Cows and heifers

Foetal ageing, combined with breeder segregation, has allowed beef producer, Micahel Flynn, to refine his breeder management. By drafting breeders into their expected month of calving, their nutritional…
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Prevention is better than a cure. Especially when it comes to the productivity and profitability of your beef breeding enterprise. Pestivirus, also known as bovine viral diarrhoea virus…
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Prior to 2019, Jim and Jenny Cross, and their daughter Rebecca, weaned from March to April when the calves were 6-9 months old. However, during the severe drought…
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David Andersen is a beef producer on the Atherton Tableland in far north Queensland where he runs 120 Brangus cows on 90 hectares. David’s goal in managing his…
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It wasn’t even smoko time, and already the Wrights were worried. One June morning, the Wrights of Mt Spencer Station, 60 kilometres south-west of Mackay, yarded 570 shiny…
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Northern Breeding Business (NB2) is a producer designed and led extension, adoption and research program, aimed at increasing breeding herd performance and reducing calf mortality. The ‘Pathway to…
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Too often when the question is asked, ‘How is your beef breeding herd going?’ the response is usually about weaning rates which only partially answers the question. If…
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This is part two of this webinar series – Making profitable management decisions after the dry. This webinar recording aims at providing beef producers a ‘first look’ at…
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This series of recorded webinars is focused on supporting small landholders during times of drought and the subsequent recovery processes. This is part 5 of a 5-part webinar…
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Have you weaned and do your cows look a little light or not quite where you would like them to be? Join Extension Officer, Jed Sommerfield (Department of…
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