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A unique and easy-to-use app, developed by Agrihive, allows beef producers to quickly see opportunities to expand their business. Launching on May 10, the app called Farmecco has…
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A new climate report has revealed a surprise opportunity to grow low chill temperate fruit, like stone fruit, in the Pilbara – a region renowned for its extremely…
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Did you know: There are around 1700 general workplace injuries in agriculture each year, affecting one in every 25 agricultural workers. One in every 35 workers suffers a…
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The Department of Agriculture and Food, WA is pleased to advise two grant schemes will open on 5 December 2016, to grow WA’s agrifood sector. The grants form…
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries researchers Rebecca Ambrose and Jenny Gravel are developing tests that are able to rapidly detect bovine respiratory disease pathogens including: bovine herpes virus…
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The winners of the 2016 North Australia Beef Research Council (NABRC) Medals were announced in Rockhampton in August at the Northern Beef Research Update Conference presentation dinner. From left…
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A best practice program developed to help graziers farm alongside the Great Barrier Reef is now being used by outback graziers to build the resilience and productivity of producers…
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Understanding the potential of irrigated agriculture in the Pilbara is a step closer, as results from a remote irrigation trial were shared with a crowd of enthusiastic attendees…
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Low reproductive rates in northern Australian beef herds are recognised as a significant limiting factor to enterprise productivity. Many factors influence reproductive rates, in particular environmental and management…
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An MLA-funded Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) has proved the three crucial management decisions impacting the productivity of replacement heifers are: Joining weight Bull selection Disease prevention Producers Doug…
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