Training Courses

Barkly and VRD Rangeland Management Courses

Cattle stations throughout the Barkly and VRD are using Rangeland Management Course as a component of their initiation training and education package. The Rangeland Management Course has been designed so individual stations can tailor the course to suit their needs and interests. To ensure that each course has a local flavour, much of the information presented is based on district research and experience. The course uses a selection of presenters to cover a range of topics. [more]

EDGENetwork

EDGEnetwork is a range of practical workshop sessions and learning opportunities which help you gain knowledge and develop skills to improve your livestock enterprises:

 

BeefPlan - improve your profitability and sustainability

 

BeefPlan is a non-traditional approach to learning. Groups of like-minded beef producers, work together as a management team to focus on property management. [more]

 

Grazing Land Management (GLM)

 

This 3-day workshop (plus a follow up day) covers the following topics: 1) maintaining both native and improved pasture systems; 2) understanding the relationships between water, soils, woodland, biodiversity, fires and weeds; 3) managing climate variability; 4) meeting target markets while remaining sustainable in the long-term; and 5) determining the financial implications of grazing management options. [more]

 

The Nutrition EDGE

 

A 3-day workshop including 5 modules: 1) ruminant nutrition; 2) pasture growth and quality; 3) cattle performance and grazing management; 4) mineral nutrition; and 5) managing nutrition shortfalls. [more]

 

The Breeding EDGE

 

This 3-day workshop is designed to assist producers (and others) to develop a breeding program, utilising reproductive and genetic knowledge and technologies to achieve their desired production targets. [more]

 

The Marketing EDGE

 

This 2-day workshop is designed to assist producers to set their long-term direction and strategies for the marketing function of their livestock business. [more]

 

The Selling EDGE

 

This 2-day workshop is designed to assist producers increase their returns through being more sophisticated in the selling phase of their business. [more]