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Grain-fed Cattle
Grass-fed Cattle
Sheep
Goat
Lamb
Breeding EDGE | Hughenden, Qld
28 Feb 2024 08:00AM - 01 Mar 2024 05:00PM
Grain-fed Cattle
Grass-fed Cattle
Sheep
Goat
Lamb
Location: Hughenden, QLD
Cost:
$1,950 + GST / 1st person from one business.
$1,650 + GST / 2nd and 3rd person from same business (producers only).
Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook, electronic files, other materials and catering.
Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to assist producers in improving and refining their breeder herd management and genetic improvement plans using genetic and reproductive knowledge and technologies, to achieve desired production targets.
Presenters:
- Felicity Hamlyn-Hill – Beef Enterprise Advisory Services Pty Ltd
- Tim Emery – Department of Agriculture & Fisheries QLD
- Dr Libby Harriman – ACV & BULLCHECK accredited vet (Great Artesian Veterinary Surgery).
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.
Event flyer
491 kb, PDF
