Beef Courses

Courses available in:

• Efficient Beef Production
• Production Targets for Beef Farmers
• Breed Selection for Beef Production
  • Heifer - breed, source (purchased/homebred), age first bred
  • Bull - breed, Bull Sales Check List
  • Biosecurity
• Preparing For The Service Period
  • Bull - Nutrition/Pasture Management, Physical Condition, Semen Testing, Health, (including preventative medicines)
  • Cow - Nutrition/Pasture Management, Physical Condition, Health (including preventative medicines)
• The Service Period
• Managing the Pregnant Cow
  • Nutrition
  • Causes of early pregnancy loss
  • Causes of abortion
• Preparing for Calving
  • Nutrition, housing, health
• Managing the Calving Period
  • The Cow - Nutrition, Health (including metabolic disease)
  • The Calf – Nutrition, Health
  • Neonatal Losses
  • Managing the Cow and Calf - Calving to Weaning
• Weaning and Dry Cow Management
  • Weighing calves and interpreting records
  • Managing diet, parasite control and pathogens
  • Reducing stress and successful housing environments
• The Growing Calf – Quality Kilos
• Beef Finishing Systems

Courses also available in:

• Health Schemes
• Pasture Management for Beef Farms
• Nutrition for Growing Beef Cattle; Finishing Beef Cattle; Beef Cows and Bulls
• Disease Control for Beef Calves; Fattening Cattle; Cows; Bulls