SENSIBLE SUPPLEMENTATION
Dry season nutrition management workshop
How’s your pasture quality?
What are you supplementing?
How much will it cost you?
Tues 10th October – Greenvale
Thurs 12th October – Belyando
Friday 13th October- Alpha
9 am – 1:30 pm NO COST
This workshop will help you to manage your pasture and supplement through the dry season.
Topics covered include:
• Practical cattle nutrition
• Cattle nutritional requirements
• Reading supplement labels
• Understanding supplement ingredients
• Cost analysis of supplements
• Feeding management
• Animal welfare during the dry season
Hear from:
Mick Sullivan (DAF) Mick is a Beef Extension Officer with extensive experience in beef cattle breeding and genetics, nutrition, grazing management and beef business analysis.
And other local DAF Beef Extension Officers.
We will supply:
– Smoko
– Supplement assessments
– Lick intake calculator
– Workshop notes
Please bring labels and information on lick products you are currently feeding:
– Specs for protein, energy and phosphorus
– Cost per tonne including freight
– Class of cattle being fed
– How much lick cattle are eating