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Currently there is very strict screening of animals for live export, and animals with skin lesions and lumps are being rejected. There are reports of animals being rejected…
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What are biocrusts? Biological soil crusts, commonly known as ‘biocrusts’, are found on the soil surface in arid, semi-arid and tropical seasonally arid ecosystems. In the dry season,…
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How much of your annual pasture growth can be grazed without causing a decline in land condition? For rangeland managers, knowing the safe pasture utilisation rate is the…
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Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) is a declared pest in Western Australia, which can jeopardise pastoral production, agriculture, and biodiversity. The East Kimberley region has been particularly vulnerable to…
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Forty-eight producers from across the Burdekin catchment received valuable guidance on navigating nutrition, during a series of workshops in late 2023.  Locations included Pentland, Greenvale, Belyando, Alpha and…
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The 2024 Clermont Cattleman’s Challenge field day was hosted by Mac and Gayle Shan at Cantaur Park, Moranbah in mid-November 2023.  The Shans welcomed around 30 producers and…
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The Charters Towers DAF extension team welcomed secondary school student Temia, for a week of work experience in late 2023.  Helping foster an understanding of the industry and…
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Have you ever wondered what the most profitable turn off weight is for your steers? Or how your herd structure would change if you kept more replacement heifers?…
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Local beef extension officers, Karl McKellar and Jo Gangemi, recently caught up with Kate Holt, Rural Financial Counselling Service North Queensland (RFCSNQ), now based in Charters Towers. Kate…
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Instead of looking over the neighbour’s fence, ten years ago a group of neighbours in the Torrens Creek district decided to jump the fence, get together and learn…
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