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Annual Graham Centre Sheep Field Day
Friday 5 August 2011
The Annual Graham Centre Sheep Field Day was held on Friday the 5th of August 2011 at the Convention Centre, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga campus.
The theme of this year’s field day was REPRODUCTION. The program included several short presentations followed by workshops in the afternoon. Please click on the links to the appropriate topics below.
Should you have any further enquiries, please contact Ms Toni Nugent (02) 6938-1806 or tnugent@csu.edu.au.
| Subject | Time | Title presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology Reproduction | 9.00 -9.30 | Effect of omega-3 on reproduction (results of field trial) | Catherine Gulliver (CSU) |
| Disease Management | 9.30-10.00 | Review of Campylobacter and outline of field trial | Bruce Allworth (Fred Morley Unit) |
| Nutrition | 10.00-10.30 | Grazing ewes on dual purpose wheat (results of producer survey) | Shawn McGrath (CSU) |
| Coffee & Tea break | |||
| Economics | 10.30 – 11.00 | Lambing time and profitability | Geoff Casburn (NSW DPI) |
| Genetics | 11.30 – 12.00 | Breeding management | Ian Byrne (CSU) |
| Lunch break | |||
| Workshop 1 Reproduction |
13.00 – 14.15 | Assessment of rams (hands on session with rams and abattoir materials) | Helen McGregor (LHPA) |
| Workshop 2 Management |
14.45 – 16.00 | GrasGro - the effects of lambing time on lamb turn off, economics and feeding ewes | Colin Scrivener (Fred Morley Unit) |
For copies of presentations from the 2010 Sheep Field Day, please click here.