On Wednesday 17 July 2019, 28 producers and 15 service providers attended a very successful, Tips & Topics Day held at the Begonia Sports Complex, 140 km south of Mitchell. Presentation topics…
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A range of short ‘how-to’ videos to help beef and sheepmeat producers get started using breeding values in their herds or flocks is part of the suite of genetics resources being rolled…
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Queensland’s Brigalow Belt is home to over 30% of the northern Australia beef cattle herd with large areas of highly fertile soils suitable to sown pastures. Inclusion of perennial legumes into these…
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Leucaena is a legume fodder crop that provides high quality feed for ruminant animals that boosts liveweight gain, both per animal and per hectare, compared to grass-only pastures. However the adoption of…
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It’s well known that the grazing habits of cattle differ between night and day, but the Self Herding Project at Kidman Springs, NT, has shed new light on what cattle get up…
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Helping grazing businesses become more profitable and drought resilient is the aim of a Department of Agriculture and Fisheries project funded by the Queensland Government’s Drought and Climate Adaptation Program. Economic analyses…
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The Long Paddock’s well known series of rainfall and pasture growth posters have been updated for 2019. Four posters make up the series: the original Australia’s Variable Rainfall; Queensland’s Extended Wet and…
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The June edition of the FutureBeef eBulletin features: blood testing and land type mapping lead to cost-effective supplementation a health alert for pulpy kidney and plant poisoning in animals grazing pastures that…
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Controlled mating is the focal point of the latest video produced by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), featuring Beef Extension Officer, Byrony Daniels, beef producer, Doug Burnett, and cattle veterinarian,…
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This year marks 30 years of Wagyu cattle in the Australian beef industry. From humble beginnings, Australia now has the largest herd of Wagyu cattle outside of Japan, where the breed originated.…
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