FutureBeef

02/12/2025

Come clean, go clean 🚗

Simple actions can stop pests, weeds and diseases from spreading between farms. Try some of these to ensure you're protecting your property:

✅Set up a wash down bay at your entrance
✅Use dedicated gear for each property and foot coverings for visitors
✅Foot baths at production area entrances
✅Create clean and dirty zones with signage and controlled access
✅Keep records of visitor movements and all farm inputs for better traceability

Biosecurity is everyone's responsibility. Read more about how you can do your part here 👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/3K3QTi3

Animal Health Australia Plant Health Australia

02/12/2025

🐄 We're looking for a Senior Extension Officer - Extensive Livestock Systems

Are you passionate about driving real change in Queensland’s livestock industry? We’re looking for a Senior Extension Officer (Extensive Livestock Systems) to lead high-impact programs that strengthen profitability, productivity and sustainability across beef, sheep and goat enterprises in southwest Queensland.

In this leadership role, you will:
✅ Lead the GrazingFutures Prepare and Prosper project
✅ Support the Leading Sheep program
✅ Mentor and develop a high-performing extension team
✅ Deliver innovative animal production, grazing and business management programs
✅ Build strong partnerships with producers, industry and research organisations
✅ Help producers adopt best-practice, whole-of-business improvements
✅ Drive excellence in extension delivery, governance and project outcomes

This role is ideal for someone with strong technical expertise in livestock systems, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for extension and industry development.

📍 Location: Charleville, Queensland
🔗 Learn more and apply here: http://bit.ly/3Xr7gbq

Queensland Agriculture

01/12/2025

🌧️ Wet weather? Watch out for 3 Day Sickness! 🐄

Bovine Ephemeral Fever (aka 3 Day Sickness) can strike after rain, thanks to mosquitoes and biting midges. It hits hard and fast - sudden fever, drooling, shivering, lameness, hu**ed posture (like the steer in the video below) and reduced feed intake. Bulls, bullocks, and pregnant cows are most at risk of serious complications.

💉 Prevention is key: Vaccinate before the wet season.
👀 Early intervention: Call your vet at the first sign, feed, water, shelter, calcium injections and anti-inflammatories help recovery.

Stay alert, protect your herd, and reduce the impact of this disease! ⚠️

Read more about 3 Day here 👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4qTT8oG

Queensland Agriculture

01/12/2025

Research meets the real world.

The new StationSmart project is documenting a NT cattle station's experience implementing management practices that research has proven to be beneficial 🐮🌾

On paper, the recommendations seem simple, but often things are not so simple when implemented on-station.

As well as supporting the property to implement their chosen new practices, NT DAF staff are taking notes ✏️ on the challenges (and benefits) involved- to inform both other producers and our own RD&E approach.

📃 Case studies & more to come, but for now have a read about what else the project entails: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/3WiNy14

Agriculture Northern Territory Northern Hub

30/11/2025

Grazing Fundamentals EDGE Workshop, Emerald QLD!

Ready to lift your grazing skills and get more from every hectare? 🌱🐂
Join Jill Alexander from Applied Ag to unpack the core principles that drive productive, resilient grazing systems:

✅ What influences pasture growth and quality
✅ Soil and plant dynamics, seasonal pasture patterns & key decision-making dates
✅ How to assess land condition, plan grazing systems & budget forage/carrying capacity
✅ Ways to manage grazing pressure across different classes of livestock and account for seasonal/climatic variability

🗓Friday 5 December 2025
⏱8:30 am – 4:30 pm,
📍CH CoLab, 9-13 King Street, Emerald
💲$935 pp (inc. GST)

To find out more and to register click here: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/3Kt5G5T
Or contact Jill Alexander on 0427 764 897 / jillalexander@bigpond.com

Meat & Livestock Australia

27/11/2025

⏳ RSVPs close TODAY - Stay ahead of pasture dieback Field Day

Pasture dieback is sneaky… but staying ahead of it doesn’t have to be.
Join us at Boggarella via Augathella for a practical session to help you spot the signs early and keep your pastures powering on.

What’s in it for you?
✅ See real dieback examples in the paddock
✅ Get the latest science
✅ Learn what you can actually do to protect your pastures

📅 2 December 2025
📍 Boggarella, via Augathella QLD

👉 RSVPs close today! If you’ve been meaning to register - consider this your friendly cattle-prod: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/3MpwK6x

Queensland Agriculture
Meat & Livestock Australia

26/11/2025

51 Western Australian projects have received a share of $7 million of Natural Resource Management (NRM) Community Stewardship grants!

