This is the third of seven recorded presentations, demonstrating how to assess management options in response to drought. In this presentation, Fred Chudleigh (Agricultural Economist, Department of Agriculture…
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Key messages Weaning is important to manage breeder body condition and reproduction. Astute managers start weaning before cows start to lose body condition. The smaller the animal, the…
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Introduction Phosphorus (P) often restricts beef production in northern Australia. When an animal’s P demand cannot be met either from the diet or by mobilising body reserves, dietary…
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We often hear the saying, ‘more cattle means more money’. But is this always the case? At Grazing land management EDGE and Nutrition EDGE workshops many producers have…
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The Price family have implemented phosphorus supplementation, vaccination, parasite management, control mating and objective bull selection on Greenlake Station, Rossmoya. The Price family purchased Greenlake Station north of…
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The GrazingFutures Livestock Business Resilience project has hosted many webinars over the years covering everything from early weaning to understanding weather forecasts. Better forecasts, better production – May…
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Profitable beef businesses of the future will be those that have already started some years earlier to improve the inherent fertility of their breeder herd through monitoring performance,…
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Prior to 2019, Jim and Jenny Cross and their daughter Rebecca, weaned from March to April when the calves were 6-9 months old. The Cross family found the FutureBeef resources particularly useful during the severe drought in 2019, when they were forced to make some tough decisions to get their cattle through the tough time. Rebecca recalled, “There was a lot [of discussion] about early weaning around that time. There were some specific articles around nutrition of cattle as well as managing water.” She recalled how every time the FutureBeef emails came out, they triggered discussions. “We would go through, read them and then have a chat about the different things that could be implemented. Using FutureBeef, we would read an article or a case study and view webinars that were going on and we could then take it to our cattle nutritionist and our vet and say we are thinking about doing this, what can you recommend. We went through every scenario and all the options for feeding those calves.” The combination of the FutureBeef resources, the input from their service providers and their own discussion gave them the confidence “… to make a good decision.”

Have you weaned and do your cows look a little light or not quite where you would like them to be? Join Extension Officer, Jed Sommerfield (Department of…
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Overview of methods for preparing cattle for feedlots, including why it is important to prepare cattle, guidelines for yard weaning and how it can improve access to the…
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