Researchers at the University of Queensland are investigating how fire and grazing can be managed to optimise nitrogen inputs by biocrusts to improve the productivity of grazing lands in northern Australia. Funded…
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The Repronomics II Project is up and running in the Northern Territory (NT) with many collaborators working to identify genomic indicators of fertility, increase the size of the genomic reference populations for…
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COVID-19 hasn’t impacted the cattle market with movement through Cloncurry over the past few months a good sign for business across the region. Cloncurry’s Agriculture Coordination Officer Bob Guteridge has been maintaining…
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) is looking for people with a passion for the beef industry to take part in a pilot program designed to give them the skills and support…
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There were a number of webinars held in June. Here are the links to a few of the recordings. Managing erosion on floodplains presented by Southern Gulf NRM Rural Tax webinar provided…
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Old Man Plains Research Station (OMP) turns off steers each year as part of the Quality Graze research project. This project aims to identify optimal grazing systems that can consistently produce premium…
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Graziers in the Burdekin will be the first required to meet the Queensland Government’s new minimum practice agricultural standards for grazing which start on 1 December 2020. Under the Reef protection regulations,…
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Damage to on-farm infrastructure and crops during the North and Far North Queensland Monsoon Trough more than a year ago is still evident across much of the state’s disaster-affected regions. Thousands of…
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The Long Paddock’s well known series of rainfall and pasture growth posters have been updated for 2020. Four posters make up the series: the original Australia’s Variable Rainfall; Queensland’s Extended Wet and…
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Apart from some extra planning and approvals for travel, little has changed for the beef extension team based in Mackay in recent times. Over the last two months the beef extension team…
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