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The first Open Meat Goat Show in Australia. Speakers, junior judges, and trade exhibits will be scheduled for Friday as dairy goat showing will be happening this day in another arena the Meat Goat judging will be held on Saturday. For further information please contact Glenda at springsuregoatshow@gmail.com
| Friday | Subject | Presenter | Synopsis |
| 8.00 am – 9.00 am | Beef Breeding Services | Jane Smith
Beef Breeding Services |
Jane Armstrong from Beef Breeding Services, will be presenting on male fertility tools and technologies that can help you improve your herd.
BBS is a diverse artificial breeding hub, assisting stud, commercial, and special interest breeders achieve exceptional benchmarks. With storage facilities & Laboratories in Brisbane and Rockhampton, on farm services with our Vet & Technicians, Artificial Insemination consumables, On Centre Collection for Domestic and Export, AI training, Liquid Nitrogen sales with regularly runs cross QLD BBS is no longer just Beef, we have assembled a team of expansive Reproduction Technicians specializing in Bovine, caprine, ovine, equine, and canine, utilizing the gold standards in reproductive technologies |
| 9.00am – 10.00 am | Datamars Livestock
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Sheffy Deen
Datamars Livestock |
Sheffy will be bringing a set of Tru-Test Scales to the show and will be able to demonstrate their use. He will be available to answer questions on the range of Tru-Test Scale Equipment, Speedrite Electric Fencing and the use of the Z Tag ear tag range in goat production systems. |
| 10.00 am – 11.00 am | Goat Production Systems | Dr Louw Hoffman
UQ/MLA |
Dr Louw Hoffman will be bringing his wealth of knowledge to the subject of kid survivability across different types of goat production systems. He will also discuss basic goat management, mating season, record keeping & welfare |
| 11.00 am – 12.00 pm | Vaccinations | Leon Buchanan
Zoetis |
Leon will be on hand to answer any questions producers may have about the vaccines provided by Zoetis. He will be able to discuss programs, vaccine choice, timing, storage and administration of vaccines. |
| 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm | Nutrition – goat supplements | Simon Quigley
CQU |
Simon will be presenting on Goat nutrition and supplements for meat goat farming operations. |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Parasites – External and Internal | Saba Sinia
CQU |
Saba will be discussing both external and internal parasites of goats. What they are, signs and symptoms and management. |
| 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm | Paraboss | Kylie Leahy
Mount Roy Stud |
Kylie will take you through the tools available on the paraboss and wormboss website. She will have a practical demonstration of a worm egg count. |
| 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm | Offsider Ag | David Hicks
Offsider Ag |
David Hicks from Offsider Ag will be on hand to present and discuss his goat handling system and how it can work for your operation.
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| 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm | Soils and plant succession | Bloss Hickson
Huntly Trust |
Bloss Hickson will be presenting on the importance of soils and plant succession to your goat enterprise. |
| Saturday | |||
| 8.00 am – 9.00 am | Udders | Kate Thompson
Dairy Goat Aus |
Before she heads off, Kate, one of the dairy goat stewards will be in the tent to discuss udder problems, solutions and care. |
| 9.00am – 10.00 am | Going into goats &
Ag Force |
Anita Dennis
Seaford Reds |
Anita will be on hand to discuss going into goat farming – from both a stud and commercial perspective.
Ag Force – What it is working towards |
| 10.00 am – 11.00 am | Goat Production Systems – | Dr Louw Hoffman
UQ / MLA |
Dr Louw’s first presentation of the day will be around breeding of goats, buying stud animals, breeding values, genetics, etc |
| 11.00 am – 12.00 pm | Kidplan | Fleur Tarlington
TerraMac Boer Stud |
Fleur has been using Kidplan for a number of years with her stud boer goats. She will be on hand to answer any questions a producer may have on the advantages of being involved with KIDPLAN. She will be able to discuss the advantages of using Breeding Values to make the best decisions for your herd. |
| 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm | Paraboss | Kylie Leahy Mount Roy Stud
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Kylie will take you through the tools available on the paraboss and wormboss website. She will have a practical demonstration of a worm egg count. |
| 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm | Goat Meat – Quality and Type | Dr Louw Hoffman UQ
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Dr Louw Hoffman will be presenting on what influences goat meat quality. He will be discussing various influential factors including: ages, sex/castrates, stress & market |
| 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm | AuctionsPlus | Auctionsplus Rep | Marketing – Ask someone who knows about how to best market your goats! |
Would you like to get involved in the TNQ Hub? Do you have an upcoming event that you’d like us to attend? We’d love to hear from you! Please email tnqhub@jcu.edu.au
