Tools and services by location
Search for national, state- or territory-based tools and services that may be useful to your business by location, i.e. national, Western Australia, Northern Territory or Queensland.
National services for beef producers
- Agbiz: Queensland agribusiness decision toolkit
- Beef Breeding Services – Artificial breeding services for domestic and international clients
- Beyondblue - Support for depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorder
- Bovine Syndromic Surveillance System (BOSSS)
- Bureau of Meteorology – Weather forecasting and monitoring
- Breedcow and Dynama herd modelling software
- BREEDOBJECT – Custom Selection Indexes for Cattle
- BREEDPLAN – For more information read BREEDPLAN explained
- BVDV Australia
- ChemClear
- Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies
- Cost of production calculator beef, Meat & Livestock Australia
- Climate Change Predictions, CSIRO and Climate of Meteorology
- Is it fit to load - Simple explanations of loading conditions
- Family Facilitation Services
- Financial health short courses
- Grazing BMP (Best Management Practice)
- GrantsLINK
- Geoscience Australia – Mapping
- Global Positioning System
- Google Earth
- Leucaena inoculum (rumen bug) – Information about how to order inoculum
- Lifeline
- Livestock library
- Livestock Production Assurance (LPA)
- Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)
- Meat Standards Australia (MSA)
- North Australia Beef Research Council (NABRC)
- North Australian Land Manager Website
- National Cattle Pregnancy (NCPD) scheme, Australian Cattle Veterinarians
- National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) database
- National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS)
- Newsletters
- Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) – Information about the diet quality of cattle on tropical pastures
- Producer demonstration sites (PDS)
- Rural Skills Australia
- Succession planning resources
- Stocktake: balancing supply and demand
- Tropical Beef Technology Services (TBTS)
- Tropical Forages: An interactive selection tool
- Topographic Maps
- Veterinary Bull Breeding Soundness Examinations (VBBSE), Australian Cattle Veterinarians
- Weed Identification Tool, Weeds Australia
- Young Beef Producers Forum
Western Australia services for beef producers
Rangeland
- North Australian Fire Information
- Bureau of Meterology
- Florabase
- Pastoral Lands Board
- Western Australian Herbarium
- Pastoral Stock Water Workbook
Livestock identification, transport and sale
Pest and disease management
- Animal health laboratories
- Tick fever vaccines – Information on ordering tick fever vaccine
- Tick fever diagnostic services – Services offered at the Tick Fever Centre
Northern Territory services for beef producers
Business development
- GrownOnCountry – A new program focused on developing capacity for agribusiness enterprise development in NT Indigenous communities
- NT WorkSafe – NT WorkSafe helps you meet your safety standards and Occupational Health and Safety responsibilities
- NTCA Station Operation Manual
Cattle
- Beef cattle – Information for producers about beef cattle production and management practices
- Branding cattle in NT – Information for producers about branding cattle in NT
- NT Brands Register – Search the NT Brands Register database by ‘Brand’, ‘Owner’ or ‘Property Name’
- Pastoral Survey – Insights into the pastoral industry from a comprehensive NT wide pastoral survey; divided by regions
- Livestock movements – Recordings of cattle numbers moved from NT Regions to Interstate, NT Regions to NT and Interstate to NT Regions and, NT to NT Regions
Natural Resource Management
- Bushfire planning and management – Information about bushfires in NT from the Department of Land Resource Management
- Feral animals – Information about impacts and management of mammal and bird species declared as feral species under section 47(1) of the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2006
- Fire North (NAFI) - Historical and current information on fires in your area as well as technology to help pastoralists manage fire
- Land clearing guidelines – The Pastoral Land Board has published revised NT Pastoral Land Clearing Guidelines 2010
- NT water resources – Information about water resources in northern Australia
- Pastoral Water Enhancement Scheme – Sound planning of stock watering facilities through the provision of technical advice and financial support
- Pastoral Rangelands of the NT – Information about rangelands management from the NT Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
- Soil and Vegetation – Management of soils and vegetation from the NT Department of Land Resource Management
- Territory Natural Resource Management organisation – Offering support in natural resource management projects
- Water bore drilling – Information about water bore drilling practices in the NT, including obligations under the NT Water Act
- Weeds in the NT – Tools and information for weed identification, mapping and management from the NT Department of Land Resource Management
