Bull power for performance, production and profit of Australian beef herds
FutureBeef welcomes an opinion piece by Dr Geoffry Fordyce, Senior Research Fellow with the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, regarding bull management in northern beef herds. Introduction The […]
Choosing the right bull for your herd
When it comes to choosing a partner, you typically don’t throw caution to the wind and choose any person who catches your eye! You have to understand what you’re looking […]
From method to markets—unlocking ecosystem service opportunities for livestock producers
Livestock producers have the potential to store large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soil, as well as support unique biodiversity and healthy water systems. With more than $2.5 billion […]
Pasture dieback industry network
Between 2020 and 2022 the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) conducted a project co-funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) to work closely with industry and graziers affected […]
The webinars of July
Although many events were held face-to-face in July across northern Australia, quite a number of webinars were conducted as well. Below are links to recordings of publicly available webinars that […]
Can land management plans help graziers?
A new video on land management will help landholders identify and improve land in poor or degraded condition, through the Grazing Resilience and Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) program. Department of Agriculture […]
New Biocrust project – Boosting natural regeneration of nitrogen in grazing lands
Researchers at the University of Queensland are investigating how fire and grazing can be managed to optimise nitrogen inputs by biocrusts to improve the productivity of grazing lands in northern […]
Repronomics II – Building and delivering!
The Repronomics II Project is up and running in the Northern Territory (NT) with many collaborators working to identify genomic indicators of fertility, increase the size of the genomic reference […]
Webinars of June 2020
There were a number of webinars held in June. Here are the links to a few of the recordings. Managing erosion on floodplains presented by Southern Gulf NRM Rural Tax […]
Good land condition pays premiums — The Central Australian story
Old Man Plains Research Station (OMP) turns off steers each year as part of the Quality Graze research project. This project aims to identify optimal grazing systems that can consistently […]