Sheep & Goat Field Day and Evening Muster - Dirranbandi - Hosted by Dirranbandi Show Society
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Dirranbandi Show Grounds | 8 August 2025 | 9am - late (cocktail dinner)
Leading Sheep is presenting at the Sheep Field Day, held in conjunction with the National Kelpie Field Trial and Australian Yard Dog Championships in Dirranbandi.
Presentations will include:
- Animal health
- Markets
- Commercial performance
- Sheep and lamb processors
- Feedlotting
- Wool
- eID tags
Dr Noel O'Dempsey is the South Region's Leading Sheep Regional Coordinator, a veterinarian and sheep producer near Texas. He has a wealth of experience in Queensland parasite management and will discuss advanced worm management including:
- the current season, worm burdens and how to manipulate the worm's life cycle to reduce drenching
- quarantine drenching
- updated techniques to control drench resistance (yes we do have drench resistance in western Queensland)
PLUS!
- Industry displays
- Lucky door prize
- Q&A panel hosted by Charlie Blomfield
- Cocktail style dinner (tickets $100) and guest speaker Nigel Kerrin
Register here.
Details:
- Date: Friday 8 August 2025
- Time: Field Day 9am - 5pm | Happy hour (free drinks) from 6pm-7pm | Dinner and cash bar
- Venue: Dirranbandi Showgrounds
- RSVP by Thursday 31 July 2025 for dinner
For more information, please contact the Dirranbandi Show Society for more information - Tom Perkins 0429 308 145
Address:
Dirranbandi Show Grounds
PDS Field Day - Isisford
Join us for a day talking sheep: research and development in the sheep space, current pastures and nutrition considerations and learnings from the producer demonstration site with Dr Gordon Refshauge (NSW DPI). Also includes demonstrations with sheep Optiweigh, animal handling machines and woolpress maintenance.
This event is free and catered.
This PDS is funded by Meat & Livestock Australia.
Address:
Isisford Racecourse
171 Isisford-Ilfracombe Rd
Isisford, Queensland
4730
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When: Thursday 27 March 2o25
Where: QANTAS Founders Museum, theatre room. Longreach QLD.
Register: https://www.trybooking.com/CYKEI
Flyer & details to come.
Address:
QANTAS Founders Museum
1 Hudson Fysh Drive
Longreach, Queensland
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