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Central West Mitchell Grasslands livestock production systems – Preparing for, responding to and recovering from drought

A report summarising results for the Central West Mitchell Grasslands region is available for download from the Improving profitability and resilience of beef and sheep businesses in Queensland…
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Northern Gulf beef production systems – Preparing for, responding to, and recovering from drought

Helping grazing businesses become more profitable and drought resilient is the aim of a QDAF project funded by the Queensland Government’s Drought and Climate Adaptation Program.  Economic analyses…
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Why would a pastoralist invest in irrigation?

Outside the Ord River Irrigation Area in Western Australia, the majority of irrigation developments are on pastoral land focussed on fodder production. Join Irrigated Agriculture and Diversification Senior…
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Improving beef business performance with phosphorus supplementation

Phosphorus (P) deficiency occurs in cattle grazing in many rangeland areas of northern Australia due to low soil P and can substantially reduce cattle growth and breeder productivity. This article demonstrates the economic benefit of feeding phosphorus in these circumstances.

Fitzroy beef production systems – preparing for, responding to, and recovering from drought

Helping grazing businesses become more profitable and drought resilient is the aim of a QDAF project funded by the Queensland Government’s Drought and Climate Adaptation Program.  Economic analyses…
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Improving beef business performance with high quality forages

Whole farm economic analyses have shown that perennial legumes are a profitable intervention for many areas of northern Australia. In particular, analyses for central Queensland have shown that…
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Improving the performance of beef production systems in northern Australia – Part 2

Low cost strategies to build the resilience of beef production systems in northern Australia This is the second of two webinars developed from analyses undertaken in the Fitzroy…
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Improving the performance of beef production systems in northern Australia – Part 1

This is the first of two webinars developed from analyses undertaken in the Fitzroy and northern Gulf catchments of Queensland and the Katherine region of the Northern Territory.…
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Impacts of rehabilitating degraded lands on soil health, pastures, runoff, erosion, nutrient and sediment movement. Part III: Economic analysis of rehabilitation techniques in the Burdekin River catchment to improve water quality flowing from grazing lands onto the Great Barrier Reef

Project RRRD.024 Final Report for the Australian Government’s Caring for Our Country Reef Rescue Water Quality Research and Development Program. This project investigated the potential to mechanically rehabilitate…
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A marginal abatement cost analysis of practice options related to the NLMP program

The A marginal abatement cost analysis of practice options related to the NLMP program project compared expected greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and financial returns for practice options examined…
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