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$ENSIBLE $UPPLEMENTATION – dry season management workshop Rockhampton
| Date: | Thursday 13 August 2020 | ||
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| Time: |
9:30am-1:30pm AEST
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| Cost: | Free | Event category: | Past event |
| Website: | https://sensiblesupplementation2020.eventbrite.com.au | ||
| Venue |
Frenchville Sports Club
105 Clifton Street
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North Rockhampton, Qld 4700 Australia |
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$ENSIBLE $UPPLEMENTATION: Dry season management workshop
Do you have enough grass? What will you feed cattle? How much will it cost you?
This free half-day dry season supplementation workshop will help you to manage your pasture and supplement through the dry season. Topics covered include:
- Practical cattle nutrition
- Cattle nutritional requirements
- Reading supplement labels
- Understanding supplement ingredients
- Cost analysis of supplements
- Feeding management
- Animal welfare during the dry season
Experienced presenters from Department of Agriculture and Fisheries:
Mick Sullivan is a Beef Extension Officer with extensive experience in beef cattle breeding and genetics, nutrition, grazing management and beef business analysis.
Kylie Hopkins is a Beef Extension Officer with a broad knowledge of grazing land management and pasture and forage production systems.
Cindy McNaught is a Beef Extension Officer with experience in livestock biosecurity systems and animal welfare.
We’ll bring:
– Smoko
– Supplement assessments
– Lick intake calculator
– Workshop notes
You bring:
- Specs for protein, energy and phosphorus
- Cost per tonne including freight
- Class of cattle being fed
- How much lick cattle are eating