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Nutrition EDGE Workshop | Rockhampton
10 Nov 2020 09:30AM - 12 Nov 2020 06:00PM
Location: Rockhampton, Queensland
Location: Rockhampton, QLD (plus paddock exercises).
Cost: $1,750 + GST / 1st person from one business. $1,450 + GST / 2nd person from the same business or additional persons from a business. Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and all catering.
Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. may have subsidies available for landholders in the Fitzroy to attend training. Please get in contact with FBAs Reece Brooks on 0447 992 800 or reece.brooks@fba.org.au to assess eligibility
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.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- better understand the nutritional requirements of your cattle and sheep
- estimate the feed value of pasture and animal production
- know what supplements to feed
- understand a feed label
- save money on supplementary and drought feeding
- make better management decisions for a range of seasonal conditions
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.