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Breeding Edge Workshop – Clermont
| Start: | Monday 5 December 2022 @ 8:30am |
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| End: | Wednesday 7 December 2022 @ 5:00pm | Event category: | Past event |
| Website: | https://www.mla.com.au/news-and-events/events-and-workshops/breeding-edge-workshop--clermont-qld2/ |
| Venue |
Clermont
Clermont,
Qld
4721
Australia
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Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to assist producers improve and refine their breeder herd management and genetic improvement plans using genetic and reproductive knowledge and technologies, to achieve desired production targets.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- identify where the current breeder herd management program can be improved to reduce reproductive loss
- measure reproductive performance more accurately
- identify strategies to improve bull selection, retention, management and performance
- develop, or refine, a practical and achievable management plan for the breeding herd that
will lead to higher productivity - gain a thorough understanding of genetic improvement for both breeding cattle and
turnoff cattle and develop breeding objectives to take your herd in a more profitable direction
What you will learn
- current herd performance – what measures matter most
- reproduction and reproduction loss
- managing the breeders – systems
- bull fertility and management
- identifying “not so obvious” bull faults that impact reproduction
- reproductive diseases and diseases impacting reproduction
- breeder herd management plans
- genetic improvement of your herd (including breeding objectives)
- genetic principles and selection tools
- selection and selection criteria for traits important to you
- breeds and breeding systems.
For more information click here
RSVP To Felicity Hamlyn-Hill
M: 0428 113 732