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Grazing fundamentals EDGE Mundubbera

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Date: Tuesday 20 March 2018
Time:
8:30am-4:00pm AEST
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Venue Billabong Motor Inn
47 Strathdee Street
Mundubbera, Qld 4626 Australia
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Grazing fundamentals EDGE is a one-day workshop designed to give you a broad understanding of the components of the grazing production system and the core, scientifically-backed principles behind optimising grazing land productivity.

What you will learn:

  • environmental regulators of pasture growth and quality
  • local seasonal pasture growth patterns and key decision dates
  • how soil properties influence pasture growth
  • how grazing affects pasture plants, their productivity and growth
  • how to assess land condition and how this impacts on carrying capacity
  • when and how to use pasture spelling
  • principles behind successful grazing systems
  • how to account for different classes of animals when assessing grazing pressure
  • what’s involved with forage budgeting

Deliverers:

  • Jill Alexander, Applied Ag
  • Col Paton, EcoRich Grazing

Price:

$150pp + GST (subsidised – normally $750pp + GST).

This workshop is supported by the Burnett Mary Regional Group through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme.

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

Places are limited.

Download a copy of the Grazing fundamentals EDGE workshop flyer (PDF, 713 KB).