What’s Your Beef Scone?

THE ‘What’s Your Beef’ workshop will be held in Scone next week, followed by a bus tour to Dartbrook.

The workshop aims to help farmers make easier cattle selection and marketing decisions this spring.

Independent livestock consultant, Alastair Rayner of Rayner Ag will provide timely advice on beef cattle marketing and assessment.

Ellerston manager, Robert Teague will discuss pasture system management and cattle production.

The bus will then depart for Dartbrook for a paddock trial tour with Daniel Clydsdale of Clydsdale Rural and Frank McRae of Auswest Seeds presenting agronomy packages for a range of promising new pasture and fodder crop varieties.

Alastair Rayner will lead a discussion on assessment and finishing of cattle grazing on pastures and fodder crops.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM:

• Beef Marketing – What’s your options?
• Assurance programs – What are they & how do they work?
• Production Compliance – What’s involved?
• Using the Livestock Data Link – What is it and how it can work for you!
• Pasture system management – For optimum beef cattle production
• New Pasture and Fodder Crops – What to look out for!
• Livestock paddock assessment grazing on pastures and fodder crops  

Details

• WHEN: 9am – 3pm, Thursday, September 15, 2016.
• WHERE: Scone Local Land Services, Scone TAFE, 2 Flemington Drive, Scone, followed by a bus tour to Dartbrook.
• COST: Free, including morning tea and lunch.
• RSVP: Monday, September 12 to Scone LLS: 02 6540 2400 or email: sarah.giblin@lls.nsw.gov.au.