CURIOUS cattle producers with a thirst for knowledge and an interest in discussing data and evidence-based decision making are encouraged to attend a forum conducted by Alf Collins’ CBV Brahmans in Rockhampton on Thursday May 9.

Alf Collins, CBV Brahmans, Marlborough.

It is a free event but one that gives producers access to some of the best brains in the business, with a panel discussion and Q&A forum featuring Professor Emeritus Michael D’Occhio, Professor James E. Kinder, Professor Ben Hayes, Ian McLean and Dr Mike Stephens.

Alf Collins Snr needs no introduction in the northern Australian cattle industry, a Brahman breeder who is widely recognised for his pioneering performance-measurement and evidence-based approach to breeding fertile, functional Brahman cattle for northern Australia at his CBV Brahmans enterprise near Marlborough in Central Queensland.

From his early years Alf has had an inquiring mind and was able to learn from leading producers, breeders and scientists with seminal industry knowledge not only in Australia but all over the world.

He has been on a lifelong hunt for knowledge which has led to collaboration with Australian and international experts across generations and a level of data collection and performance-recording that is almost unparalleled in beef cattle herds, as Professor Ben Hayes explained at the CBV Brahmans Open Day in 2022 (see video below).

Ben Hayes opening the 2022 CBV Open Day. 

The free CBV Brahman event at the CocoBrew function venue in Rockhampton during Beef 2024 will give producers an opportunity to benefit from a lifetime of learning to date and join the discussion with a leading panel of respected breeding and agribusiness experts.

“What we’re doing is we’re sharing what we’ve learned that makes a difference to the bottom line at low cost of production,” Alf told Beef Central.

“We really want people that are curious to come; we think about 10 percent of the cattle community are constantly wanting to make change to their cattle businesses.

“The tenet of CBV is how to raise good beef at low cost and lots of it.

“We want people who are curious, who want to make change to their economic terms of trade.

“The foment from the floor should be the good thing; there are no questions off limits in our forums.”

The CBV “Brahmans Breeding Brilliance” Forum will be held at CocoBrew, 114 William Street, Rockhampton from 10am to 2pm on Thursday, May 9.

For more information click here to downland the one-page event flyer, or to register for the seminar click here.