2012 CSA SYMPOSIUM 8th & 9th March 2012 Ridley Centre, Adelaide Showground Registrations Now Open - close 24th Feb

2012 Cleanskin Sheep Australia Symposium
"Taking Your Enterprise to the Next Level"
Thursday 8th & Friday 9th March 2012

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• Venue

• Program

• Key Speakers

• Q&A Panels

• Breakout Sessions

• How To Register

• Trade Display Booths

• General Animal Display

• Breed Society Display

Venue
The Symposium is changing venue in 2012! The new location of the 2012 Symposium is the Ridley Centre, Adelaide Showground. The change in venue will enable complete air-conditioning and a more prestigious presentation which will increase the comfort of our attendees and the profile of the Symposium.

    

Program
This year CSA have introduced "Question & Answer" panels and breakout sessions to the program covering a range of topics that will assist you in taking your enterprise to the next level. You have the ability to listen to key speakers as well as choose a number of breakout sessions making sure you get to hear the information you want.
We've also included an introduction to a new cleanskin / fleece shedding breed in Australia.

The program will run between 8am and 4pm each day, with a dinner available at an additional cost on the Thursday evening.

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Key Speakers

Dr Geoff Pollott
Senior Lecturer, Bioinformations & Genetics, University of London (UK)

Topic:  "The selection process for achieving full shedding"
Based on findings working alongside commercial sheep breeding groups interested in wool shedding and his resultant paper, "A suggested mode of inheritance for wool shedding in sheep" (2011), Dr Pollott will address the Symposium on the genetics of wool shedding (in producer terms) and selecting to achieve full shedding. Dr Pollot's findings include that wool shedding in sheep is initially controlled by one dominant "switch" gene, which was discovered by testing non-shedding and shedding animals from Wiltshire Horn and Easycare cross sheep.

Dr Jason Trompf
Producer & Lifetime Ewe Management Program Co-Author

Topic:  "Lifetime Ewe Management"
Dr Trompf is a wool and lamb producer, an Honorary Research Fellow with the Department of Agricultural Sciences at La Trobe University, and the current Chairman of BESTWOOL/BESTLAMB which delivers economic, environmental and social benefits to wool and sheep meat producers. Dr Trompf co-authored and developed the Lifetime Ewe Management Program (LTEM) which assists producers to improve their understanding of ewe nutrition and management.

Professor James Rowe
Chief Executive Officer, SheepCRC

Topic:  "Sheep CRC - What / Why / How?"
Professor James Rowe holds a PhD in animal nutrition. His research on sheep and cattle production has resulted in a number of new products and innovative feeding systems. In 2002 Professor Rowe was appointed CEO for the Australian Sheep Industry CRC and currently holds the position of CEO with Sheep CRC Ltd. Professor Rowe will address the Symposium on the role of the SheepCRC in the Australian sheep industry.

Mr Ken Solly
Managing Director, Solly Business Services, Naracoorte (SA)

Topic:  "Profit Drivers in Top Businesses"
Ken Solly is an Agribusiness Consultant and works with the farming sector across Australia in the fields of Business Consulting, Individual and Group Capacity Building, Agribusiness Education and Training, and Agritourism. The main thrust of Ken's work is to train and empower individuals and businesses to manage their affairs more profitably and assist in creating better futures.

Mr Daniel Brown
Project Management, Sheep Genetics

Topic:  "Data Measurement & Recording - What / Why / How?"

Mr Ken Hart
Research Officer, Department of Agricuture and Food WA (DAFWA)

Topic:  "Results of WA Dorper Trial"
Ken Hart is a Research Officer for the Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA). He is the site scientist for the Sheep CRC's Information Nucleus Flock sites in Katanning and the Dorper site in Narrogin. He is also managing the roll our of the next generation of Information Nucleus - IN2 at the Katanning site. Ken feels that while the Information Nucleus has produced exciting results for the sheep industry, the IN2 will be bigger, better and even more exciting for industry.

Question & Answer Panels
Ask the panel of experts the questions you want answered. Panel topics include:
    Export Opportunities
    Organics
   

Breakout Sessions
Included in the program are a series of breakout sessions (5 x 20minute sessions each day) for attendees to participate in practical demonstrations and address specific topics and discussions with presenters.

Following is a list of sessions CSA have planned:
    Getting started with cleanskins
    Autodrafter weighing exercise - Tru-Test / Pratley
    Scanning for muscle & fat - Stefan Spiker / Rachel Chirgwin - Advanced Livestock Services
    Scanning for pregnancy - Paul Cousins, Cousins Merino Services
    Carcase demonstration - comparison of carcase traits - Trevor Hill, Bruce's Meats (Mitcham, SA)
    "Grain & Graze" - Lower Rainfall Areas - Daniel Schuppan, Landmark
    "Grain & Graze" - Higher Rainfall Areas - Cam Nicholson, Grain & Graze Program
    Phosphorus application for pastures - Dr Sean Mason, University of Adelaide
    Lambplan for commercial producers - Daniel Brown, Sheep Genetics (MLA)
    Lambplan for seedstock producers - Daniel Brown, Sheep Genetics (MLA)
    AuctionsPlus - online sale demonstration - Gary Dick, AuctionsPlus
    Ewe Management - Tips & Tools - Dr Jason Trompf, LTEM Program
    Hands on Condition Scoring - Brian Ashton, Sheep Consultancy Service P/L