Breeding EDGE workshop | Katherine, NT

Location: Katherine Research Station, Stuart Highway

Cost: $1,750 plus GST / One person from a business or $1,450* plus GST / Two or more people from one business or Corporate rate plus GST/ 5 or more participants from the one business.

Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning and afternoon tea each day.

Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to assist producers improve and refine their 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
• Whitney Dollemore - NT Dept. of Primary Industry and Resources
• Tim Emery - Tropical Beef Technology Services

Download the flyer here.