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Rangeland management and assessment, rangeland memo editor, feed budgets, pasture condition assessments, land rehabilitation, extension and training.

Pasture assessment and identification, fire management and planning, scat and track identification.

Beef cattle research in arid rangelands.

Nutrition, pregnancy testing, artificial insemination and fire management.

Arid Zone and Barkly Mitchell grasslands, rangeland ecology; pasture growth modelling and carrying capacity estimates, grazing strategies, fire, climate and
seasonal analysis and prediction.

Decision making framework, grazing land management, extension methodology, rangeland monitoring

Land resource mapping, soil conservation and land rehabilitation, arid rangelands land management, developing and presenting extension materials for the pastoral industry.

Data management, feral animal management and ecological monitoring.

EID based data collection systems, NIRS sample collection, extension and training.

Beef herd fertility, genetic selection, herd recording, data analysis, EID based data collection systems and the Repronomics II project.

Research and extension in sustainable rangeland management: carrying capacity, forage budgeting, grazing systems.

Heifer fertility, breeder herd efficiency, animal production systems and animal nutrition.

Reproductive performance of beef cattle, animal production systems, animal nutrition and animal welfare.

Improved pastures, floodplain management, soils, fertilisers, seed production, native pastures, fodder crops, and hay production.

Rangeland ecology and management, grazing trials, GRASP modelling and climate change impacts.

Development of Indigenous Land in the Northern Territory for pastoral/cattle operations with associated employment and financial benefits.

NT DPIF Selected Brahman Herd, EID based data collection systems.

Climate change impacts and mitigation, and; nutrition.

Pasture establishment, leucaena establishment and management, pasture and soil core sampling and monitoring.

Elle has an interest in increasing efficiency of beef production within northern Australia with expertise in bull breeding soundness and fertility.

Livestock research, animal production systems, herd data management systems (NLIS)

Beef production systems, herd nutrition, meat science, rangeland ecology, native pastures, grazing management systems, soil conservation, rangeland monitoring, property layout and infrastructure, management of fire in the rangelands, succession planning and rural family communication.

Native, improved and irrigated pasture systems, silage production and tropical pasture seed production, breeder herd management, cattle nutrition and supplementation including feedlot and molasses production feeding, cattle marketing, MSA technology, economic analysis of beef business performance, rangeland monitoring, property planning and use of fire in the rangelands.

Beef business planning and management incorporating everything from herd productivity to succession planning

Extensive beef production in north Queensland, cattle nutrition and supplementation, and grazing practices

Extensive beef production systems; management of native rangelands; cattle nutrition and supplementation including dry and wet season lick rations, molasses mixes and heifer and weaner management; breeder herd management; livestock marketing; property layout and infrastructure planning; and communicating latest information/technology to the beef industry.

Rural and industry networks, social media, livestock management, finance, business goal setting and planning, training & upskilling.

Property mapping, animal nutrition and grazing land management in north Queensland.

Diet quality testing
NIRS interpretation
Nutrition and supplement enquiries

Beef production systems, grazing land management, extension methodology, monitoring and evaluation, working with groups to implement best practice, rangeland monitoring, reducing sediment from grazing lands, and project management and design.

The management of grazing lands using stocking rates, fire, sown pastures and fences/stock waters to improve land condition; woody weed management, reclamation of severely degraded land, preventing and repairing erosion on access tracks and other linear features on grazing properties; working with school students to lift the profile of the northern grazing industry and highlight career opportunities in agriculture; Rangeland Champion with Rangelands Australia (UQ Gatton) and working with industry/agency teams to address industry issues.

Assisting beef businesses adopt and integrate new technologies in grazing land management and beef production systems. Assisting North Queensland beef producers integrate the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) and Meat Standards Australia (MSA).

Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) – a management tool for monitoring and managing beef nutrition. National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) – integrating electric identification into business performance monitoring. Pasture/land condition monitoring and its importance to beef businesses. Cattle performance monitoring and its importance to beef businesses. Dung beetles – their distribution management.

Grazing land management, including land condition assessment, photo monitoring sites and forage budgeting. Building capacity in staff and graziers to develop resilient communities through access to training such as Mental Health First Aid.
Working with landholders to implement best management practices.

Beef cattle production, animal nutrition, breeder herd management and grazing management.

Grazing land management, nutrition and breeder management.

Herd recording, data collection and finding out more about the incidence and impact of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD, also known as pestivirus) in beef herds.

Beef cattle management in extensive production systems, supplementation and metabolism of phosphorus in weaner cattle.

Options analysis and herd modelling, decision support tools training, herd recording, group facilitation and adult learning.

Breeder herd management, genetics, grazing land management, property management and facilitation.

Breeder herd management, cattle nutrition, enterprise analysis and herd modelling, and grazing management.

Forage systems and legumes
Grazing management
Nutrition
Goats

Sown pastures
Legume establishment
Leucaena
Pasture dieback

Breeder management and cattle markets

Herd data management systems, herd health and welfare and biosecurity planning.

Business and enterprise analysis, cattle nutrition, breeder management, facilitation, adult learning and grazing management.

** Please note, Carly is on leave, returning late 2020**

Grazing land management and rangeland monitoring.

Working in beef research and extension projects in northern Australia, including analysis of whole of business profitability herd dynamics when adopting different management practices.

Western Queensland plant identification, native pastures and pasture monitoring, grazing management and toxic plants.

Leading Sheep and GrazingFutures projects.

Agribusiness management, whole property management, enterprise analysis, property development and infrastructure, property and herd recording systems. Extension methodology, monitoring and evaluation, group facilitation and adult learning.

Remote sensing and GIS (desktop and ground mapping)
Vegetation management (Mulga)
Practical experience and networks in south-west Queensland

Herd management and animal health, disease and nutrition.

For more information about beef and sheep research in South West Queensland, please contact Jed Sommerfield on (07) 4530 1256.

Beef production systems, nutrition and economics.

Grazing Best Management Practice in the Burnett Mary and South East Queensland.

Cattle health, welfare and production, property and herd recording systems, data collection and analysis, whole property management.

Feedbase research and development projects across southern and central Queensland and organisation of the Productive and Persistent Legume Pastures workshops.

Pastures, climate, drought, grazing systems and plant identification.

I cover a little bit on a broad range of topics. I coordinate all the research trials on site so I guess I have a lot of practical knowledge in;
• breeder management
• herd recording and analysis of performance
• pasture management and forage budgeting
• Grazing BMP compliance and I also provide support to the Grazing BMP extension staff through assisting in workshops. Quite often we are asked to attend to provide advice from a practical perspective as we carry out best management practice recommendations on site here at Brian Pastures.

IF you would like to know more about Hayley's work while she is on leave, please contact Steven Bray, Beef and Sheep Manager (Southern Queensland), Department of Agriculture and Fisheries on (07) 3708 8424.

Grazing land management, property mapping, GPS technology, pasture budgeting and communicating the latest information/technology to the beef industry.

Sheep and beef production, extensive grazing management, environmental management systems, extension and evaluation.

Intensive beef production in Queensland, in particular: feedlot management, husbandry and markets; whole of business economics and farm integration/planning strategies; integrated lotfed production systems, and; promoting best management practice opportunities. The application, adoption and delivery of eExtension technologies in the intensive beef industry.

Beef production in northern Australia, extensive grazing management, botanal surveys and forage budgeting

Animal production