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…
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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;…
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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…
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The 2020 MLA Phosphorus Challenge ran in April and May across North West Queensland to test for phosphorus (P) deficiency. Beef extension staff from the Queensland Department of…
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There have been numerous webinars in the last month covering a variety of topics by a number of agencies. Below is a list of recent webinar recordings. The…
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As many readers would know, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) Beef Extension Officer, Matt Brown, is also a business partner in a beef cattle herd near Rockhampton.…
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A vast area of north-west Queensland, including the northern Mitchell Grass Downs, extending into the Gulf, was damaged after a monsoon trough flooded the area in February 2019.…
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When pastoralists signed up to be part of the E-Beef project they were told that there would be regular meetings on participating stations where attendees would learn about…
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The Western Australian Department of Primary Industries and Rural Development’s Business Improvement Grant (BIG) program commenced in 2015 with the aim of helping to improve the performance and…
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The amount of pasture that grows each year (or ‘pasture growth’) dictates stock numbers and long-term carrying capacity estimates for properties. Data collected from native pastures from over…
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