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Tuesday, October 5
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| 11.00
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Agrig8 Golf Tournament (11.30 tee-off) |
| 6.00 |
Performance Feeds Welcome Drinks Party A chance to meet and greet old friends. We suggest you then choose from one of the many Royal Pines restaurants for dinner. Reservations recommended. |
| Wednesday, October 6 |
Session 1 - Setting the Scene |
9.00
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Welcome & official opening Jim Cudmore, president, Australian Lot Feeders’ Association |
| 9.15 |
Food Scarcity – the reality and all that goes with it:
Acclaimed author, journalist, editor and science communicator and principal of Julian Cribb & Associates, Julian Cribb provides the opening address to BeefEx delegates: Much has been written about food scarcity – but how close is the reality of this in terms of its impact on agriculture, on red meat production, and the terms of trade on our farms and feedlots? Julian Cribb believes that we have the capacity to mitigate the impact – but notes it will require remarkable collaboration to achieve. |
| 9.45 |
Food Scarcity and the consumer response:
Social researcher Mark McCrindle draws on his understanding of consumer savvy to consider how tomorrow’s consumer will view grain fed beef, against a background of emerging food scarcity |
| 10.15 |
Will price provide sufficient incentive for Australia to feed the world on grain fed beef? MLA’s General Manager, International Markets and Economic Services Dr Peter Barnard takes a look at what’s in store. |
| 10.45 |
Q&A Panel – Gerry Gannon with Julian Cribb, Mark McCrindle and Peter Barnard |
| 11.00 |
The Bundaberg Molasses Morning Tea Break |
Session 2 – Water and the environment & community perception |
| 11.30 |
Community perceptions of the beef industry and the environment. MLA’s Samantha Jamieson tells us how the community currently perceives the feedlot sector and explores the strategies that are capable of building consumer trust. |
| 12.00 |
Coal Seam Gas and its impact on water: The CSG industry has grown by more than 6,000% since 1997 and is set to experience similar growth trends into the future. However, the industry has also been criticised for its current and future potential impact upon the quality and quantity of ground and surface water. David Free from the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management provides an insight into what impact this may have on agriculture and the feedlot sector in particular. |
| 12.20 |
The Lot Feeder's Perspective
Simon Drury from the Condabri Feedlot in Miles, QLD provides his story about the impact of CSG on his business |
| 12.30 |
The carbon hoofprint: Hopkins River feedlot at Dunkeld, Victoria, has been at the leading edge of understanding and reducing feedlot carbon emissions. David Maconochie from Hopkins River shares why they have not been afraid to confront carbon and in fact, turn it to their business advantage. |
| 1.00 |
Pfizer Luncheon |
Session 3 - Great people doing amazing things |
| 2.15 |
Presentation of the Pfizer Medal |
| 2.30 |
Indigenous connections: Former QLD Rural Woman of the Year Barb Madden has undertaken a project to grow indigenous owned cattle stations linked into feedlotting. This is her story. |
| 2.45 |
Indonesian adventure: Greg Pankhurst left a great job at Rangers Valley feedlot when he was 22 to embark on what he calls an “Indonesian adventure. Twenty years on, he has a remarkable story of innovation in feeding and management on his way to his partnership with Juang Jaya Adbi Alam in two feedlots totally 38,000 head in Sumatra – all of which are imported from Australia. |
| 3.00 |
Lessons learned from Grassdale: The recently completed Grassdale Feedlot at Dalby is one of the industry’s most significant feedlot developments. Today, feedlot manager Ben Maher reveals what worked, what didn’t and what he’d change if he had his time again. |
| 3.30 |
The Feedlot Machinery & Equipment/Harsh International Break |
| 4.00 |
Equine Opera: Horse trainer extraordinaire Steve Jefferys’ most recent accomplishment was training horses to work with opera stars on the stage of the Sydney Opera House. Today we meet the man and his horse to get an insight into the psychology of his animal magic. |
| 4.30 |
Application of these techniques for penriders: Dr Tom Noffsinger made a great impression at ALFA’s BeefWorks in 2007 where the Dr Tom brand of animal handling was met with great acclaim. We ask Tom to join Steve on stage and explore how Steve’s techniques can work for penriders and the feedlot. |
| 5.00 |
Day 1 Conference Close |
| 6.30 |
Pre Dinner Drinks |
| 7.30 |
The Elanco Gala Dinner & Elanco Feedlot of the Year Awards |
Thursday, October 7
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| 8.30 |
Australian Lot Feeders Association AGM |
| 9.45 |
The CJD Break |
Session 2 - Business Today |
| 10.00 |
Not tonight darling: Sex therapist Dr Rosie King looks at the impacts of today’s life as we know it on sex and relationships, what this means down at the feedlot – and ultimately how it can affect your business, today! |
| 10.40 |
