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Lecture Series

SEYMOUR AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY WORKSHOP

DAY 1 FRIDAY

TIME	TITLE	CONTENT	PRESENTER
11.00 am	Cattle Yards	Expert advice on buying or upgrading your cattle yards. Make your yards safe for yourself, your workers and your stock.	Yard vendor, Local vets and Ag society members.
12.00 pm	Animal health issues with the DPI Session One	Farm biosecurity: Purchasing livestock - quarantine, worming, vaccinating, Johne's Disease, footrot, lice, Brucellosis People movements Equine Influenza update Protecting trading markets: Beef Only - a new way of trading cattle in South Eastern Australia. Sheep and goat NLIS. Vendor Declarations and Animal Health Statements.	Lee Manning, DVO and DPI Staff
1.00 pm	A Beginners Guide to Cattle Production	Experienced vets and local Ag Society members will provide a demonstration of key cattle health and management techniques. A hands-on, all questions answered session.	Local Veterinarians Andrew Hogan, John Dalziel and Experienced Cattle managers
2.00 pm	Animal health issues with the DPI Session Two	Session two of the DPI presentation. See our site board for more details of these sessions.	Lee Manning, DVO and DPI Staff
3.00pm	So she is calving? What now	Experienced vets will give a hands-on demonstration of the calving process: when to help, how to help, when to call a vet.	Local Veterinarians Andrew Hogan and John Dalziel

DAY 2 SATURDAY

TIME	TITLE	CONTENT	PRESENTER
11.00 am	Cattle Yards	Expert advice on buying or upgrading your cattle yards. Make your yards safe for yourself, your workers and your stock.	Yard vendor, Local vets and Ag society members.
12.00 pm	A Beginners Guide to Cattle Production	Experienced vets and local Ag Society members will provide a demonstration of key cattle health and management techniques. A hands-on, all questions answered session.	Local Veterinarians Andrew Hogan, John Dalziel and Experienced Cattle managers
1.00 pm	Raising Healthy Calves by Bucket	The speaker, who raises hundreds of calves each year commercially, will take you through the basic principles and pitfalls of bucket rearing calves.	Arnold Evans Advisor and Facilitator Eco-Agriculture
2.00 pm	Artificial Insemination in Cattle	An experienced AI technician will guide you through the advantages and theories of AI followed by a demonstration of AI techniques.	Steve Wolfe AI Technician
3.00pm	So she is calving? What now	Experienced vets will give a hands-on demonstration of the calving process: when to help, how to help, when to call a vet.	Local Veterinarians Andrew Hogan and John Dalziel

DAY 3 SUNDAY

TIME	TITLE	CONTENT	PRESENTER
11.00 am	Cattle Yards	Expert advice on buying or upgrading your cattle yards. Make your yards safe for yourself, your workers and your stock.	Yard vendor, Local vets and Ag society members.
12.00 pm	ALPACA SHEARING DISPLAY
12.20 pm	ALPACAS An introduction to keeping Alpacas	A beginners workshop hosted by experienced alpaca Breeders and local vet Andrew Hogan	Andrew Hogan BVSCc and AAA Members
1.00 pm	Raising Healthy Calves by Bucket	The speaker, who raises hundreds of calves each year commercially, will take you through the basic principles and pitfalls of bucket rearing calves.	Arnold Evans Advisor and Facilitator Eco-Agriculture
2.00 pm	ALPACA SHEARING DISPLAY
2.20 pm	ALPACAS Joining, Breeding, Birthing	An introduction to breeding alpacas. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.	Andrew Hogan BVSc
3.00pm	ALPACAS Q-Alpaca	An introduction to the Q-Alpaca program of quality assurance – what is in it for you?	Andrew Hogan BVSc

FIRST STOP FOR FARMING FACTS

Lectures and demonstrations on keeping farm livestock healthy are a highlight of Seymour Alternative Farming Expo.

The Seymour Agricultural Society will be presenting information sessions at the three-day event at the Kings Park Recreation Reserve each day from Friday to Sunday, February 15-17.

Society president and Seymour veterinary surgeon Dr Andrew Hogan said sessions would be held at site number 135, with a full timetable available at expo's entrance gates.

Sessions would be in blocks of about an hour, including time for visitors to ask questions.

The Friday and Saturday sessions, with some assistance from Department of Primary Industries staff, would cover livestock issues.

Visitors can expect to hear topics such as:

An introduction to cattle for small properties.
How much can you do on your own.
Cattle health basics.
Do you need a bull?
Artificial insemination.
Calving - how to recognise when a cow is calving and when to get the vet involved.
What equipment should be kept on hand to assist the vet.

Andrew said this information could mean more live calves on the ground and fewer problems for farmers.

On the Sunday there would be a focus on alpacas.

It would give visitors to expo an introduction to farming a small herd, from two to 20 or more animals.

"You need to have your head around shearing and worming and basic things," Andrew said.

"We will do some shearing and toe trimming demonstrations.

"The lectures and practical demonstrations will let you know what to expect.

"We will offer contact details for shearers, advice on the qualities of the fleece, and explain how to select the right alpaca.

"Lamb losses to foxes can be as high as 25 per cent and alpacas limit flock predation they can cut that figure way back."

Andrew said the Seymour Agricultural Society was 150 years old and its 150 members, including three vets on the committee, had a big bank of practical knowledge on all aspects of farming and grazing.

"Agricultural society members with years of experience in sheep and cattle will be around and will be happy to be asked questions by expo visitors," he said.

"Our society's involvement with Seymour Expo is about education.

"It's our way to pass on some of the skills of our long-term farmers to newcomers, and even to others who have not been on the land for so long."

For more information, phone Andrew on (03 5799 1400 during office hours.

Seymour Expo is an hour's drive from Melbourne via the Hume Freeway.

To contact the organisers, phone (03) 5799 1211 or check the website www.seymour-expo.com

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