Grazing fundamentals EDGE — Roma

Grazing fundamentals EDGE is a 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.

Attending this workshop will help you to:

• understand what conditions drive pasture growth and how you can use strategic grazing management to improve pasture productivity
• evaluate the productive potential of a property and identify opportunities for improvement
• better align herd management with seasonal changes in pasture condition
• build a seasonal climate profile for your location
• understand key considerations when designing paddock and property layout.

What you will learn:

• environmental regulators of pasture growth and quality
• seasonal pasture growth patterns and key decision dates
• how soil properties influence pasture growth
• how to assess land condition and how this impact on carrying capacity
• know 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 and calculating carrying capacity.

Your investment

$825 (inc GST) per person or $675 (inc GST) per person with producer discount (if booked by 13th Aug – use discount code Grazing at booking – 15 subsidised places available so get in fast)!

Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning/afternoon tea. This event is supported by the Queensland Government through GrazingFutures and Tackling Regional Adversity through Integrated Care: initiatives to improve drought preparedness and resilience.

Presenters

The presenters of Grazing fundamentals EDGE will be:

Jill Alexander, Applied Ag, phone 0427 264 897

Rhonda Toms-Morgan, Connect Ag, phone 0407 678 547.

Click here to download the full Grazing fundamentals EDGE flyer including testimonies from previous Grazing fundamentals attendees: Grazing fundamentals EDGE flyer (PDF, 400 KB).

For more information: Jill Alexander, M: 0427 764 897 or E: jillalexander@bigpond.com.

To book online please go to: https://www.trybooking.com/BSMPL (producers please apply code Grazing at booking to get your discount).