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Grazing trials have shown the impact of stocking rate (SR) to be variable in terms of profitability and sustainability. The impact of management on land condition, both positive…
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If you are interested in selling trees for carbon credits, you need to do your own research, identify possible opportunities and tread carefully. If you are still interested…
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Key messages Forage budgeting is a method of estimating how long a specific number of animals can stay in a paddock without negatively impacting the landscape. The success…
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The debate on carbon has focused agriculture’s thoughts back on the level of carbon in soil and raises questions about how soils can be better managed to store…
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Good, low stress cattle handling improves productivity, such as liveweight gains, conception rates, weaning, meat quality, etc. and decreases your stress!

Animal welfare is essential for sustainable and profitable cattle production. Find out more about beef cattle welfare in northern Australia here.

Forest bluegrass (Bothriochloa bladhii), or Burnett bluegrass as it is sometimes known, is one of our very productive native grasses. It is commonly found on the black soil along…
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Key points wiregrass is an unpalatable and unproductive grass a high proportion of wiregrass in a pasture indicates poor land condition strategic burning of wiregrass dominated pastures over…
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Black speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) is a widespread, native perennial grass which is distributed throughout much of eastern Queensland particularly in areas receiving between 600 mm and 1,000 mm…
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Plants are important indicators of the health and condition of your pasture. Recognising key plant species and understanding their role in your pastures is a vital step in…
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