“Apart from initial teething issues, we are
really happy with the weed wiper. The
immediate bonus has been that we can
still use it on windy days, and there’s been
a huge decrease in the amount of chemical
usage, therefore reducing costs.”
Kel Tennent, Cloudbreak
Water telemetry: Inkerman and DeSalis
Installation of water telemetry on tanks and troughs will provide
a reliable source of water to cattle, and reduce cattle impact,
especially padding that leads to erosion. Sites were selected
based on their proximity to watercourses and their benefits
to reducing sediment runoff. Production benefits include
improved animal husbandry and water quality.
Bovine ultrasound pregnancy scanner: Mt Crompton and Mt
Aberdeen
LDC recognises the potential water quality outcomes from early
pregnancy diagnosis are huge, if landholders actively respond
to the information in a timely way. Being able to pregnancy test
cows sooner, and with more accuracy, allows landholders to
sell off unproductive females closer to the flush of the season.
Removal of unproductive females reduces overall stocking rates
and therefore keeps more ground cover present later in the
dry season benefiting the landscape and the emainder of the
herd.
Mt Pleasant Learning Hub is trialling low-cost gully intervention along with
regenerative agriculture practices to restore landscape function.
Eungella landholders are adopting different ways to control giant rats tail grass.
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