AgForce SWQ: Herd Improvement: It's in your Genes! - BLACKALL

AgForce SWQ: Herd Improvement: It's in your Genes! - BLACKALL

Join AgForce and our guest speakers to gain an understanding of how genomic technologies can improve your herd and business.

By AgForce

Date and time

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 · 3 - 5:30pm AEST

Location

Living Arts Centre

Cnr Rose Street & Hawthorn Street Blackall, QLD 4472 Australia

About this event

AgForce SWQ: Herd Improvement: It's in your Genes!

Join AgForce and our guest speakers to gain an understanding of how genomic technologies can improve your herd and business.

Creating a Breeding Plan: How does Genomics fit in

Harrison Stewart, Neogen

  • Importance of having a breeding plan/goals
  • How genomics is being used in commercial breeding herds
  • Using genomics to open market opportunities

Implementing genomic selection: What are my options?

Megan Brown, Minitube

  • How to get the best bang for your buck?
  • Breeding methods
  • What options are best suited to your business goals
  • Animal health

Tropical Beef Genomic Breeding Values

Elsie Dodd, UQ, QAAFI

  • A new tool to help with breeder decisions, bull choice and benchmarking heifers to improve herd fertility, growth and adaption

Tuesday 9 May 2023

BLACKALL

Time: 3.00pm - 5.30pm

Location: Living Arts Centre, corner of Rose and Hawthorn St’s, Blackall

RSVP: Register at Eventbrite by Thursday 4 May 2023

Enquiries: SWQ Regional Manager Kerrie Cribb M: 0418 485 501 E: CribbK@agforceqld.org.au

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AgForce

AgForce is the peak body representing Queensland beef, sheep and wool, grain and cane producers.

A unifying voice for Queensland's broadacre producers since 1999, our purpose is to advance sustainable agribusiness. Our strength continues through our membership and provides policy direction, solutions to challenges, and builds on opportunities for rural producers.

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