B+LNZ Better Bull Buying Workshops: Selecting for Success – Oamaru and Mid Canterbury

This workshop has a dairy focus coming into yearling bull buying season.

Covering these three main themes:

1) How to build a robust breeding program, fit for the good years and not so good years.

• Where should you spend and where can you save?
• Best practice vs in practice.( what works genetically, financially and practically).
• Ensuring your breeding programme doesn't walk out with manager.

2) What's the beef on dairy beef?

• What makes a good beef bull for dairy.
• Beef breed vs Beef breeding value.
• Beef Semen vs Backup bulls.

3) What are the tools in your toolbox and how do you get the most out of them?

• Recording and evaluation.
• Genomic technology.
• Sexed vs Conventional.

Locations and registration

This will be an interactive workshop with afternoon tea provided. Spaces are limited so registrations are essential.