Grazing management

Why consider wet season spelling? Beef cattle enterprises in north Queensland rely heavily on 3P (perennial, palatable and productive) native pastures for production. Continuous grazing over several years…
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Russell and Donna Lethbridge of Werrington Station has shown that operating a grazing system that mitigates the risk of climate variability does not need to be complex, however…
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  Many breeder paddocks in northern Australia are too big and under-watered to achieve optimum productivity. In the Barkly Tableland region, for example, average paddock area is 218…
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Uneven use of the landscape has long been a concern for producers in the extensively managed beef production systems of northern Australia. Historically, the solution to this problem…
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Breeders need the right nutrition to perform well. Is there a sweet spot of pasture utilisation that will sustainably increase breeder productivity in northern Australia? Methods There is an…
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It’s never too early to plan for the next dry season…so why not start planning now? In this presentation, Kiri Broad (formerly Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Longreach)…
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Forage budgeting can help calculate how much feed you have on hand and how many cattle it will carry, for how long. These four short videos step you…
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This technical guide is designed to help inform and improve grazing management in the Mitchell grasslands of western Queensland. It focuses on: managing stocking rate, spelling pasture, burning and developing the property with more fences and waters.

The Understanding producers’ change to more sustainable grazing practices in the tropical savanna rangelands of North Queensland project sought to understand factors and processes that influence beef producers’…
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The Sustainable development of Victoria River District (VRD) grazing lands project investigated the potential for pastoral intensification in the Victoria River District (VRD) of the Northern Territory to increase…
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