Breeding EDGE | Hughenden

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

Presenters:

• Felicity Hamlyn-Hill – Beef Enterprise Advisory Services Pty Ltd
• Tim Emery – Department of Agriculture & Fisheries QLD
• Dr Libby Harriman – ACV & BULLCHECK accredited vet (Great Artesian Veterinary Surgery).

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.