Key messages: Gamba grass is a declared weed and must be controlled. When tall and rank, Gamba has little value for grazing and is a fire hazard. Rotational…
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New report reviews potential for soil carbon sequestration in north Australian grazing lands A report commissioned by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has found there are modest…
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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.
Calf loss is a major economic cost to beef cattle herds of northern Australia. In the treeless rangelands typical for the Northern Downs country type, a 6.7 percentage…
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For cattle in a feedlot their risk of heat stress changes from day to day. The Daily heat load monitoring tool project aimed to: develop and test a…
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Grazing land management land type descriptions and plant index for the Channel Country region of Queensland.
Grazing land management land type descriptions and plant index for the Desert Uplands region of Queensland.
The Review of diagnostic technologies for monitoring feedlot animal health project undertook a scoping study of current and emerging technologies and systems capable of remotely identifying shy-feeders and…
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The ‘Northern Australian beef fertility (CashCow)’ project investigated the reproductive performance of beef breeders across northern Australia.