It’s here! The FutureBeef podcast!
The FutureBeef podcast explores issues and management strategies relevant to the north Australian beef industry through lively and informative conversation. FutureBeef is a collaboration between Meat & Livestock Australia and […]
Pasture dieback update 2022
After some good falls of rain recorded across Queensland, now is the time for graziers to be on the look-out for pasture dieback. How to identify pasture dieback Dieback causes […]
Burdekin graziers tune up on animal health
Does it matter if I skip out on the second 5in1 shot? How do I know if I have a reproductive disease in my herd? What is the greatest cause […]
Pain relief options for animal husbandry procedures
Pain and discomfort is associated with some animal husbandry procedures such as branding, ear marking, castration, dehorning, disbudding and spaying. Availability and access to registered pain-relief options for livestock have […]
New from FORAGE: Drought duration report
The Drought Duration report is a new report available on the Long Paddock website. It shows the current drought situation and summarises the historical drought duration information in Queensland. This […]
UQ researcher looking at farmers views of livestock production
An honours student, Ms Camille Page at the University of Queensland, is doing an interesting research project looking into producers’ perspectives. This project will explore regenerative agriculture as a social […]
Warning: don’t eat these seedlings!
Record rain in parts of Central Australia has led to a rare, mass germination event! This doesn’t happen very often and seedlings like these are key to the next 20 […]
Grasshopper update for western and north-western Queensland
The not so humble grasshopper has had a significant economic and environmental impact in western and north-western Queensland over the last four years. In recent weeks, we have seen patches […]
A tale of two La Niñas
Generally a La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean heralds a chance of better than average rainfall over the spring and early summer season for the east coast, and […]
Pasture dieback update — December 2021
After recent good rainfall across large areas of Queensland, graziers need to be to be on the look-out for pasture dieback. How to identify pasture dieback? Dieback causes pasture […]