Stocking rates and pasture utilisation

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There is a large variation in land types across northern Australia and each land type has a different grazing value and carrying capacity. Indicative stocking rates for each…
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Understanding how to assess land condition is important for grazing land management. In this short video you will hear from DAF beef extension officers, Kate Brown, Megan Willis…
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Dr Peter O’Reagain has been collecting data at the Wambiana Grazing Trial since 1997. The trial is located on Wambiana Station, south of Charters Towers, Queensland, and consists…
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This booklet will give you insight into improving cow fertility while reducing cow and calf losses in the North. In mid 2021, Gulf Savannah NRM and Department of…
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Matching stocking rates with available forage ensures animals always have sufficient feed. This minimises the impact of dry years and drought feeding costs. Most importantly, it prevents overgrazing…
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We can all recognise properly flogged country … but what are those first signs that indicate pasture is being overgrazed? Dionne Walsh, Rangeland Scientist, formerly from Industry Northern Territory,…
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The evolution of the Animal Equivalent (AE) system in Australia is progressing to a new approach in comparing animals of different weights, classes and species with a fit-for-purpose…
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Quality Graze is a grazing strategies trial being run on the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade’s Old Man Plains Research Station (OMP), located to the south-west of…
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With current restrictions on face-to-face gatherings due to COVID-19, the E-Beef Project has moved online to maintain momentum and engagement during these unprecedented times (as well as for…
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The E-Beef online series involves four sessions over four weeks in June (2020), providing landholders, extension staff and industry stakeholders with key insights on new and emerging technologies…
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