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E-Beef Smart Farm Field Day – Hughenden
| Date: | Monday 10 June 2019 |
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| Time: |
8:30am-4:30pm AEST
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Event category: | Animal production, Land and pastures, Past event, People and business, Research |
| Venue |
Redcliffe
Redcliffe Road
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Hughenden, Qld 4821 Australia |
Using walk-over-weigh technology to compare weekly liveweights with pasture quality and profitability.
Topics being presented:
- E-Beef Smart Farm project overview
- The relationship between liveweight and greenness/groundcover
- Pasture monitoring – via satellite technology and on-ground
- Agrihive Farmecco business analysis platform
- Opportunity to join the Innovation Hub learning group to access weekly Smart Farm data and undertake confidential business analysis
- Northern Genomics project – using DNA to predict genetic merit of cattle
- mOOvement GPS ear tags and their benefits
- DataMuster—technology to value add liveweight data
- Adoption of grazing best management practices
- NQ restocking, replanting and on-farm infrastructure grants
Presenters on the day include:
- Anne Alison, Southern Gulf NRM
- David Phelps, DAF Longreach
- Lindsey Perry, DAF Cloncurry
- James Walker, Agrihive Farmecco
- Geoff Fordyce, QAAFI
- Dave Smith, DAF Charters Towers
- Pieter Vogels, mOOvement
- Chris O’Neill, CQU / DataMuster
- Ted Parish, MLA
- QRIDA representative
- NQ Livestock Industry Recovery Agency representative
RSVP required by Thursday 6 June, please bring a chair.
Contact Anne Alison, Rangelands Officer, Southern Gulf NRM, on (07) 4743 1888 or grazing@southerngulf.com.au
Download the event flyer: E-Beef Smart Farm Field Day (PDF, 4 MB).