2023 Leading Breeder Conference
Leading Breeder is a biannual conference hosted by Sheep Genetics to update clients on the genetic evaluations and showcase the innovations in development to achieve genetic improvement.
Date: 15th and 16th March 2023, Bendigo VIC
This year the conference theme is “The Role of Genetics in Sustainability and Productivity”. There are a number of exciting sessions planned for the conference including:
A Panorama view of Genetics and Updates for your business
- Including presentations about Sheep Genetics Updates, powering our genetic engines of the future, showcasing the latest in index development, as well as success in breeding for sustainability outcomes overtime.
From genomics to plate. Engaging with breeders through to consumers
- This session will cover underpinning genomic selection with reference populations, the outcomes of the ALMtech project and Aussie Lamb on the global menu featuring live demonstrations of new technologies.
Designing breeding programs
- Featuring Matesel in practise, its success and learning from other industries globally. Additionally, this session will allow the chance for your questions to be answered by a panel of industry experts and leaders.
Achieving Sustainability Outcomes- what role does genetics play?
- The chance to learn and discuss MLA’s Carbon Neutral targets, the role genetics plays and how you can be involved, as well as learnings from the beef industry.