Tours of North East regional seedstock herds will be held tomorrow as part of the Australian Wagyu Association’s conference in Albury.
The tour will visit Goorambat Wagyu/Global Reproduction Solutions, an integrated ET, AI, IVF and seedstock operation where principal Dom Bayard will explain and demonstrate the latest artificial breeding procedures and the selection of sires and dams for AI and ET.
An inspection of the Wagyu seedstock herd also included.
The afternoon session will take in Moyhu Wagyu.
Owner Bob Officer and manager Wayne Grimshaw will explain how a Wagyu seedstock operation functions.
They will touch on many areas including the use of BREEDPLAN EBVs and FTIs in breeding and marketing, the bloodlines for target markets and the servicing of clients.
Guest speaker at the evening dinner at Wahgunyah will be Matt McDonagh, the Australian Wagyu Association’s new CEO who will discuss his experiences as a Ruminant Nutritionist with the US Department of Agriculture and its relevance to Wagyu.