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Nutrition EDGE Workshop | Innisfail, Qld
26 Sep 2023 08:30AM - 28 Sep 2023 05:00PM
Grain-fed Cattle
Grass-fed Cattle
Sheep
Goat
Lamb
Location: Innisfail, Qld
Cost:
$1,950* + GST / first person from one business; $1,650* + GST / second and third person from same business (primary producers only. Cost includes a comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning and afternoon tea each day.
Nutrition EDGE is a three-day workshop and practical session covering all
aspects of animal nutrition. Participants will be able to make better decisions to achieve their herd performance targets through improved breeder fertility, weight gains, reduced mortality, optimal use of supplements and overall management.
Presenter: Désirée Jackson, Désirée Jackson Livestock Management
What you will learn:
- importance of nutrition
- how to get your bottom line to benefit
- digestion and nutrients
- pasture intake, quality and diet quality
- pasture growth, intake and forage budgeting
- calculating a forage budget
- mineral nutrition
- diagnosing deficiencies
- supplementation and other tools
- supplement groups
- reading a label
- practical nutrition management
- defining production targets
Event flyer
