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Take the guesswork out of bull buying by following five key steps!
Read the full article to get all the tips and tricks to bull buying and learn how selecting the right bull can drive long-term herd performance and profitability.

A wrap-up of the Douglas Daly Research Farm field day, fire monitoring tools, legumes for managing pasture dieback, using pasture photo standards to improve land condition and breeder efficiency, onboarding new staff, drought planning checklists, new pimelea toxicity research, budgeting tips, and video case studies from the Pilbara rangelands.

Managing spinifex pastures, getting the most out of the AgValuate tool, automated cattle weighing options, Fitzroy catchment updates, understanding Wynn cassia, insights from Central Australian pastoralists, hay quality and mineral supplementation trial results, and using rest-based grazing to improve herd and pasture performance, plus more.

Tips and tools for handling vaccines, time controlled rotational grazing, using stock to restore claypans, environmental markets for Queensland producers, request for cattle ticks from UQ, tips on adopting technology, key messages from the Douglas Daly Research Farm field day, plus more.

Research updates on nitrogen use efficiency and dehorning wound cover projects, Breedcow Lite tutorial, welcoming Alice Springs extension officers, grant and leadership opportunities for WA pastoralists, and heaps more!

How to establish stylos and other legumes, producer experience of tackling pasture dieback, an agistment calculator, Calf Alive project update, how to use decision dates in grazing, keeping pastures ‘rain ready’ with a soil first approach, and more.

Gully remediation in action, opportunities for over-sowing legumes in WA, why you might see a lower than expected response to fertilising with phosphorus, using drones to establish pastures in hard-to-reach places, currant bush in North Queensland and more!

Cutting through data to find practical steps to identify underperformance (webinar recording), a grass identification guide for your phone that isn’t an app, prohibited and restricted plants within Queensland, treating cattle ticks, virtual fencing in the NT, targeting marketing of weaners is the key to success for Lakefield Station, automated water medication systems and then some!

Dung beetles: small bugs, big perks (webinar recording), a grass identification guide for your phone, gathering data for improved carrying capacity estimates, a review of two livestock refuge mounds, buffalo fly tunnel traps, legume establishment in the Victoria River District, and more!

Tips for navigating the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, online producer groups supporting each other to make changes to their grazing enterprises, how to give pasture seedlings the best chance of survival, introducing BreedCow Lite, staff retention strategies, biofuels in WA, a quick update of foot and mouth disease and lumpy skin disease, and more.

Link to the BeefConnect HerdFlow webinar recording, the Price family’s experience of transitioning from phosphorus supplementation to fertiliser application on the East Coast, Sweet Spot project breeder performance result summary, a new and innovative loading ramp design, two new pasture renovation projects at Brian Pastures Research Facility, how practicing emergency animal disease response strengthens the northern beef industry, and opportunities galore!

How to transition to controlled mating, prioritising pasture performance podcast episode, establishing legumes in challenging environments, Barkly Herd Management Forum covering all the bases, different perspectives from the International Rangeland Congress, counting cattle and carbon, and more. Get the insights!

Virtual fencing for north Australian rangelands, managing locusts, how spelling brings country back to life, how to achieve good seed-soil contact when planting, guide to unlocking carbon, gamba grass at Kununurra, NT DAF at the IRC, Kimberley entrepreneur wins WA Rural Women’s Award, legume management in the Top End and more.

LPA’s new animal welfare management tool, research into new Parkinsonia biocontrol agent, how frost damages pasture quality, virtual fencing in the NT, biosecurity tips for bringing in new cattle, post-weaning diarrhoea ins and outs, NT Farm to Feed Forum a success, 2024 live export facts, farmers’ guide to cybersecurity, WA cattle industry update, plus more.

How investment into irrigation in northern WA is shaping the future of pastoralism, seasonal outlooks, treating cattle ticks, the NT Feed to Farm Forum, understanding buffel blight, tried and tested methods bring breeding success, questions to ask before upgrading farm water equipment, and heaps more.

Impact of wild dogs on production value, financial assistance for flood-affected western Queensland, record turnout for the Northern Territory’s Cattlemen’s Association Conference, saving time with automated water medication systems, how your input can help shape the future for hobby farmers and small producers, and more!

Reporting pasture dieback using the app, the value of learning about nutrition in tough country, the impact of maternal investment on calf productivity and survival, new tech emerging to measure eating quality, how your input can help shape the future for hobby farmers and small producers, Grazing land management EDGE workshop dates and more!

Measuring change with rangeland monitoring, protecting your herd from tick fever, rebuilding after natural disasters, Advancing Beef Leaders recruitment, green droughts and gutless pastures, enhanced FORAGE crop frequency reports, and then some!

This issue is packed with pastures, decision dates, training opportunities, stock handling, new tech, breeder management and more.

A round-up of the most popular articles from 2024.

Establishing legumes, blackleg, year-round mating system tips and more.

Wet season spelling for Mitchell grass recovery, effective use of buffalo fly tags, feeding whole cottonseed, poisonous plants, making the most of the weather forecast and more.

Spring and pasture dieback, reproductive loss, bushfire outlook, disaster preparation – get the latest in this issue of the eBulletin.

