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At this time of year, not only is nutrient content of pasture declining, so too is pasture digestibility, resulting in cattle eating much less pasture. This double whammy…
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Under the WA government’s $5.6M Northern Beef Development (NBD) Program, the Producer Innovation Fast Track (PIFT) grants were launched in late 2022. The primary objective was to accelerate…
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It cannot be argued that supplementation of extensively managed beef breeding herds is beneficial to overcome mineral deficiencies and improve animal performance, but it can also be costly.…
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Have you thought about how pregnancy testing can help improve the productivity and profitability of your business? Charleville-based grazier and veterinarian Jacqui Tickell has been pregnancy testing her…
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After identifying bottle teats as a significant potential cause of calf loss in the CalfWatch project, the Northern Territory Livestock Industries team photographed some cows shortly after calving…
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North Queensland beef producers recently went beyond skin deep when they entered cattle in the Northern Grassfed Carcass Competition at JBS Townsville. This year saw 14 vendors, twice…
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“There’s no way of telling a bull’s fertility just by looking at it,” Mark Madew, of Cundarra Santa Gertrudis Stud, says. “The only way to really know is…
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Improvements have recently been made to the FORAGE ground cover report, including: percentile maps to compare a month to the same month’s data in other years; and times…
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In early June, members of the Droughtmaster breed society visited Spyglass Beef Research Facility to hear about the Droughtmaster herd involved in the Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)…
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Western Australia’s ‘Are your heifers deficient?’ phosphorus project has kicked off to encourage northern WA producers to test their herds for phosphorus deficiency. The project aims to increase…
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