Thursday 22 March 2018 Katanning Research Facility (formerly GSARI), Nyabing Road, Katanning Morning tea from 9:30am Program from 10.00am - 4.30pm, with a sundowner to follow |
Podcast
Program
Stream 1
- Panel session on forward contracts including questions from the floor - Graham Lean, Agrivet Business Consulting, together with Peter Trefort
- Muscling out the competition! Optimising lean meat yield in your lambs - Steve Connaughton and Rachel O’Reilly, Murdoch University
- Keeping up appearances: why meat colour matters! - Maddison Corlett, Li Ping and Honor Calnan, Murdoch University
Stream 2
- Stop guessing how good your commercial ewes are. Benchmark them with DNA flock profile (includes interactive DNA sampling exercise) – Tom Granleese, University of England/Sheep CRC together with Bindi Murray
- Tough mothers: chewing the fat. The value of whole body energy stores in your breeding index - Sarah Blumer, Murdoch University and John Young, Farming Systems Analysis Service
- Sheep parasites: not only affecting your sheep’s bottom, but also your bottom line! – Danny Roberts, DPIRD
Stream 3
- Sheep passports: where they have been? What did they do? (& with who?!) Use individual animal data to get the details - Nathan Scott, Achieve Ag Solutions
- Connecting the dots: the value of an agri-internet of things - Darren Gibbon, DPIRD
- Sins of the father: the hidden mysteries of maternal genetics - Dave Rubie, Smartshepherd
- Ask bill – Mary Goodacre, Sheep CRC
- Call the midwife!! Let’s minimise lambing strife – Beth Paganoni, DPIRD and Amy Lockwood, Murdoch University
Register now
RSVPs are essential to this free event.
Register online at Farmer wants a life or contact Julia Smith, DPIRD, at julia.smith@agric.wa.gov.au
The sheep industry open day is made possible by DPIRD’s Sheep Industry Business Innovation project, in partnership with the Sheep Alliance of WA.