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Our annual field day
has become
an important event at Dunlop Park and has proved popular with beef
producers.
It is a joint effort with the MLA "More Beef from Pastures" program and
we are
extremely grateful to Peter Ball of the
Tasmanian
Institute of
Agriculture (TIA) for his help in organising the
field
day.
Date
Thursday February 9th, 2012
Theme
There is so much to learn about beef production and each year we like to choose a different theme for the field day. This year our theme is "Profitable Beef Production" with the focus being on what are the key points for making a beef enterprise profitable.
Speakers
We have lined up some interesting speakers for the field day.
They are;
Rod Manning: Dr Rod Manning is a vet from Mansfield in Victoria who also runs a beef enterprise, the Davilak Pastoral Company. He is a cattle consultant with MLA with expertise on a number of beef topics.
Fred Perry: Fred is a beef producer from King Island. On his property "Millwood" he runs a self replacing herd of 750 cows producing Hereford /Angus cross steers.
Peter Ball: Peter will be familiar to many of you, his knowledge of and enthusiasm for the beef industry is enormous. Peter is attached to the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) and runs the MLA "more beef from pastures" program.
Bill Cotching: Dr. Bill Cotching is a TIA dairy centre research fellow.
Program
10.50 am Welcome - Brian Stewart (Dunlop Park Angus Stud)
11.00 am Rod Manning will speak on profit drivers for beef production.
12.00 am Lunch: Latrobe Lions Club
12.50 pm Rod Manning will speak on pestivirus.
1.15 pm Fred Perry will speak on his perspective of managing a profitable beef business.
1.40 pm Peter Ball will focus on identifying more beef from pastures opportunities and how they fit into the context of future climate predictions.
2.05 pm Bill Cotching will speak on the issues involved when running a joint cropping and cattle enterprise, from the soils perspective.
2.30 pm Close
The day is free
and open
to all beef producers regardless of which breed you run. Morning Tea
and Lunch
will be provided. You are welcome to turn up on the day if you make a
last
minute decision to come along, however it would help us to know how
many to
cater for if you could let us know that you are coming beforehand.
RSVP
Phone Bruce; 64 269 229 or mobile 0419 269 239
Brian; mobile 0400 950 872
E-mail bstewart1@iinet.net.au