Filling Feed Gaps: 'It won't rain grass - preparing for the break' Paddock Walk and Presentations

Filling Feed Gaps: 'It won't rain grass - preparing for the break'

Paddock Walk and Presentations

Wednesday 9 April 2025 11.30am to 4.00pm

cnr Konetta Road and 700 metres down Mundalena Road, Lucindale   

Coordinates: 37.03612 S, 140.33655 E

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Lucindale Community Hub, 16 Musgrave Avenue Lucindale (next to Post Office)

Cost: $25

Registrations essential by 9am Monday 7 April

Get ready to maximise return on your investment once the rain begins.

What can we be doing to ensure the best varieties reward in the shortest time possible when it comes to growing pasture?

Facilitator: Penny Schulz

Topics include:

Pasture Recovery - Felicity Turner, Turner Agri Services

• What have we got left? Assessing perennial pastures in autumn

• Pasture growth – what can we expect to grow when it rains & how quickly

• Identifying / scoring paddock productivity – managing and sacrificing

• Can we manipulate pastures to try and fill the feed gap quicker?

Animal Health Considerations - Brendan Voss, Delta Ag

• Managing containment fed ewes in the lead up to lambing

• Transitioning ewes out of containment, metabolic and nutrition considerations

What do we do now? Seed selection - hear from the panel!

• We’ve called in the Seed companies to answer your questions

• What’s going to get the best bang for your buck, depending on the season?

Download the flyer.

Presenters

Felicity Turner, Turner Agri Services

Felicity farms with her husband Mark on their farm at Field in the Upper South East.

She has over 20 years experience in Sustainable Agriculture across the South-East region of SA working predominantly in the field of crop and pasture agronomy and managing projects in mixed farming systems. Through this work she has been exposed to a lot of decision making tools that they have been utilising in their farming business to identify trigger points and allow the business to manage dry times.

Dr Penny Schulz

Livestock Technical Specialist Adoption Officer
SA Drought Resilience Adoption & Innovation Hub
The University of Adelaide

Penny Schulz is a part-time lecturer with her key teaching focus on Agricultural Consulting and recently completing her PhD in the farmer adoption of app technology. Outside of her teaching at UNE, Penny operates a family cattle and sheep operation in South Australia with her husband Jason. Penny also consults to the agricultural sector delivering projects to the livestock industry and holds several state and national advisory roles, with her expertise in the fields of agtech adoption, livestock genetics and farm business management.

Please bring the following:

• Pen and notebook - so you don't miss any critical information