The grants boost local efforts to protect, conserve and enhance WA’s valuable environmental assets from the Kimberley to the Great Southern 🌱

Projects in the Kimberley received grants to reduce the risk of large-scale uncontrolled wildfires, tackle a range of invasive weeds, and more🔥

For the full list of recipients and more info, visit: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4pz5K36

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

25/11/2025

With the wildfires in south-west Queensland, this workshop couldn’t be more timely. 👇

Grazing and fire management field day coming up at Millmerran on Saturday 13th December

25/11/2025

🐄🚫🪰 Have you treated for buffalo fly yet?

Buffalo flies cost our beef industry over $170 million each year, but effective use of fly tags can boost gains by up to 0.15 kg/day.

With fly pressure building, NOW is the time to get your fly-tags sorted for the season. Here’s what you need to know:

⛔ You can no longer use diazinon as part of your pest control program.
Producers will now need to incorporate different active ingredients and aim to rotate them each year.

🌱 Use an integrated approach.
Aim to decrease herd susceptibility so you’re not reliant on chemicals long-term. Selecting cattle that are naturally less susceptible to buffalo fly is a powerful management option. Complement this with non-chemical options like buffalo fly traps and dung beetles to help bring overall fly numbers down.

🎯 Regardless of which tag you choose:
▪️Use the correct number of tags for each animal and across the whole herd. If only one tag per animal is used when two are recommended flies are exposed to weaker doses and increases resistance risk.

▪️Apply a different mode of action for shoulder-season treatments such as back rubbers and oversprays.

▪️Remove all tags at the end of their recommended time period to avoid exposing flies to sub-lethal doses.

Use it right or lose it - resistance is far costlier than prevention🐂🌿

Find out more here: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4oe5ghE

Queensland Government
Agriculture Northern Territory

24/11/2025

🌧️ Rain or shine? Don’t guess - click! 🌧️

The BOM Rainfall Forecast is a goldmine for producers, if you know how to use it. John McLaughlin (Climate Project Officer, NACP) shared a simple trick to get the juicy details: just zoom in and click on your location! 👆

You’ll get the lowdown on:
📊 Historical Median – see what’s “normal” in your patch
💧 Chance of Unusually Dry – dry spells ahead?
🌦️ Chance of Above Median – rain luck on your side?
🌊 Chance of Unusually Wet – brace for the downpour!
📈 Decile breakdown – all the numbers, none of the guesswork

Need help or 1-on-1 support, contact your local Climate Mate: https://nacp.org.au/outreaches/climate_mates

No more guessing at the sky - get the forecast that actually makes sense for your property. Give it a go today: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4njymM3

Queensland Agriculture
Bureau of Meteorology
University of Southern Queensland - Australia

23/11/2025

🌱 Better decisions start with better information.

Coolum Pastoral near Moura has transformed their 5,881ha business over generations and FutureBeef has been a big part of that journey.

FutureBeef resources helped them lift their grazing and breeding performance by:

🔹 developing a strategic breeder plan with clear Body Condition Score (BCS) targets, using the BCS photo index to support optimal conception rates

🔹 giving them the confidence to make informed bull selection decisions

🔹 shaping a crossbreeding strategy that suits both their environment and feedlot markets

Real tools → clear benchmarks → action in the paddock.

Want to build confidence in your next decision?
Start here 👇
https://info.futurebeef.com.au/43eJcMa

Queensland Agriculture

20/11/2025

Keen to know more about dung beetles ? 👇🏻

Did you know dung beetles can be just as valuable to your sheep enterprise as your pastures?

Australia has over 500 native and 23 introduced dung beetle species, and they’re doing incredible work behind the scenes for sheep and wool producers.

By burying dung, these beetles:
🌱 Improve soil health and pasture growth
💨 Boost soil carbon and cut greenhouse gas emissions
🪰 Help control flies and nematodes that contribute to flystrike and gut health issues
💧 Reduce nutrient runoff during rain events

Choosing the right beetle for your climate, soil, and grazing system can make a big difference to both animal health and productivity.

The Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers (DBEE) project is helping producers access new beetle species and find the best match for their properties.

Healthy beetles, healthy soils, healthy sheep! 🐑🌱

Find out more in the comments below 👇

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