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GUEST SPEAKERS –
Jason Trompf
Jason is the founder Of Lambs Alive and key developer & educator of the programs Lifetime Ewe Management and Bred Well Fed Well.
His ethos is to produce more from less and guide farmers on how they can use their existing resources to make sustainable change across multiple points of the lambing season.
Jason’s presentation at our upcoming field day will focus on the key foundations of productive and adaptable sheep enterprise - enabling you to flex to varying seasonal conditions - including the balance of traits needed for a productive resilient ewe.
We will also enjoy a practical session, where Jason will outline the key traits underpinning a productive, resilient ewe, using Karbullah stud sheep.
JUSTIN and LORROI KIRKBY
Justin and Lorroi, together with their sons Sam, Flynn and Jock, run Amarula Dorper and White Dorper Stud at Gravesend, comprising 1000 Dorper stud ewes and 500 White Dorper stud ewes, and cattle when season permits.
In 2021 Justin and Lorroi won the Australian Government’s Landcare Farming Award, after revitalising their degraded farm into biodiverse grasslands, through activities such as planting 8000 trees and 140,000 saltbush, pasture cropping, multi-species cover cropping, removing chemical inputs as much as possible, adaptive grazing, and water and wire, subdividing the farm from 12 to 52 paddocks so far.
Justin and Lorroi will speak about their family’s regenerative journey, as well as the different challenges that sheep and cattle pose in regenerating country, and approaches to managing grazing impact.
CHLOE BUNTER
Chloe is the MERINOSELECT Development Officer of Sheep Genetics with Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) based in Armidale and has been part of the team since October 2021.
Chloe will be talking about ASBVs (Australian Sheep Breeding Values) – what they are and how to use them.
She will discuss the different tools available for commercial clients to utilise ASBVs, how to choose a high performing sire, the different traits available and how to interpret accuracy of ASBV’s.
KARBULLAH
Karbullah is a family operated SRS merino stud run by Mark & Victoria Murphy with the help of their two sons Ben & Luke and their partners, Steph and Sarah.
Located 70km north of Goondiwindi, Karbullah is a ‘next generation’ merino stud focused on producing a dual-purpose merino.
They have been specialising in high productivity, superior wool with a strong carcass, fertility and survivability characteristics. Boasting one of Australia’s highest lamb survival rates, particularly notable for a farm that doesn’t drench their ewe base for worms.
The Murphy family run 700 stud ewes with 300 commercial ewes & 150 breeder cows on 8000 acres of Belah/Brigalow country.
They have been using Old Man saltbush to help droughtproof the property, and in the last couple of years have been incorporating multispecies farming and improved pastures to help the soil biology and create a better feed base and diversity.
Join us on 16th June as the Murphy family take us on a tour of “Karbullah”.
TICKETS
For tickets click here- Resilient Breeders Tickets
MacIntyre Ag Alliance members remember to use your code for 25% off. Email us know if you have forgotten your code- admin@macintyreagalliance.com
SPONSOR THANKS
This event is supported by Southern Queensland Landscapes through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program.
A big thanks to sponsors North West Rural Supplies, MLA, ANZ and OLM for supporting the day.
