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Breeding EDGE – Mackay
13-January to 14-January from 08:00 to 17:00
Details
| Start: | Saturday 13 January 2024 @ 8:00am | ||
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| End: | Sunday 14 January 2024 @ 5:00pm | ||
| Cost: | $1950 | Event category: | Animal production |
| Website: | https://www.mla.com.au/news-and-events/events-and-workshops/breeding-edge-workshop---mackay-qld/ | ||
| Venue |
Mackay
Mackay,
Qld
4740
Australia
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Mackay Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to help in improving and refining you beef breeder herd management plans.
Location: Mackay, Qld
When: 13-14 January 2024
Cost:
$1,950 + GST / 1st person from one business.
$1,650 + GST / 2nd and 3rd person from same business
(primary producers only).
Cost includes workshop notes, workbook, electronic files, other materials and catering.
Presenters:
Felicity Hamlyn-Hill – Beef Enterprise Advisory Services Pty Ltd.
Mick Sullivan – Department of Agriculture & Fisheries
Roxanne Morgan – Department of Agriculture & Fisheries
Dr Ben Brightman – ACV & BULLCHECK accredited vet, Valley Vet Surgery
Topics covered include:
- current herd performance – what measures matter most
- reproduction and reproduction loss
- managing the breeders and herd management plans
- bull fertility and management
- genetic improvement of your herd (including breeding objectives)
- identifying “not so obvious” bull faults that impact reproduction
- reproductive diseases and diseases impacting reproduction
- breeder herd management plans
- genetic principles and selection tools
- selection and selection criteria for traits important to you
- breeds and breeding systems.
More information can be found here in the EVENT FLYER
To register, contact:
Felicity Hamlyn-Hill – M: 0428 113 732, E: felicityhamlyn-hill@bigpond.com