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Nutrition EDGE workshop | Mt Isa
24 Aug 2022 08:30AM - 26 Aug 2022 05:00PM
Grain-fed Cattle
Grass-fed Cattle
Sheep
Goat
Lamb
Location: Mt Isa, QLD (plus paddock exercises)
Cost:
$1,750 + GST / 1st person from one business or $1,450 + GST / 2nd person from the same business or additional persons from a business.
Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning/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
• calculating viability of options.
Event flyer
