Southern Beef Project Maternal Productivity: Workshop for Southern Beef Producers

Boosting reproductive performance to lift whole herd productivity.
This practical workshop is designed to help southern Australian beef producers improve breeder herd performance through better data use, targeted heifer development, and strategic joining management.

Delivered by Prof. Wayne Pitchford and drawing on key industry projects, the session introduces the new More Beef from Pastures (MBfP) Maternal Productivity project and explores practical ways producers can reduce
reproductive losses and improve whole herd performance.

Key Workshop Features:

• Learn how to identify and reduce reproductive losses, particularly in heifers

• Understand the long-term value of early conception and calving

• Explore key drivers of fertility, body weight, condition scores, joining length, and timing

• Participate in practical yard-based activities: weighing heifers and or cows, body condition, scoring, and calculating growth targets

• Access to take home tools including body condition score and heifer joining targets guides

• Get involved in the MBfP project through data collection and local producer groups

Registration closes end of day Monday 30 June.

For more information for the workshop, please contact: Rowan Smith - Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture - 0417 380 131.