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Breeding EDGE workshop | Clermont, QLD

Grain-fed Cattle
Grass-fed Cattle
Sheep
Goat
Lamb
05 Dec 2022 | 08:00 AM
3 days
$1,750* + GST for the 1st person from one business; $1,450* + GST for the 2nd and 3rd person from same business. Corporate rate + GST available for 5 or more participants from the one business. Cost includes comprehensive set of Workshop Notes, Workbook, electronic files, other materials and all catering.

*Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. subsidies are available for Fitzroy landholders to cover training costs. Contact FBAs Vicki Horstman on M: 0419 160 537 to enquire if you are eligible. If you are eligible for a subsidy, this support is provided by the Australian Government’s Reef Trust through the Fitzroy Basin Association

Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to assist producers improve and refine their breeder herd management and genetic improvement plans using genetic and reproductive knowledge and technologies, to achieve desired production targets.

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 your breeds and breeding systems.

 

Clermont, QLD
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