BetterBeef and BestWool/BestLamb Network Roadshow
The 2025 Beef and Sheep Network Roadshow will bring top industry experts to four locations across Victoria, delivering the latest insights on pastures, livestock, and farm business management.
In response to seasonal challenges, we’re taking a fresh approach in 2025. Instead of one big BetterBeef and BestWool/BestLamb state-wide conference, we’re bringing the knowledge to producers with a series of half-day events, making it easier for producers to attend without spending a whole day off-farm.
Same high-quality content—just more accessible and closer to home.
This format ensures more producers can connect, learn, and plan for the seasons ahead—without the travel commitment of a conference.
9.00 am Welcome and conference opening by Alison Desmond, BestWool/BestLamb Project Leader and Darren Hickey, BetterBeef Project Leader, Agriculture Victoria
9.10 am - Session 1, Alison Gunn, Herd Solutions (Lardner), Anna Manning, Delatite Veterinary Services (Mansfield) or Jane Gaussen, The Livestock Vet (Dunkeld), Tough stock, tough seasons,
10.05 am - Session 2 , Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, Optimising Pasture Recovery - Part One
- How much feed can we expect to grow when it does rain?
- What options (if any) do we have to increase this growth?
- Where does it leave us at lambing/calving time?
10.45 am - Morning tea
11.10 am - Session 3, Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, Optimising Pasture Recovery - Part Two
- Supplementary feed options (if we don't have enough paddock feed): what works and what doesn't
- What do we need to do in spring to maximise recovery of the plants that have been stressed: different approaches for perennials, sub clovers
12.05 pm - Session 4, Jason Trompf, JT Agrisource, Bullet proofing your business against varying seasons
- Review the adaptability of your farming system to varying seasonal conditions
- Identify components of your system that be changed to better handle extended dry periods
- Capability of your system and genotype to recover quickly
- Ability and value of genotypes that can buffer themselves through feed deficits
- Do's and don'ts of lambing and calving in dry times
1.00 pm - Session 5, Jason Trompf, JT Agrisource, Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, Alison Gunn, Herd Solutions (Lardner), Anna Manning, Delatite Veterinary Services (Mansfield); or Jane Gaussen, The Livestock Vet (Dunkeld), Panel session
1.30 pm Closing message by Alison Desmond, BestWool/BestLamb Project Leader and Darren Hickey, BetterBeef Project Leader, Agriculture Victoria
1.40 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Welcome and conference opening by Alison Desmond, BestWool/BestLamb Project Leader and Darren Hickey, BetterBeef Project Leader, Agriculture Victoria
1.40 pm - Session 1, Dr Jane Gaussen, The Livestock Vet, Tough stock, tough seasons, what every producer should know
- Keeping livestock healthy and growing on supplementary feed- practical tips
- Support calving/lambing health and prevent common diseases
- Smart decisions now to maximise health and productivity into spring
2.35 pm - Session 2 , Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, Optimising Pasture Recovery - Part One
- How much feed can we expect to grow when it does rain?
- What options (if any) do we have to increase this growth?
- Where does it leave us at lambing/calving time?
3.15 pm - Afternoon tea
3.50 pm - Session 3, Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, Optimising Pasture Recovery - Part Two
- Supplementary feed options (if we don't have enough paddock feed): what works and what doesn't
- What do we need to do in spring to maximise recovery of the plants that have been stressed: different approaches for perennials, sub clovers
4.30 pm - Session 4, Jason Trompf, JT Agrisource, Bullet proofing your business against varying seasons
- Review the adaptability of your farming system to varying seasonal conditions
- Identify components of your system that be changed to better handle extended dry periods
- Capability of your system and genotype to recover quickly
- Ability and value of genotypes that can buffer themselves through feed deficits
- Do's and don'ts of lambing and calving in dry times
5.20 pm - Session 5, Jason Trompf, JT Agrisource, Cam Nicholson, Nicon Rural Services, and Jane Gaussen, The Livestock Vet, Panel session
5.50 pm Closing message by Alison Desmond, BestWool/BestLamb Project Leader and Darren Hickey, BetterBeef Project Leader, Agriculture Victoria
6.00 pm Dinner
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