Speakers include Nick Serfontein from Sernick, who began a Bonsmara stud in 1983 and now runs a full value chain with a feedlot, commercial herd, stud, abattoir and butcheries.
Namibia beef producer Mecki Schneider, who runs one of the largest Brahman commercial herds in Africa, Johan Mouton, who does product development for Molatek and Epol, and Prof Kevin Kirkman, a grassland scientist, will also be speaking.
Topics to be discussed over the three days include, pasture management and planted pastures for large and smallstock, intensive lambing systems, practices to produce better quality meat, case studies of financial models in farming, sheep feedlotting, negotiating better weaner prices and factors influencing cow productivity.
Other speakers include Prof Ben Hayes, from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, and Jason Strong, who negotiates market access into Europe and Russia for Meat and Livestock Australia.
* For more information, contact www.stockmanschool.co.za.
