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Top rail forum for better grazing businesses – Charters Towers
| Date: | Tuesday 27 November 2018 | ||
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| Time: |
8:30am-5:00pm AEST
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| Cost: | Free | Event category: | Animal production, Animal welfare and handling, Land and pastures, Past event, People and business, Research |
| Venue |
The World Theatre
86 Mosman St
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Charters Towers, Qld 4820 Australia |
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Join NQ Dry Tropics and invited guest speakers to discuss real options to create thriving beef businesses in good times and in bad.
Presenters include:
Sam Marwood, Co-founder & Managing Director, Cultivate Farms: A new pathway for aspiring graziers to own their own farms, investors to create possibilities and property transition options for retiring graziers
Terry Ormond, Strategic Operations Manager, S Kidman & Co: Answering the questions on why the Kidman Group is investing heavily in infrastructure, animal welfare in yards and WHS for staff
Dr Christine Jones, Founder, Amazing Carbon: How improving our soil health and increasing carbon content can help the grazing industry curb the effects of droughts
David McLean, Chairman, Resource Consulting Services: What are the most important financial decision you can make for your business, to survive and thrive from good times to bad
Charlton Honig, Business Development Manager, Agersens: The latest on the commercialisation of virtual fencing products, and planning for Burdekin based trials on commercial properties
Dr Ian Braithwaite, Production veterinarian, Mt Isa: Finding those 1% improvements to your production system to help achieve a better breeding and trading business for your future
Sam Skeat, Senior Project Officer, NQ Dry Tropics: Landscape rehydration and community involvement – how the Burdekin is leading the charge in demonstrating ways to reduce the effects of drought
Alison Larard, Nuffield Scholar, Atherton Tablelands: Planning is the most valuable thing you can do – but prescriptive plans are useless! The how-to’s on building strategic planning capabilities of business
Register for your chance to win one of the two lucky door prizes:
– 2019 Family season pass to the North Queensland Cowboys
– Weekender bag by JF Hides.
To be eligible to win a prize, you must:
- be graziers (own or manage livestock)
- must register prior to 5pm, 23 November and be in attendance at the Top Rail Forum to claim the prize
RSVP by 23 November to 07 4799 3500 or linda.anderson@
Download a copy of the flyer here: Top rail beef business forum Nov 18 [1.7MB] PDF