Graham Centre Beef Forum

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Graham Centre Beef Forum

The Graham Centre Beef Forum was held on Friday 9 August 2013, at the Convention Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga.

The theme of this year’s forum was EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION, with the program including presentations and Question and Answer Panels in the morning, followed by workshops in the afternoon. Cattle

Should you have any further enquiries, please contact:

Ms Toni Nugent
Public Relations Manager
Graham Centre
T: (02) 6933 4402
M: 0418 974 775
E: tnugent@csu.edu.au

Program and Presentations

Copies of presentations are available online in PDF Format (see below) or you can watch them on the Graham Centre YouTube Account.

Time	Title presentation	Speaker
8.25‐8.30am	Welcome and outline of the day	Ms Toni Nugent, PR Manager, Graham Centre Ph: 02 6933 4402 Email: tnugent@csu.edu.au
8.30‐9.15am	Keynote address: Impact of beef CRC technologies on the efficiency of beef production [1.51MB PDF]	Professor Heather Burrow (CEO, Beef CRC)
9.15‐9.35am	Drench resistance (including liverfluke) – current status and increase in anthelmintic resistance in beef herds [190KB PDF]	Dr Steve Love (NSW DPI)
9.35‐9.55am	E.Coli shedding in beef cattle [996KB PDF]	Dr Jane Heller (CSU)
9.55‐10.15am	HGP use in beef steers [858KB PDF]	Ms Emma Whittaker and Ms Ness Buchholz (CSU students)
10.15‐10.45am	Panel Session	All session speakers
10.45‐11.15am	MORNING TEA
11.15‐11.35am	Milking your feedbase for all its worth [813KB PDF]	Mr Michael Campbell (PhD student, CSU)
11.35‐11.55am	Reducing methane output in beef cattle [577KB PDF]	Dr Kath Donoghue (NSW DPI)
11.55‐12.15pm	Breeding for Net Feed Efficiency [1.03MB PDF]	Mr Jon Wright (Coota Park Blue-E)
12.15‐12.35pm	Successful pasture establishment in a cropping rotation [1.11MB PDF]	Mr Geoff Casburn and Mr Richard Hayes (NSW DPI)
12.35‐1.05pm	Panel Session	All session speakers
1.05 ‐1.10pm	Wrap up of morning session and explanation of afternoon workshops	Ms Toni Nugent, PR Manager, Graham Centre Ph: 02 6933 4402 Email: tnugent@csu.edu.au
1.10 ‐2.00pm	LUNCH (sponsored by Teys Australia)
2.00 ‐4.00pm	Workshops:
A.	Looking at the profitability of increasing efficiency in the herd [1.04MB PDF] (CSU Convention Centre)	Mr Brian Cumming (BC Agriculture)
B.	To undersow or not? (CSU Convention Centre)	Mr Geoff Casburn and Mr Richard Hayes (NSW DPI)