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Pasture dieback only affects tropical and sub-tropical grasses, causing premature death and unthrifty growth. Pastures in eastern Queensland are affected, specifically north and Central Queensland, Wide Bay Burnett and south-east Queensland. Dieback in tropical grass-pastures was confirmed in north-east New South Wales in early 2020.
Buffel grass is a valued pasture species for livestock in Central Australia. Typically, it occurs with native grasses and is capable of producing large amounts of palatable, nutritious…
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Genomic information is playing an increasingly important role in genetic evaluation for beef cattle breeders. As genotyping becomes more common, it is the quality and quantity of phenotypes…
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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…
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The evolution of the Animal Equivalent (AE) system in Australia is progressing to a new approach in comparing animals of different weights, classes and species with a fit-for-purpose…
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The Lender Ready Program – Your Questions (PDF 0.73 MB)The Lender Ready Program – A Producer’s perspective on accessing finance (PDF. 0.43 MB) Becoming Lender Ready – What…
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Background Ian and Penny MacGibbon of Ametdale Station, St Lawrence, joined the Northern Grazing Demonstration Project to help address land condition and productivity issues. Ametdale is a breeding…
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It’s important for graziers to know where to access the most up-to-date and accurate climate-related information. Graziers know that the impact of a La Nina event varies across the…
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Quality Graze is a grazing strategies trial being run on the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade’s Old Man Plains Research Station (OMP), located to the south-west of…
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A beef industry leadership and professional development program The Advancing Beef Leaders (ABL) program is a tailored leadership and professional development program for emerging producer and community leaders.…
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