The Grit April 2019 | Page 4

Taking Stock - Managing Pasture a success BBB Grazier Support T HE program for 2019 kicked off with a Taking Stock - Managing Pastures and Productivity day held at Weetalaba Campdraft Grounds in March. It was a huge success with 40 producers attending. Start forage planning now for the dry season djusting stocking rates to A 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 for the next dry season. Faecal NIRS test can predict diet quality HE quality of the diet consumed by cattle is T one of the main determinants of productivity, including reproductive performance, growth rate and carcass quality. The analysis of manure using Near lnfrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) provides a prediction of diet quality of grazing cattle. This service is available to BBB graziers. Suite of training opportunities for graziers HE LDC team has put T together a suite of training opportunities that could be useful for graziers in the BBB. It is not a complete list, P4 | Grit Issue 11, April, 2019 and if you’re interested in a particular area of training, and it doesn’t appear here, please contact the Bowen- based grazing team.