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Weaning is one of the most effective management tools available to manage your breeder’s body condition. Removing the need to produce milk for a calf in the early…
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Discover how to get the most out of your breeders in northern continuous mating systems through heifer and breeder management in this article.

To carry out a cost-effective supplement feeding program there are five key things to determine first: What level of performance is required from the targeted group? Is it: a. maintenance or…
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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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The fertility of a breeder herd has a significant impact on the profitability of a beef breeding business. Basically, more weaners from a set number of breeders over…
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Pastures need time to recover following prolonged drought or a series of poor growing seasons. Grazing systems that allow for the removal of grazing pressure for a period…
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Spyglass Beef Research Facility, or ‘Spyglass’, is owned and operated by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI) in the Charters Towers Regional Council area and is typical…
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Good, low stress cattle handling improves productivity, such as liveweight gains, conception rates, weaning, meat quality, etc. and decreases your stress!

An overview of growth and carcase responses from using hormonal growth promotants or HGPs in beef cattle, including Meat Standards Australia grades.

An MLA-funded Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) has proved the three crucial management decisions impacting the productivity of replacement heifers are: Joining weight Bull selection Disease prevention Producers Doug…
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