Resources

Is your breeder herd pulling its weight? If you’re unsure, then this BeefConnect webinar recording is for you. We’ll cut through the data and focus on what really matters for […]

Weaning is a well-established practice in northern Australia. The emphasis in this book is two-fold: to describe best management practice for feeding and educating weaners; and to promote weaning of […]

Reducing calf loss has been identified as a research priority for the northern beef industry. There are a number of potential causes of calf loss, including poor mothering by cows. […]

Year-round mating is common practice for northern Australian beef properties, due to the difficulty in managing the bulls across extensive areas. As a result, many calves are born during the […]

FutureBeef asked graziers Kurt Mayne, Ian McCamley, Bruce Mayne and, grazier and feedlot manager Sarah Donovan how they operated their backgrounding and feedlotting businesses. How Kurt Mayne meet’s optimum weight […]

Can pain relief husbandry practices improve animal health and well-being? In alignment with the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework’s objective of achieving 100% utilisation of pain relief for husbandry practices by […]

This booklet will give you insight into improving cow fertility while reducing cow and calf losses in the North. In mid 2021, Gulf Savannah NRM and Department of Agriculture and […]

Calf loss and heifer mortality have been major topics of conversation in the north for years, and frankly, people can talk about it until the cows come home. In terms […]

Detection of maternal behaviours associated with suckling in beef cattle The uSuckled project is investigating the ability to remotely monitor suckling events using devices (such as accelerometers, sound monitors and […]

The ‘Calf 48 hour’ project is evaluating and enhancing technologies to detect parturition events in cattle in order to improve diagnosis of causes of calf loss in extensive grazing systems. […]