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Reproductive Health and Management Practices for Beef HeifersDate:
Project code: P.PSH.1280 Project manager: Elke Hocking Project duration: January 2021 to July 2024 About the projectThe purpose of this project is to work with the Limestone Coast Beef Group to quantify and reduce the reproductive wastage that occurs from first time heifer joining through to second calving, by understanding and adopting best practice monitoring and management practices for animal health, condition scoring and nutritional management. Producers in the group are focused on adopting best practice guidelines, along with collecting on-farm data to assess the effectiveness and practicality of guidelines for animal health and management practices to improve the reproductive efficiency and profitability amongst their herds. This project will aim to demonstrate improvements in cattle reproductive performance through the demonstration and adoption of best practice management techniques for the higher rainfall zone. Management techniques to be demonstrated and skills to be developed include:
The project will also address animal husbandry and welfare issues by:
The project is a user-led extension program with coordinated technical and practice change support from experts. This project is funded by:This project is delivered in partnership with:Sean McGrath, Millicent Veterinary Clinic Tim Prance, T Prance Rural Consulting Ashlee Carslake-Hunt, Tailored Livestock Consulting
Project resources:Maximising beef production with Dean Eastwood and Sean McGrath - The Prosperous Farmer Podcast Benchmarking Beef with Michael Cobiac and Elke Hocking - The Prosperous Farmer Podcast 2022_Beef PDS Key Profit Drivers Nathaniel Modra Presentation 2022_Beef PDS South Killanoola Dean Eastwood Presentation 2022_Beef PDS AI in Beef Heifers Sean McGrath Presentation 2022_Beef PDS Heifers Pregnancy Diagnosis Sean McGrath Presentation
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