Jan 9, 2020 | August 2019, Incentives, Influencing, Media
Leadership program participants, (back row, from left): Christian Cormack, Glenbowen, Bristow Hughes, Strathalbyn, Buster O’Loughlin, Exevale, Bob Harris, Glencoe, Barry O’Sullivan, Glenalpine, Reid Muirhead, Weetalaba, and (front row) Lucy Pepper, Terry Creek,...
Jul 26, 2019 | August 2019, Grazier Support, Landscape Remediation
The Mt Wickham site, pictured in February 2019, after initial projects works were tested by 350mm of rain in 48 hours. Mt Wickham the first trial on a big-scale gully The Landholders Driving Change Landscape Remediation Activity Area is about trialling different...
Jul 26, 2019 | August 2019
War on weeds at Eungella and Crediton focuses on Giant rat’s tail grass Cloudbreak Lowlines Farm grazier Kell Tennent (left) and DAF Senior Biosecurity Officer John Reeve inspect a paddock containing GRT. The enemy: a clump of giant rat’s tail grass (GRT)....
Jul 26, 2019 | August 2019
Beef production vet Ian Braithwaite is a beef production vet who works in northern Australia with a range of corporate and family beef operations. Ian maintains that production systems should be designed around the financial and climatic constraints of your business...
Jul 26, 2019 | August 2019, Grazier Support, Landscape Remediation
Whoa boys prevent water damage to roads, tracksFast flowing water caused by heavy rainfall can wreak havoc on rural roads and access tracks, and fencelines.Constructing erosion control banks, also known as whoa boys, is a simple and cost-effective way to slow down and...
Jul 26, 2019 | August 2019, Grazier Support
Video outlines range of gully strategiesWhen tackling soil erosion on grazing lands, it’s important to treat both the cause and symptoms.NQ Dry Tropics works closely with landholders on strategies that promote better pasture cover, and help hydrate landscapes by...
