Breeding EDGE workshop| Murgon
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.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- identify where the current breeder herd management program can be improved to reduce reproductive loss
- measure reproductive performance more accurately
- identify strategies and management to improve bull selection, retention, management and performance
- develop, or refine, a practical and achievable management plan for the breeding herd that will lead to higher productivity
- gain a thorough understanding of genetic improvement for both breeding cattle and turnoff cattle and develop breeding objectives to take your herd in a more profitable direction.
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
Presenters: Tim Emery & Jane Evans (Department of Primary Industries), Désirée Jackson (Désirée Jackson Livestock Management) and ACV/ BULLCHECK™ accredited Vet (TBC)
Registration details
Cost includes comprehensive set of Workshop Notes, Workbook, electronic files, other materials and catering. * As part of the Building Resilience in the Southern Burnett Catchment project, BCCA is offering a $300 reimbursement for primary producers of the South Burnett catchment to attend the workshop.