Spring opportunities for pasture dieback affected pastures, soil testing, the seasonal bushfire outlook and getting ready for the flood, fire, cyclone time of year. BeefConnect webinar with Dr Michael Michael McGowan on Managing infectious causes of reproductive loss in beef herds, the Indigenous Grazing for Profit program, Kidman Springs BeefUp forum highlights – what else would you want to read?

Producer case studies from the Northern Territory on Mitchell grass recovery and weaner management, the next instalment of Turning leaf into beef—troubleshooting common challenges on irrigated pastures, how drones can be used for more than ‘just’ mustering, changes to Livestock Production Assurance (LPA), plus much more.

Preparing for transport and setting cattle up for optimum performance and health, dry season pasture and breeder management, irrigated pasture best management practice, wet season spelling, ag-tech at ‘Echo Hills’, low preg test rates, ticks, buffalo flies – don’t miss these important updates.

Latest research, irrigated pastures in the north, supply chain options, alternative pest control, new NYCI and more.

Water medication PDS results, Kimberley BeefUp highlights, Environmental Credentials, identifying fall armyworm – read all about it.

Managing dry season feed, pasture dieback on the move, benefits of business planning and other great snapshots from across northern Australia.

Biocrusts, water monitoring technology update, safe grazing utilisation rates, winning the war against rubber vine in the NT, how to avoid vaccination lumps and more!

Wambiana 20-year grazing trial, 3 day sickness, flood support and learnings, outback genetic innovation and a legume demonstration.

The best performing articles from 2023—perks of pregnancy testing, remote monitoring system purchasing cheat sheet, strategies to boost fertility, dung samples – your questions answered, Easy P trial update, new Carbon Calculator, double whammy effect of dry season nutrition, keeping sight of profit drivers when selecting bulls, crossbred heifers outperform Brahman cohort in NT trial, and updating the phosphorus map of Queensland.

Updates from the NT Livestock Industries team, the WA Southern Rangelands modelling project, new GRASS program funding opportunities, the Method to Market project, phosphorus supplementation, new reports of pasture dieback, and more!

Outcomes and findings from 7 years of pasture dieback research, new book about improving cow fertility and reducing mortalities, forward planning is key when drought planning, objective culling strategies, KPCA Livestock handling cup winners, information to help recover from bushfires, and more!

Calculating your green date, making the most of free data, keeping sight of key profit drivers and bull selection with John Bertram, MyForage, lifting productivity with leucaena, carbon case study: how Consolidated Pastoral Company is generating Australian Carbon Credit Units using the Beef Cattle Herd Methodology, fodder research yields big returns for small scale irrigation in northern WA, new weed app road testers wanted, and then some!

Strategies to reduce tick burdens with Dr Lee Taylor thanks to ParaBoss, the double whammy effect of dry season nutrition, rotational grazing gains on wet season Gamba grass growth in the NT, tackling staff retention through upskilling in WA, matching stocking rates to available forage and more!

Answering your question: does watered area impact calf loss? Northern grassfed carcass competition results, MLA’s updated phosphorus manual, Optiweighs deployed in northern WA, bottle teats at calving resolve a few weeks later (photo comparison), the perks of pregnancy testing with Jacqui Tickell, observations from the medicated water supplementation trial, and introducing, My Climate View.

Improved perceptions of live export, introducing Paddock Power: a new tool for infrastructure development appraisal, WA Shoo flies trial – did fly tags make a difference? the results are in!, helping your stock to thrive during the dry season, the importance of testing bull fertility, new NT project, as well as a few more terrific articles!

The impact of artificial shade on calf survival on the Barkly, frequently asked questions about dung sampling, free phosphorus deficiency testing for northern WA producers, pasture dieback field day recap, forage budgeting, supplementing with molasses, Clermont Cattlemen’s Challenge, Northern Beef Expo update, plus other great stories.

Gully remediation with Bob Shepherd, a recap of the Douglas Daly Research Farm field day (including growing cotton, establishing leucaena, grazing gamba, weight gains with fly tags, rotational grazing potential and selecting for fertility), preparing for the Northern Grassfed Carcass Competition, key messages from Breeding EDGE Kununurra, and then some!

Applications are being accepted for Producer Demonstration Sites, new online hub for grazing land management information, Easy P trial update, upcoming soil carbon webinar will shine the light on soil carbon realities, capturing the impact fly tags on reducing disease transmission in Western Australia, pasture dieback field day recaps and so much more.

Crossbred heifers outperform Brahmans in NT trial, using terciles to understand pasture and climate data, Advancing Beef Leaders applications are open, pasture dieback management podcast episode, volunteer panel members needed for new methane reducing biotech trial, coordinated fuel reduction strategies reduce occurrence of hot fires in WA, and so much more.

National beef herd predicted to reach record levels in 2023, strategies to boost fertility, rangeland management education for ringers, the information you need to start a carbon emissions account, NT DITT update and an enticing job opportunity in Western Australia.

Bottle teats immediately after birth leading cause of calf loss in NT herds, remote water monitoring system purchasing cheat sheet, ExoFlare People — Biosecurity risk assessment made easy, riparian fencing funding through the GRASS program case study, leucaena PDS project comes to an end.