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Controlled mating is the focal point of the latest video produced by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), featuring Beef Extension Officer, Byrony Daniels, beef producer, Doug…
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This year marks 30 years of Wagyu cattle in the Australian beef industry. From humble beginnings, Australia now has the largest herd of Wagyu cattle outside of Japan,…
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Many pastoral leases across the Pilbara and Kimberley regions experienced lower than average rainfall and above average temperatures during the 2018/19 wet season, which resulted in extra pressure…
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Despite the difficult growing conditions over the summer of 2018-19, tropical legume varieties planted into a pasture trial on the southern Darling Downs have persisted and produced fresh growth.…
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Rains in March and April have initiated variable pasture response for many producers throughout Queensland. In some areas the rapid growth of green feed after these rain events…
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The value of incorporating perennial legumes into extensive beef production systems is the focus of the latest video from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF). In this…
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Users of the Grazing Land Management (GLM) land type mapping can now access the new and improved versions of the mapping data. “The GLM land type mapping now more…
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When Rob and Ainsley McArthur of Mystery Park, St Lawrence, decided to investigate the probable cause of their herds’ lower than expected productivity, they turned to Department of Agriculture…
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Rainfall across most of central and southern Queensland this summer has been significantly below average.  Even under dry conditions such as these, research and commercial experience demonstrates that…
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A new video has just been launched that describes new ways that producers can use the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) to improve data collection and decision making…
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