- Weed Research – List of weed research reports undertaken with relevance to pasture, field and fodder crops (2001 to 2007) from the NT Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
Financial assistance
- Drought Assistance – Information for producers about drought assistance (requirements and benefits)
Livestock identification, transport and sale
- National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) in NT – PIC list, information and documentation requirements, and list of key contacts
- Livestock identification and movement – Conditions for stock entering NT, health certificate and waybill information
- Information on NLIS for the purposes of: Agistment cattle; Livestock export; Trucking yards and dip yards; NT abattoirs; Shows and sporting events
- Getting started with NLIS – Educational resources for producers getting started with NLIS
- Ordering NLIS devices – Order form for NLIS devices
- NLIS regional contacts – Regional representative contact list for NLIS queries
Pest and disease management
- Animal health and disease – Information on common cattle diseases; outline of the range of activities undertaken to monitor and improve the health of NT cattle
- Animal welfare – Guidelines and procedures on animal welfare in NT
- Chemical services – Guidelines and information for chemical use in NT livestock production
- NT Quarantine – Overview of NT Quarantine
- Regional Veterinary Field Officers – NT contact list
- Regional Livestock Biosecurity Officers – NT contact list
- Emergency Disease Watch Hotline – Call 1800 675 888 if you see unusual signs of disease in your livestock
- Exotic Plant Pest Hotline – Call 1800 084 881 to report suspect detections of unusual exotic plant pests and diseases
- NT Land Information Services (NTLIS) – NT spatial data and mapping information
- Department of Land Resource Management Maps – Free public web mapping application for mapping of natural and cultural resource data and information
- NT Atlas – Online application to view and query common NT Government spatial datasets
- Pastoral property maps – Available by contacting the Rangelands Management Branch of the Department of Land Resource Management
- NT road reports – Up-to-date road condition information on all Government controlled roads including graphical representations of restrictions on regional maps
Queensland services for beef producers
Business development
- Business development
- Preparing a property plan – Help for preparing a cattle feedlot plan, piggery plan or property pest management plan
- WorkCover Queensland – Agriculture – News, events and tools specific to the agriculture industry
Cattle
- Beef Breeding Services – Artificial breeding services and products for domestic and international clients
- Brands and earmarks – Information, brands database and application forms
- Leucaena inoculum (rumen bug) – Information about how to order inoculum
- Tick fever vaccines – Information on ordering tick fever vaccine
- Tick fever diagnostic services – Services offered at the Tick Fever Centre
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) testing – TSE testing for cattle and sheep with signs of nervous disease – incentive payments provided
Livestock identification, transport and sale
- Brands and earmarks – Brands and earmarks prove ownership of livestock but are not compulsory, except when cattle and pigs are being sold
- Livestock entry requirements for Queensland – The Stock Act 1915 protects Queensland’s livestock and livestock industries through controls on the introduction of stock from other states and territories
- National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) – NLIS allows individual animals to be identified and tracked from their property of birth through to slaughter
- Biosecurity inspectors – Contact your local biosecurity inspector for information about travel permits, waybills, health certifications, brands and earmarks, NLIS-device application forms, vendor declarations and border crossing locations
Pest and disease management
- Veterinary and chemical residue laboratories – Chemical Residue Laboratory, Tropical and Aquatic Animal Health Laboratory, Biosecurity Sciences Laboratory, Natural Toxins Laboratory and Animal Disease Surveillance Laboratory
- Agricultural and veterinary chemicals – Responsible use and residue prevention
- Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Licence Register – Locate an aerial or ground distribution business or operator to carry out work for you or check if a person or business is licensed
- Animal disease watch hotline 1800 675 888 – Report suspect emergency animal diseases
- Exotic plant pest hotline 1800 084 881 – Report suspect exotic plant pests
- SOI hotline 1800 806 891 – Find out about the SOI and seasonal climatic outlook
- Fire ants – Report suspected infestations
- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) testing – TSE testing for cattle and sheep with signs of nervous disease – incentive payments are provided
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Last modified: 4 March 2013
