Breeding EDGE Workshop Cloncurry: Boost Herd Productivity | Austral Ag

Herd of horses on dry outback land near Cloncurry QLD – highlighting Breeding EDGE workshop focus on genetics and herd resilience.

Breeding EDGE Workshop in Cloncurry QLD

July 11, 2023

Herd of horses on dry outback land near Cloncurry QLD – highlighting Breeding EDGE workshop focus on genetics and herd resilience.

Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to assist producers improve and refine their breeder herd management and genetic improvement plans using genetic and reproductive knowledge and technologies, to achieve desired production targets.

Attending this workshop will help you to:

  • Identify where the current breeder herd management program can be improved to reduce reproductive loss
  • Measure reproductive performance more accurately
  • Identify strategies and management to improve bull selection, retention, management and performance
  • Develop, or refine, a practical and achievable management plan for the breeding herd that will lead to higher productivity
  • Gain a thorough understanding of genetic improvement for both breeding cattle and turnoff cattle and develop breeding objectives to take your herd in a more profitable direction.

What you will learn:

  • Current herd performance – what measures matter most 
  • Reproduction and reproduction loss
  • Managing the breeders - systems
  • Bull fertility and management
  • Identifying “not so obvious” bull faults that impact reproduction
  • Reproductive diseases and diseases impacting reproduction
  • Breeder herd management plans
  • Genetic improvement of your herd (including breeding objectives)
  • Genetic principles and selection tools
  • Selection and selection criteria for traits important to you
  • Breeds and breeding systems.

Click here to find out more on the MLA website

Places are limited, you can register for the event through Beef Production Specialist, Felicity Hamlyn-Hill - Beef Enterprise Advisory Services.

M: 0428 113 732 / E: [email protected]

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