flyer here.