Breeding EDGE
Breeding EDGE is a three-day workshop designed to assist producers improve and refine their breeder herd management and genetic improvement plans to achieve desired production targets.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- identify where your current breeder herd and bull management programs can be improved to reduce reproductive loss
- measure reproductive performance more accurately
- identify strategies and management to improve 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 turn-off 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
- ways to address reproduction and reproductive loss in your herd
- how to select, retain and manage cattle based on their reproductive performance and requirements
- develop a breeder herd management plan to take back and put into practice.
What this workshop covers:
- stages of the reproductive cycle
- measuring reproductive performance and setting performance targets
- systems to manage your breeders, including nutritional requirements and pasture availability
- bull fertility, selection and management
- mating management and weaning strategies
- heifer management, pregnancy diagnosis and investigating poor performance
- reproductive disease management
- genetic improvement of your herd (including breeding objectives and profit drivers)
- selection criteria and selection tools
- breeds and breeding systems, including crossbreeding.
Whilst not a pre-requisite, Breeding EDGE is a perfect next step from MLA's BredWell FedWell workshop.
Producer testimonials
“Invaluable insight into how the industry should be selecting for genetic gain and how we, as producers, can make more genetic and economic gain by enforcing more data recording.”
“Will be repaid with a more productive breeder herd.”
“Taking the information home will save us money and make money. I can see the changes happening already.”
“It is definitely a course worth doing as you can see where you sit as a business, what you can improve on and are given a range of tools and spreadsheets to make it easier.”
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Find a Breeding EDGE course near you
Breeding EDGE courses are run across Australia. To find a Breeding EDGE course in your area, visit MLA’s events calendar.
If you can’t find an event near you, please submit an Expression of Interest and we’ll notify you of anything upcoming.
