Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) staff had key roles in the Australian Association of Ruminant Nutrition conference held at Rockhampton on 23-24…
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Thirty beef producers and industry representatives attended the Ametdale Field Day in Central Queensland, to learn about the results of the Northern Grazing Demonstration project. There were presentations about the Wambiana grazing…
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If you are a primary producer who suffered livestock losses in the monsoonal flood event earlier this year, or live in a drought-declared shire, you can apply for additional freight subsidies for…
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GrazingFutures is a Drought and Climate Adaptation Program (DCAP) funded project aimed at helping producers better manage drought and other risks associated with extensive livestock businesses. The project objectives are to: Prioritise…
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Viewing current drought status or retrospective maps (for Queensland) has been possible for some time by visiting the “Drought Declaration” page on the Long Paddock website. However, there is often an interest…
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The triennial Northern Beef Research Update Conference (NBRUC), hosted by the North Australia Beef Research Council (NABRC), was held in Brisbane on 19–22 August. The fifth NBRUC in 12 years continued to…
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Five Industry Recovery Officers (IROs) have been appointed to help the North West grazing industry recover from the February floods. These IRO’s will assist Dr David Phelps who is the Department of…
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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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