Phosphorus management The Caves

This FREE workshop will help you to manage phosphorus nutrition on your property by developing a management strategy. Topics covered include:

• Identifying P deficient country
• Testing for deficiencies in cattle
• P deficiency in breeders and growing steers
• Supplementing P in the most economical way.

The Phosphorus team:
Rob Dixon (University of Qld) – ruminant nutritionist with many years of experience in northern production systems including the effects of phosphorus nutrition in breeders.
Mick Sullivan (DAF) – Beef Extension Officer with extensive experience in beef cattle breeding and genetics, nutrition, grazing management and beef business analysis.
Kylie Hopkins (DAF) – Beef Technical officer with a broad knowledge of grazing land management and pasture and forage production systems.

We will supply:
– Smoko and lunch
– Land type maps
– Lick assessments
– Lick intake calculator
– Workshop notes.

Please bring:
– Labels from lick products you are currently feeding
– Information on lick intakes
– Results from any soil or cattle blood tests.

RSVP by 12 October:

• online https://phosphorus.eventbrite.com.au
• contact Kylie Hopkins on 07 4843 2615 or email kylie.hopkins@daf.qld.gov.au
• To have a land type map produced for your property (to help identify P deficient areas) please provide us with your lot on plans at registration.

Download a copy of the Phosphorus management flyer (PDF, 451KB).