About

Genetics Australia’s Beef Forum is a one-day forum featuring world-class speakers and leading producers, focused on genetics, reproduction, and market insights shaping the future of beef production in Northern Australia. Held on 11 March, the event connects today’s breeding and management decisions with tomorrow’s commercial outcomes. Designed with Northern beef systems in mind, Genetics Australia’s Beef Forum provides practical insights that support informed decision-making across the supply chain. 

PROGRAM 

10.30am Registration - Tea/Coffee & Morning Snack

10.55am Anthony Shelly from Genetics Australia Welcome Delegates

                 Lauren Finger from Genetics Australia - Opens the Forum

Session 1 | A Global Perspective

11.00am Ripley Atkinson (StoneX) - Australian Cattle Market Outlook & How Price Risk Management can assist Beef Producers

11.45am PJ Budler (Trans Ova) - Global Livestock Challenges and Opportunities

12.30pm Ced Wise (Wise Repro) - Exporting Australian Genetics Around the World

1.15pm Lunch

Session 2 | The Real World Application

2.00pm Greg Fawcett (Greg Fawcett AI Services) - Fixed time AI in Northern Australia

2.20pm Brad Hine (Angus Australia) - Angus in the North

2.40pm George Lubbe (Premium Bovine Solutions) - Connecting Supply Chains Through Genetics

3.00pm Kent Anderson (Zoetis) - Leveraging Genetic Gain - From Now and Into the Future

3.20pm Afternoon Tea

Session 3 | Tales from the Paddock

3.50pm Facilitated by PJ Budler, Trans Ova

Simon Close (Kurra-Wirra Pastoral) 

Sarina Gale (Rocking Chair Ranch) 

Casey Ryan (Fort Constantine Wagyu Breeder)

5.00pm Forum Closes & Pre-dinner drinks, canapes and mingle

6.00pm - Bistro Dinner

SPONSORS

Location

The Mayfair, 9/11 Mayfair Drive, Emerald

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