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“Fencing off the river frontage and solar pumping water to tanks on our hill means our breeders no longer have to traverse the long steep bank down to…
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Drew and Annie Hacon run up to 2000 head on Cubbaroo. During the 2019 flood, parts of Cubbaroo suffered severe erosion. Of particular concern was a large channel that had formed from a well‐worn cattle pad. Here is how Drew and Annie have remediated the site.
David Bone manages a 125,000-acre beef cattle property near Mungallala in western Queensland. He has used a drone to assist with stock mustering and monitoring for over four years. After attending a Drone Fundamentals workshop, David learnt his legal obligations as a drone pilot as well as the physical limitations of the unit he owned at the time. In this case study, David shares what he learnt.
Human-Induced Regeneration (HIR) projects encourage native vegetation regeneration and represent approximately 45% of all carbon credits issued by Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator to date. Native vegetation regeneration has…
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Cattle nutrition is a complex subject with a lot of terms, acronyms and numbers that many people don’t fully understand. Find out what the terms on feed labels are referring to.
The leaves, pods and seeds of the leucaena fodder tree all contain the toxic amino acid mimosine, which many rumen bacteria can break down to the toxic compound,…
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The risk of an exotic pest or disease entering Australia is always present. The potential repercussions of an outbreak include; transport restrictions, costs of animal treatment or culling,…
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Storms are regular in Australia and can range in intensity from minor thunderstorms to category 5 cyclones. Bushfires are caused by lightning and flash flooding is a result…
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Help after natural disasters is usually divided into two types: Immediate relief (first response): search and rescue, shelter, food rations etc. Recovery assistance (which may be individual, or…
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