Resources

Body condition score is an important driver of business profitability and in this video, Eric Simon (cattle producer from May Downs in Queensland) discusses three key topics that help…
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Heifer management in northern beef herds is a short, readable guide to best practice management written for graziers, station managers, head and other stockmen and for students of…
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The PREgCHECK® (NCPD) scheme is a nationally recognised quality tail tagging system for the identification and certification of cattle pregnancy status, particularly for sale purposes. It was developed…
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The ‘Getting more from the National Livestock Identification Scheme (NLIS)’ project demonstrated the use of NLIS as a business management tool on Producer Demonstration Sites (PDS) and provided a key contact for progressing NLIS in Queensland.

The ‘Northern Australian beef fertility (CashCow)’ project investigated the reproductive performance of beef breeders across northern Australia.

The Gene discovery for post partum reconception and age at puberty in tropically adapted beef cattle project developed and validated genetic tests for improved post partum reconception and…
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The ‘Early predictors of lifetime female reproductive performance’ project sought to identify early-in-life indicator traits that could be used in selection to improve lifetime reproduction rates.

The ‘Demonstrating the effect of liveweight on heifer pregnancy rates in northern Queensland’ project shows how heifer weight affects puberty and pregnancy.

Real examples of northern-type breeders with different body condition scores. Photographs and descriptions of body condition scores 1 to 5.

Pregnancy testing is a very valuable management tool. To ensure that the returns outweigh the effort and cost, it is essential to establish objectives to determine how the…
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