Tips & Topics at Tooloombilla
Another Tips & Topics Day was held in south west Queensland recently with more than thirty-five beef producers in attendance. The difference between a regular field day and a Tips & Topics…
Read more
What’s new
The secrets of fertile cows
The Southern Queensland beef team were on the road in September with Mick Sullivan (Department and Agriculture and Fisheries) delivering beef breeder management workshops in the Burnett Mary region. Workshops were run…
Read more
Collaborating on calf loss research at McKinlay
Producers, industry and interstate government departments came together to discuss recent research and practical prevention strategies of calf loss on the downs near McKinlay on 8 October. Hannah Brodie and Lachlan Smith,…
Read more
You are invited to Ametdale grazing demonstration field day
Graziers are invited to join the Northern Grazing Demonstration Team from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and graziers Ian and Penny MacGibbon for a field day at Ametdale, featuring a…
Read more
FORAGE Long-Term Carrying Capacity report
The “new” FORAGE Long-Term Carrying Capacity report for grazing properties in Queensland is now available. Property “Long-Term Carrying Capacity” information can help with: long-term planning for property improvements, such as fencing and…
Read more
PhD opportunity for From Method to Market project
Australian grazing enterprises operate on just under half of Australia’s total land area. For many years, the industry has utilised a ‘clean and green’ marketing advantage, which has traditionally been based on…
Read more
Reflections from a lifetime of adapting regenerative agriculture to the desert context
Staff from the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Alice Springs, recently went to Woodgreen Station for a tour to hear about the management strategies owner and manager, Bob Purvis, has spent…
Read more
Breedcow & Dynama herd management tool goes online
Agricultural economists at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries have transformed the iconic Breedcow and Dynama herd budgeting software into a new online tool to help beef cattle producers understand the potential…
Read more
Could canine ehrlichiosis be in Queensland?
Queensland dog owners are being urged to look out for signs of canine ehrlichiosis, a serious dog disease recently detected in dogs in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Dogs can become…
Read more
Calculating the economics of agistment
Senior Extension Officer, Roger Sneath, has created an agistment calculator to help estimate the cost and returns of sending stock away on agistment, either on a one-way trip or to return home.…
Read more