Economics

In this project, DPI staff investigated strategies and technologies to help improve the profitability and resilience of Queensland grazing businesses.

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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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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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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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.

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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Richard and Beth Judd moved to ‘Hat Creek’ at Baralaba in 1999. They are a family operation with their sons, Clayton and Wyatt, involved in the business. In May…
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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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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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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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