Mar 27, 2019 | April 2019, Grazier Support
Faecel NIRS testing and PIP blood test deliver knowledge March-December Across the BBB catchment The quality of the diet consumed by cattle is one of the main determinants of productivity, including reproductive performance, growth rate and carcass quality. The...
Mar 27, 2019 | April 2019, Grazier Support
Forage budgeting – it’s just good management ADJUSTING stocking rates to meet current feed supply, animal requirements, and ground cover targets is considered best management practice within a grazing business. Now is a good time to start planning...
Mar 27, 2019 | April 2019, Grazier Support
William Fordyce, Hillalong Station, near Nebo, and Clay Kenny, Llanarth feedlot, near Belyando Junction. LDC's Brendan Smith and Brett Scott, Flagstone Station. Jim Fletcher, DAF, and Brendan Smith, NQ Dry Tropics' LDC. Jamie Gordon, Mt Pleasant Station, and Jane...
Mar 27, 2019 | April 2019
Landscape remediation GULLY erosion causes about 65 per cent of the fine sediment load that comes from the BBB catchment. The aim of the Landscape Remediation Activity Area is to develop effective and economical approaches to gully remediation. It is doing this by...
Mar 26, 2019 | April 2019
Peer to peer – fast-tracked learning COLLINSVILLE grazier Jim Hillier (pictured) knows a thing or two about landscape remediation – he has spent his whole life working with soil, as a grazier, and as a machine operator. “Some people think that because you...
Mar 26, 2019 | April 2019
BBB Facebook group A FACEBOOK group has been formed for BBB graziers and non-grazing land managers who work in the Bowen, Broken, Bogie (BBB) catchment near Bowen and Collinsville. It’s called BBB Community – Events & Info Hub. It highlights upcoming...
