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Grazing Fundamentals EDGE workshop | Hughenden, Queensland
22 Nov 2018 | 08:15 AM
1 day
$200pp + GST: One person from a business (normally $750pp + GST) or $150pp + GST: Two or more people from the same business (normally $500 + GST). Discounted prices are possible thanks to generous support from QDAF’s GrazingFutures project. GrazingFutures: promoting a resilient grazing industry.
Grazing Fundamentals EDGE is a one-day workshop designed to give you a broad understanding of the components of the grazing production systems and the core, scientifically-backed principles behind optimising grazing land productivity.
What’s covered:
- regulators of pasture growth and quality
- local pasture growth patterns
- local seasonal calendar and key decision dates
- land condition
- long and short-term carrying capacity
- principles behind successful grazing systems
- what’s involved with forage budgeting.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- understand how you can use strategic grazing management to improve pasture productivity
- evaluate the productive potential of your property and identify opportunities for improvement
- better align herd management with seasonal changes in pasture condition.
Presenters: David Phelps (QDAF Longreach ), Jenny Milson (QDAF Longreach) and Rebecca Gunther (QDAF Richmond)
Download the flyer here.
Registration details
Cost includes comprehensive set of workshop notes, workbook, lunch and morning/afternoon tea. Places are limited.
Registration:
RSVP by 9 November. Mandy Neill QDAF Longreach, T: 07 4536 8305, E: Mandy.Neill@daf.qld.gov.au or register online here.
Hughenden RSL, 17 Flinders Street, Hughenden
