Cattle Care Course

SMALL CATTLE: CARE & MANAGEMENT COURSE

A one day introductory course designed for those interested in becoming involved with cattle.

The course assists participants in developing skills in care, handling and management of cattle. All those questions you ever wanted to ask will be answered in a information packed day plus lots of demonstrations and practical tips that you won’t find in any book. Chief instructor Margo Hayes author of ‘Small Cattle for Small Farms” published by CSIRO.

The Program

A wide range of topics will be covered including: infrastructure requirements, husbandry & nutrition, how and when to vaccinate, methods of identification, showing, marketing and promotion, beef production and Government requirements. Course is delivered with both indoor and outdoor instruction including a tour of Vitulus stud and commercial animals.

Cost

$330 Per person per day ($550 per couple) Includes copy of book Small Cattle for Small Farms, class materials, lectures, lunch, refreshments, and farm tour.

2011 Dates

February 19th, March 12th, April 30th, 25th June

Times

9am to 4pm

Venue

Vitulus Lowline Stud. 221 Mulgowie Rd. Thornton. Qld 4341. Ph: 54667266

Book now

Limited Places. Couple discounts. If interested either email margo@lowline.com.au or telephone 0413 153 754 and a booking sheet will be sent.

What others have said about the course:

I would like to thank you for the Cattle Care Course on Saturday. What an excellent day! I have never attended a course anywhere ever where so much practical information was given, every thing that I needed to know was covered. Excellent, Thanks very much . Lynne Bower April 2011

We really enjoyed the course and it covered most things for us.   We really liked the flexibility in that you covered everything people asked and appreciated you showing us how to apply ear tags when it wasn’t on your program. Greg and Janet Cumberland 2010.