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Wet and dry segregation is a recommended practice to enable culling of unproductive animals by identifying cows that show up as dry in two consecutive musters. Using this strategy can […]

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 […]

Addressing the mortality rate of cows and calves is crucial for ensuring the long-term sustainability of the northern Australian beef industry. The central hypothesis of the Calf Alive project is […]

Graziers produce cattle as part of their business, but research shows we are losing money in the paddock because a lack of awareness around conception rates. What should we be […]

Collecting data is one thing, using data to minimise costs is another — such is the case with pregnancy testing. In this video, beef producer and veterinarian, Jacqui Tickell, explains […]

Michael Flynn, a South West Queensland beef producer uses foetal ageing and breeder segregation to refine his breeder management. By drafting the breeders up into groups based on their expected […]

It wasn’t even smoko time, and already the Wrights were worried. One June morning, the Wrights of Mt Spencer Station, 60 kilometres south-west of Mackay, yarded 570 shiny maiden heifers […]

Heifer management in northern beef herds (2nd edition) is a short, readable guide to best practice management written for graziers, station managers, head and other stockmen and for students of […]

This three year project aims to demonstrate how heifer weight affects puberty and pregnancies. Low pregnancy rates in two-year-old heifers in northern Queensland are common. Typically, it is because heifers […]

Key messages: Critical mating weight (CMW) is the minimum weight at which heifers should be mated to ensure they have the greatest chance of cycling when they are first joined. […]