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Summary A new tail hair test can measure nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), showing how well individual cattle convert dietary protein into growth and production. Cattle with higher NUE were found […]

Jos Maclean, ‘Coolum Pastoral’ Our family have been running Coolum Pastoral near Moura, Queensland, since 1927. The 5881 hectare property was originally farming country, but since taking it on, we’ve […]

Breeder performance is a key profit driver in beef businesses. To improve performance, we must measure it so we can assess and monitor it on an ongoing basis. Fertility calculations […]

Year-round mating is common practice for northern Australian beef properties, due to the difficulty in managing the bulls across extensive areas. As a result, many calves are born during the […]

Breeding herds with an increasing proportion of polled animals is highly topical in the Australian beef industry. Producer and public concerns surrounding dehorning mean that actively selecting for polled is […]

The BreedNorth WA project is well underway in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. It is a WA state government funded initiative, with oversight from the Department of […]

This booklet will give you insight into improving cow fertility while reducing cow and calf losses in the North. In mid 2021, Gulf Savannah NRM and Department of Agriculture and […]

The female reproduction Phenobank project was undertaken to collect datasets to build a reference population to facilitate genomic selection in northern Australian cattle. A large reference population is needed for […]

The Price family have implemented phosphorus supplementation and fertiliser, pasture improvement, vaccination, parasite management, control mating and objective bull selection on Greenlake Station, Rossmoya. The Price family purchased Greenlake Station […]

“There’s no way to tell a bull is fertile just by looking at him” – Mark Madew from Cundarra Santa Gertrudis. Keen to learn about how a Bull Breeding Soundness […]