Grazing BMP workshop Aramac

Where does your enterprise sit?

Work with experts, in a workshop situation, to benchmark your grazing enterprise against whole of industry.

• Identify and explore your enterprise’s strengths and weaknesses
• Get the latest on information and legislation to help run a successful grazing business
• Get technical advice to help give you that extra edge
• No cost to producers – funded by the Queensland Government’s Building Drought Resilience Project

Complete all 5 Grazing BMP modules in one manageable block of one and a half days.

Grazing land management – David Phelps (DAF): managing the land resource / managing grazing pressure / paddock sizes and stocking rates / mapping / land capability / monitoring land condition

Animal production – Kiri Broad (DAF): land capability / markets / reproduction / weaning / nutrition / genetics

People and business – Peter Whip (PRW): financial risk management / succession planning / business performance analysis / data collection

Animal health and welfare – Ell Forster and Warren Lehmann (DAF): health management program / extreme weather / predation / biosecurity / animal welfare / transport / diseases /

Soil health – TBA: structure and characteristics / ground cover / biology /  nutrients / soil and land types / salinity

Plus:

• Update on new Biosecurity Act and what is means for producers (DAF)
• Insight into assessing pasture and vegetation changes (DCQ)

First day runs from 8:30 to 4:30; second day from 8:30 to 12 noon

Lunch and smokos provided

To register for this event click here.

For more information, or to register over the phone, contact Doug Allpass on 07 4652 7814 or Kiri Broad on 07 4536 8301.