ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS
Rising to the challenge: Breeding for the customer of the 21st Century
Detailed Program
SESSION 1: Meeting customer requirements in the 21st Century
SESSION 2: New and Emerging Technologies
SESSION 3: Balancing Customer Requirements with Farm Profitability
SESSION 1: Breeding for the customer of the 21st Century
- Wool Processors Requirements for the 21st Century (Claus Gyrn, Managing Director, Geelong Wool Combers)
- Meeting Processors Requirements – Providing guidelines for members regarding supply of suitable rams to woolgrowers.
- Stud Merino Breeders Association of Western Australia (P. Ralston)
- Australian Merino Society (R. Collins)
- Federation of Performance Sheep Breeders (R. Coole)
SESSION 2: Performance recording – infrastructure and adoption of Breeding Technologies
- Merino Performance Testing Scheme in South Africa (J.J Olivier)
- Rampower (Ian Rogan)
SESSION 3: The Ram Breeder
- Breeding Objectives for the Merino Industry (R. Ponzoni)
- Sire Evaluation (K. Atkins)
- What the technology means for me and how I apply it. ( John Mclaren NSW Stud breeder
SESSION 4: Sustainable Wool Production Systems – Where to now?
- WA Linked Wether Trials and Implications for Ram breeders (D. Windsor)
- Breeding for worm resistance (J. Greeff and J Karlsson)
- On-farm FEC Results – It Does Work! (W. Sandilands)
- Role of Genetic Markers in Merino Breeding programs (L. Piper)
- Profitable sheep production systems. (Andrew Vizard)
Further program details will be added as they come to hand.
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