The psychology of good decision making in tough times: Dennis Hoiberg from Lessons Learnt Consulting has worked extensively with the rural sector and understands the frustration of decision making in a business where weather, the Australian dollar and market forces can out-strip even the most conservative decisions. So what constitutes a good business decision in this environment? Dennis explains. |
| 11.10 |
A matter of currency: With the Australian dollar approaching parity with the US and the Yen devaluing the Australian dollar, there is a new era of risk emerging for the feedlot business and it appears to be currency. NAB’s general manager of Agribusiness Khan Horne provides his insight into the matters of currency and how to ride this storm. |
| 11.30 |
Optimal marketing: Nutrition Service Associates consultant Joe McMeniman has been exploring whether our cattle should be marketed on their number of days on feed, or if there is some other much more advanced mechanism for pinpointing the most optimal time to market. What if we’ve been wasting the last 20 days? There is a very real chance we have. |
| 12.00 |
The year in review: Findings from the 2009 Phibro Young Lot Feeder Achiever of the Year winner Matthew Luhrs of the JBS Swift Mungindi Feedlot. |
| 12.30 |
Coopers' Luncheon with a demonstration of the fascinating horsemanship of Steve Jefferys |
2.00 |
The Costco phenomenon: The Costco story is one of the most remarkable business expansion stories the retail sector has seen, as the organisation takes on Coles and Woolworths with speed and determination. Here is our opportunity to get a look at Costco’s approach to its beef procurement and what that will mean to the grainfed sector once their Sydney mega supermarket hits full throttle, as the company’s senior fresh foods buyer Marcel Moodley explains. |
Session 3 - Business Today Part 11 |
| 2.30 |
Retailers’ perspective: McDonald’s decision to brand their burgers Angus demonstrates not only that they are happy to put ‘cows in front of consumer’, but they are ready to get up close and personal with the Australian beef industry. We ask McDonald’s national purchasing manager Lisa Issacs to explore what particular consumer trend motivated their campaign and further, if they might comment on what they see as the ‘next big things’ in consumer trends that will need addressing – and how the Australian beef industry can work with them on this. |
| 3.00 |
The power of consumer influence: Elanco Animal Health’s corporate affairs manager Dr Lisa Wade masterminds the juggle between the quest for ultimate productivity gains and the requirements to meet the demands of today’s savvy consumer. We ask Lisa if the challenge to feed the world will see some changing of attitudes towards animal health products. |
| 3.20 |
The IAP Innovation Award |
| 3.30 |
The Champion Liquid Feeds Break |
Session 4 - Animal handling |
| 4.00 |
The Cattle Whisperer: An hour with Dr Tom Noffsinger is never enough – but our BeefEx finale is the opportunity to hear from one of the world’s most acclaimed animal handlers as he talks about his latest techniques and understandings of cattle handling. |
| 5.00 |
Day 2 Close |
| 6.30 |
The ProBeef Farewell Dinner |
Partners’ Program
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Delegates registering for the partners’ program have full access to all social functions and on Day 2 of BeefEx, Thursday October 7, we offer the following program: |
| 6.30 |
Freeing the mind: An optional (but certainly recommended) start to the day is this morning yoga session, designed exclusively as a ‘first look’ at yoga (although those with yoga experience can also enjoy a more challenging session). |
| 10.00 |
Join delegates in the main conference room to hear sex therapist Dr Rosie King |
| 10.40 |
Join delegates in the main conference room to hear consultant Dennis Hoiboig |
| 11.15 |
Re-convene to the Norfolk rooms for the commencement of the Partners’ concurrent program, hosted by Barb Madden, Smithfield Feedlot |
| 11.20 |
Women’s Capacity – Mental toughness for greatness: Jill Rigney from The Right Mind takes us through to lunch with this outstanding workshop that brings with it a whole new perspective on capacity and opportunity |
| 12.30 |
Coopers Luncheon – on the BeefEx lawns – to enjoy the fascinating horsemanship of Steve Jefferys – the man responsible for the horses on stage at Sydney Opera House during the season of Carmen. |
| 1.30 |
Emotional intelligence: Why women have it and men need some – and, while we’re at it, some strategies to “bring it out of the blokes”! A humorous but intently serious look at how we can deal better with the tensions of the feedlot world, courtesy of Dennis Hoiberg. |
| 3.00 |
Break |
| 3.30 |
Feedlot Opera: Jill O’Meehan from WA’s Daniel’s Well feedlot proves that anything is possible – even staging an opera for 600 people at the feedlot! |
| 3.45 |
The ultimate Gnocchi experience and the BeefEx Masterchef: The charming Italian chef Mirko Grillini demonstrates the Gnocchi technique and then extends the challenge to our guests as we mount the great BeefEx Gnocchi cook-off. |
| 4.45 |
Champagne celebration: Enjoy a glass of bubbles and fellowship to cap off the day before joining the rest of the delegates for the ProBeef Finale dinner. |
Disclaimer: Program, speakers and topics still subject to some changes
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