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
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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
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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
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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.