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Bill Holmes, a Principal Agricultural Economist with the Department of Primary Industries, developed the Breedcow and Dynama herd management program in 1988. Graziers and advisors use the program,…
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These beef business management resources are aimed at helping you to improve your bottom line, e.g. by reducing costs, improving efficiencies, etc.

Key messages: Critical mating weight (CMW) is the minimum weight at which heifers should be mated to ensure they have the greatest chance of cycling when they are…
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Find out about cross breeding cattle, combining the attributes of two or more breeds, rotational crossbreeding, composite breeds and other information.

In beef production, the principle objectives are: weight of beef sold per cow mated or per unit area of grazing land quality of beef sold per cow mated…
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Find out about beef cattle breeding and genetics: how to improve the genetics of your herd, selecting and managing bulls, breeders and heifers, useful tools, etc.

Identifying breeding objectives is fundamental to planned cattle breeding. So who sets breeding objectives? If we are honest with ourselves we will answer ‘I do’. Breeding objectives are…
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Historically within South East Queensland there were two GLM regions (Moreton and Southeast) which have now been combined to form South East Queensland (SEQ) land types. To view…
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To view the description for a specific land type within the Mary region of Queensland, click on the land type below: Coastal grass, sedge and herb swamp Coastal…
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Work has recently been completed on the grazing land types within South East Queensland. The two GLM regions in this area (Moreton and Southeast) have been combined to…
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