Toolbox

NQ Dry Tropics launches guide and ‘how to videos’ to help farmers assess soil health NQ DRY Tropics has developed an online tool box to help landholders assess the condition of soil on different land types across their properties. The tool box consists of a Rapid...

Hub

Facebook group for BBB community 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 the BBB Community – Events & Info Hub. It...

Soil

A soil test can maximise the return on investment March-December Across the BBB catchment THE only way to determine the soil nutrient profile is to undertake a soil test.  Soil analysis can measure the soil’s ability to supply essential nutrients and quantify...

Trial something

Here’s an opportunity to trial something new WANT to trial something on your property?  Up to $40,000 per enterprise is available to help make your business more resilient while improving the quality of water leaving your property. Are you a land manager who lives in...

NIRS Testing

Faecal NIRS testing – quick, inexpensive and informative 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...

Herd productivity

Measuring herd performance a key step March-December Across the BBB catchment MEASURING and benchmarking the herd’s performance and productivity is a key step in analysing the profitability and productivity of your grazing enterprise. Producers in the BBB catchment...