Sheep Field Day 2024
Event description
You’re invited to the DPIRD Katanning and WA Federation of Performance Sheep Breeders Sheep Field Day 2024!
This event will provide an opportunity to:
- inspect the full-wool Yardstick 2023-drop Merino sire evaluation progeny
of 12 leading sires - hear the latest national results on sire evaluation
- learn about research on trail feeders versus self-feeders
- hear the latest information on requirements for electronic ear tags.
Thursday 31 October 2024
12:30 pm – 4 pm
DPIRD Katanning Research Station
453 Katanning-Nyabing Rd, Katanning WA
Agenda
|
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
|
12:30 pm |
Arrival / Biosecurity sign in |
|
|
1:00 – 1:10 pm |
Welcome and update on the |
Jeff Morton |
|
1:10 – 1:40 pm |
Keynote: Results of 2023-drop Yardstick progeny |
Ben Swain |
|
1:40 – 2:00 pm |
Sustainability traits project – |
Amy Bowden / Brittany Bolt |
|
2:00 – 2:20 pm |
Meat the Market workshops – |
Claire Payne |
|
2:20 – 2:40 pm |
Preliminary findings on the effects of trail feeders versus self-feeders during lambing on ewe behaviour and lamb survival |
Serina Hancock |
|
2:40– 2:50 pm |
Update on EID tags |
Andrew Longbottom |
|
2:50 – 3:10 pm |
Animal health update |
Judy Burson |
|
3:10 – 3:30 pm |
Short coffee break and move pen side |
|
|
3:30 – 4:00 pm |
Pen side introduction of progeny groups |
Facilitated by |
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4:00 pm |
Optional tour of Feed Efficiency Shed Close of day |
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