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Do you have enough grass?

What will you feed cattle?

How much will it cost you?

Is phosphorus deficiency affecting your production?

• Monday 21 November – Calliope Bowls Club
• Tuesday 22 November – Theodore Hotel
• Wednesday 23 November – Springsure Dooley’s Tavern
• Thursday 24 November – Clermont Penny’s Plaza Cafe
• Friday 25 November – Sarina Bowls Club

9:00 am – 2 pm   NO COST

This workshop will help you to manage your pasture and supplement throughout wet and dry seasons and develop a nutrition management plan for your property. Topics covered include:

• The effect of land type and pasture quality on cattle nutrition
• Practical cattle nutrition
• Cattle nutritional requirements
• Reading supplement labels
• Understanding supplement ingredients
• Cost analysis of supplements
• Feeding management

The workshop will include lots of group and interactive activities so that participants can really focus on managing cattle nutrition in a practical manner on property.

Experienced presenters from DAF:

Mick Sullivan (DAF) Mick is a Beef Extension Officer with extensive experience in beef cattle breeding and genetics, nutrition, grazing management and beef business analysis.

Kylie Hopkins (DAF) Kylie is a Beef Extension Officer with a broad knowledge of grazing land management and pasture and forage production systems.

We will supply:

• Smoko & lunchSupion
• Land type report
• Supplement assessments
• Property nutrition management plan
• Herd management calendar
• Lick intake calculator
• Workshop notes

Please bring labels and information on lick products you are currently feeding:

• Specs for protein, energy and phosphorus
• Cost per tonne including freight
• Class of cattle being fed
• How much lick cattle are eating

If you want to send this information to us ahead of the workshop, please send it to kylie.hopkins@daf.qld.gov.au

At registration you will be asked for your PIC number. This will be used to generate your property land type report and for our reporting purposes.

RSVP by Friday 11th November. Numbers are strictly limited.