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Grazing fundamentals EDGE — Roma
| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 2021 |
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| Time: |
8:30am-4:30pm AEST
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Event category: | Past event |
| Website: | https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=781857& |
| Venue |
Roma Saleyards Complex
Roma,
Queensland
4455
Australia
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Grazing fundamentals EDGE is a workshop designed to give you a broad understanding of the components of the grazing production system and the core, scientifically-backed principles behind optimising grazing land productivity.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- understand what conditions drive pasture growth and how you can use strategic grazing management to improve pasture productivity
- evaluate the productive potential of a property and identify opportunities for improvement
- better align herd management with seasonal changes in pasture condition
- build a seasonal climate profile for your location
- understand key considerations when designing paddock and property layout.
What you will learn:
- environmental regulators of pasture growth and quality
- seasonal pasture growth patterns and key decision dates
- how soil properties influence pasture growth
- how to assess land condition and how this impact on carrying capacity
- know when and how to use pasture spelling
- principles behind successful grazing systems
- how to account for different classes of animals when assessing grazing pressure
- what’s involved with forage budgeting and calculating carrying capacity.
Your investment
$825 (inc GST) per person or $675 (inc GST) per person with producer discount (if booked by 13th Aug – use discount code Grazing at booking – 15 subsidised places available so get in fast)!
Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook and lunch, morning/afternoon tea. This event is supported by the Queensland Government through GrazingFutures and Tackling Regional Adversity through Integrated Care: initiatives to improve drought preparedness and resilience.
Presenters
The presenters of Grazing fundamentals EDGE will be:
Jill Alexander, Applied Ag, phone 0427 264 897
Rhonda Toms-Morgan, Connect Ag, phone 0407 678 547.
Click here to download the full Grazing fundamentals EDGE flyer including testimonies from previous Grazing fundamentals attendees: Grazing fundamentals EDGE flyer (PDF, 400 KB).
For more information: Jill Alexander, M: 0427 764 897 or E: jillalexander@bigpond.com.
To book online please go to: https://www.trybooking.com/BSMPL (producers please apply code Grazing at booking to get your discount).