The key variables affecting the profitability of feedlots are: store cattle purchase price finished cattle sale price cost of feed consumed feed intake and liveweight gain. This fact…
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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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The ‘Causal factors affecting liveweight gain in north Australian beef herds’ project measured factors that affect within-herd variation in weight gain in extensive Northern Territory beef herds. The factors included genetics, diseases, parasites, temperament and diet selection. It also analysed historical data sets and pen studies.

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 ‘Managing the detrimental effects of indospicine through rumen metabolism’ project aims to deliver a rumen inoculum to mitigate the detrimental effects of the plant toxin indospicine on cattle.

Pasture specialists in northern Australia have spent decades researching cost effective ways to improve soil quality, cattle production values and businesses’ bottom lines. After a few good seasons…
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Seed production projects aim to develop and improve pasture species for the northern grazing industry.

Your breeding objective Before selecting a bull it is important that you have clear breeding objectives set for your herd. The following points should be used as a…
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  Given that a beef business is essentially driven by the number of animals it can sell, their weight and price, then there is a need to focus…
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The ‘Demonstrating the effect of liveweight on heifer pregnancy rates in northern Queensland’ project shows how heifer weight affects puberty and pregnancy.