Archived CQ BEEF features - FutureBeef

CQ BEEF is a newspaper feature distributed in the Queensland Country Life newspaper.

Please find below archived editions of the CQ BEEF editions dating back to 2007.

CQ BEEF

Edition	Topics discussed
December	Pasture dieback, phosphorus nutrition, journey to regeneration, Ametdale land condition recovery strategy field day, and Flock Talk.
October	Flock Talk, irrigation options for WA producers, extent of rural debt revealed, vibriosis, cattle performance aids management decisions and more.
August	Marketing options explored, Breedcow and Dynama herd budgeting software now available online, biocrusts, making dry season supplementation work, and Flock Talk.
June	Using the right vaccination technique, offline mobile map apps, cattle health declarations available online, determining when to sell, and Flock Talk.
April	Benefits of preg testing, quantities of buffel grass pastures, Calf Watch project update, pasture dieback, and Flock Talk.
February	Phosphorus supplementation proves profitable, applying for a rebate, choosing the right pain relief, review of the season, storing supplements correctly, and Flock Talk.

Editions	Topics discussed
Summer	Strength in numbers, crunching the numbers on liquid supplements, pastoralist's pain relief story, African swine fever, and economic modelling tools assisting drought response and recovery.
Spring	Update on pasture research, pasture dieback research, spelling over summer, and Flock Talk
Autumn	Lick troughs, dry season supplements, pasture dieback, costing supplements, reading a dry lick label and more.

Edition	Topics discussed
Spring/summer	Changes to the tick line, FORAGE, the Sweet Spot project, managing biosecurity, drought assistance, predicting performance from space, understanding climate forecasts and business planning.
Winter	Repronomics, heifer mating management, new research for CQ beef producers, grazing essentials, dry season feeding and genetic tools to improve carcass traits.
Autumn	End of wet season planning, bull selection and management, Grazing BMP, farm safety and chasing beef herd performance.

Editions	Topics discussed
Spring/summer	Non-herbicide GRT on farm demonstration, new EDGE packages, Grazing BMP reaccreditation.
Spring	Botulism, getting started with BREEDPLAN, getting ready for CalfAlive.
Autumn	Smart sensor stock theft trials, targeting buffalo flies, North Australian Beef Research Committee.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Planning gives legumes a leg up, what about the next drought, cover crops, Clermont Cattlemen's Challenge, Reef Trust, Grazing BMP.
Winter	Becoming FMD prepared, phosphorus supplementation, improving fertility with genetics, new biosecurity laws, Northern Beef Research Update conference.
Autumn	Indian couch invasion, phosphorus deficient cattle, leucaena rumen inoculum, StockTake plus, Grazing BMP, erosion field days, water on the land and how you can use forages.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Updated Business EDGE workshop, tick control, Mount Owenee heifer trial, establishing legumes, selecting the right legume.
Winter	Getting the most out of high output forages, Grazing BMP, grazing management is key, long term research sheds light on grazing management.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Grazing best practice, botulism, BREEDPLAN, global beef demand, vegetation management, wet season spelling case study, water quality, calculating tank capacity, and much more.
Spring	Ticks, managing feeding regime for cost effective results, supplementation, tick fever management and bull buying.
Winter	Indian couch, effective vaccination strategies, Clermont Cattlemen's Challenge, leucaena toxicity, producer demonstration sites, walk-over-weigh at Richmond, and beef finishing systems.
Autumn	Climate watch: when is it too late, pestivirus vaccination, drought aid, making sense of weight data, feeding phosphorus during the dry season, and testing cattle ticks for resistance.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Grazing BMP, Breeding EDGE workshops, calculating your green date, selection for better breeding performance, spelling strategies and more.
Spring	Fertility drives herd direction, evaluating current business practices, cattle versus carbon, forage options for CQ, pasture rundown, good legume establishment, Clermont Cattlemen's Challenge, and more.
Winter	Bovine Johne's Disease, next gen beef breeding strategies project, improving profitability, forage legumes for clay soils, pasture recovery after flood, vibriosis, Grazing BMP, positive land management results, helping CQ producers meet market specifications, StockTake plus and more.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Nitrogen the key to preventing losses due to pasture rundown, climate update, FNIRS, spelling strategies, soil organic matters, soil carbon, managing for land condition, and more.
Spring	Bundaleer legume trial results, Indian couch, managing breeders for improved productivity, fixed time AI, and more.
Autumn	Targeting better beef performance, Tropical Beef Technology Services, lantana fly, meaty award for David Hickey, Beef Australia 2012, Hudson pear, weaning and worm management, and more.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Lessons learnt soil testing, climate watch, considerations for the upcoming wet season, spelling strategies, NLIS technology, leucaena rumen inoculum, new leucaena variety, heifer puberty and pregnancy, improving fertility in tropical breed females, do your own field trials,
Spring	Asking climate questions, using cow pats to manage nutrition, ag-economics in USA and Canada, a day of high finance, bull selection tips, remote water monitoring, and more.
Autumn	Wet season management, Stocktake, buffalo fly, selection index, leptospirosis in people and cattle, producer case studies, and Grazing BMP.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Economic evaluation of forage options for CQ, emerging livestock precision management technologies, evaluating pregnancy testing results, Northern Grazing Systems project, days to calving tool, responsible management of leucaena, and producer profile.
Spring	Good seasonal conditions a cause for optimism, photographs to monitor land condition, Landcruiser versus Datsun - know what you are buying, breeder reproductive performance and management field day, buffel pasture rundown, controlled mating, ripping prior to planting leucaena, and producer profile.
Winter	Weighing weaners, managing variability in beef herds, tick fever, beef business performance, preparing for 'Probe' 2010, using NIRS results and post weaning diarrhoea.
Autumn	Planning for weaning and preg testing, Breedcow herd budgeting software, observations of beef business performance, accelerated adoption of leucaena, budgeting for pasture, and more.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Controlled mating, compensatory growth, reef rescue, global economic crisis eases, the economics of land regeneration, supplementation day, Profit Probe, rural skills acknowledged, healthy waterways, producer demonstration sites, producer profile and more.
Spring	VegMachine, ground cover mapping, deep ripping before planting leucaena, using KPIs for business management, monitoring worm burdens, forage feed options and a producer profile.
Winter	Kangaroo grass, carbon, Grazing Land Management workshop, NLIS producer demonstration site, meeting MSA specifications, Profit Probe and more.

Edition	Topics discussed
Winter	Wet season spelling, water quality monitoring, feeder steer versus Jap Ox, black speargrass, spotlight on beef industry economics, and a producer profile.

Edition	Topics discussed
Summer	Breeder condition at the end of the dry, history of buffel grass pastures, property mapping and planning, research update, landholders managing natural resources, and more.
Spring	Profit Probe, property mapping and planning, backgrounding versus Jap Ox production, and more.