Turning leaf into beef – Part 3: Troubleshooting
Turning leaf into beef? Direct grazing or ‘stand and graze’ of irrigated pastures in northern Australia can be highly productive. The combination of warm temperatures year-round, high solar radiation, plus […]
Turning leaf into beef – Part 2: Best management practice
Turning leaf into beef? Direct grazing or ‘stand and graze’ of irrigated pastures in northern Australia can be highly productive. The combination of warm temperatures year-round, high solar radiation, plus […]
Seeing is believing: Commercial scale implementation of wet season spelling for Mitchell grass recovery
Wet season spelling is a well-known grazing strategy with lots of scientific data supporting it, but practical implementation on a commercial scale can come with challenges. The NT Department of […]
Weaning: An ideal time to vaccinate for tick fever
With weaning occurring across Queensland, graziers in ticky country are being encouraged to vaccinate their cattle for tick fever. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries beef extension officer Lara Landsberg said […]
Managing breeder herds in the dry season
Northern Australian graziers are encouraged to consider breeder herd management as the dry season approaches. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries beef extension officer Kacie Buchanan says year-round mating sees many […]
Preg test results shock the north
Unexpected or unusually low pregnancy rates are often the result of disease or bull failure, so generally these are the first areas to investigate. In herds routinely vaccinated for disease, […]
Six years in the making – Brian Pastures Field Day 2024
The Brian Pastures Research Facility was showcased at a recent field day in late May 2024. A result of ongoing collaboration between the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) who […]
Out and about with the pasture team April – June 2024
Getting stylos into Indian couch and grader grass dominated woodland on fertile red-basalt soils in north Queensland
Key take-home messages Grasses with short growing seasons such as Indian couch and grader grass can dominate native pastures on fertile woodland soils and consequently reduce weaner and steer production […]
The Northern Downs gets down to business
The North Queensland Pasture Resilience Program (NQ PRP) team held a combined pasture legume field day in Richmond on the 19th March. The day was run collaboratively between the Department […]