Converting forage to milk and meat efficiently
Achieving high productivity from grazing animals requires high intake and offering plentiful pasture, which is tall enough to maximise bite weight is an effective way to increase intake. Australian Farm Journal+ |
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Tagasaste combines with sub tropical perennials to boost livestock income
Tagasaste carries a cow and calf to every 1.5 hectares; almost four times the traditional carrying capacity of the Browne’s WA sand country, when it was supporting annual pasture. Australian Farm Journal+ |
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Grain growers should be “average” marketers
Nuffield scholar, Bruce Watson, claims Australian growers should stop trying to “pick winners” in the grain futures markets and instead focus on minimising costs and securing average market prices Australian Farm Journal+ |
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2010 Syngenta SPRAY Awards
Terms and Condiditons Australian Farm Journal+ |
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Is the wool market finding the right balance?
Rabobank’s Adam Tomlinson predicts 2010 wool prices should remain above the five-year average of $8.15 per kilogram clean, given the current balance between apparel textile demand and production. Australian Farm Journal+ |
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Angus Pure gives grass finished beef a higher profile
Angus Australia has launched a pasture based beef brand, Angus Pure, to cater for consumers looking for beef produced off pastures and without growth promotants or antibiotics. Australian Farm Journal+ |
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Readers’ Views
Letter One: Culled breeders lift farmers’ income
Letter Two: No tourists, jobs or sympathy
Letter Three: The 'trading' part brings no comfort
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Editors View
To manage dryland pastures for long-term persistence, livestock production and ecosystem services; pasture researchers and farm advisors need to consider all three factors together. Australian Farm Journal+ |
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2010 Winter Pasture & Forage Varieties Guide
Approximately 350 plants appear in this year's Guide, with new varieties of chicory, an awnless foarge barley and a new Italian ryegrass. Australian Farm Journal+ |
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