FutureBeef

26/08/2025

FIELD DAY: Boost your pastures to recover from dieback at Roughlie, Roma QLD

Pasture dieback is hitting productivity hard across Queensland… but there are proven ways to fight back and rebuild your feed base.

Join us for a full day of expert insights and producer-led learnings on how to rejuvenate your pastures and bounce back stronger.

What you’ll gain on the day:
✅ How to identify & manage pasture dieback
✅ Matching dieback-tolerant grasses & legumes
✅ Panel Q&A with DPI agronomists + local producers
✅ Paddock walk to see real results

Expert panelists include:
- Stuart Buck (DPI Pastures Agronomist)
- Gavin Peck (DPI Pastures Agronomist)
- Ted Callanan (DPI Pastures Agronomist)
- Local producers sharing what's working on the ground

📅 10 September 2025
📍 Roughlie Community Centre (70km NE Roma)

Your pasture recovery starts here – don’t miss out register now!

👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4oAaqpy

Meat & Livestock Australia
Queensland Agriculture

25/08/2025

🎙️ Have you checked out the FutureBeef Podcast yet? It’s awesome – if we do say so ourselves! 😉

We dive into all the big issues, challenges, and management strategies shaping the northern beef industry - through lively, practical conversations with producers, researchers, and experts.

And guess what? A bunch of new episodes have just dropped! We’ll be introducing each one over the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned!

Perfect for when you’re in the ute, on the bike, or having a cuppa. ☕

👉 Listen here: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/41MuTxt or find us on Spotify!

Meat & Livestock Australia
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Agriculture Northern Territory
Queensland Agriculture

24/08/2025

👋 Meet the speakers! 🎤

🌱 Supporting Grazing into the Future Wambiana Field Day

Fran Lyons

Fran lives with her husband Damien and their 4 children on Basalt River Station, 175km NW of Charters Towers.

Since 2017, Damien and Fran have gradually reduced the proportion of Basalt River being grazed from 100% (continuous grazing, set stocked) down to 20-25%, with a focus on ensuring plants always have adequate rest from grazing.

Since first making changes to their grazing management, Damien and Fran have worked with a varying number of mobs, mob sizes, paddock numbers and paddock sizes. The one constant in their journey, however, has been closely adhering to the three main principles of getting rest into pastures, planning and monitoring grazing and matching stocking rate to carrying capacity.

Hear from Fran and learn all about their grazing management journey at the Supporting Grazing into the Future Field Day.

📅 Friday 5 September, 9am – 3pm

Register by Friday 29 August 👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/45fBeE0

Meat & Livestock Australia | Queensland Agriculture | Wambiana Station

23/08/2025

Maximise Your Herd’s Reproductive Potential at Etna Creek!

Join Queensland Agriculture and Beef Breeding Services on 10 September at Etna Creek, QLD to hear about all things bulls and breeders.

What’s on the agenda?
• Understanding Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs)
• The proof of profit behind EBVs
• How to access BREEDPLAN
• Tackling reproductive diseases
• Vaccination programs for herd health
• DPI support & funding opportunities

☕ Morning tea & lunch provided - let us know if you have dietary requirements by contacting Grayson Jones on 0460 015 071.

📅 RSVP by 8 September to secure your spot!
🔗 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4lpCnxt

22/08/2025

🌾Fight Back Against Giant Rats Tail Grass!

Join us at the GRT Pasture Renovation Field Day in Gympie.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, 18 September 2025, from 8AM to 5PM, and head to Gympie, QLD for an insightful field day focused on turning Giant Rats Tail dominated pasture into one that is productive and suitable for grazing.

Brought to you by Gympie Regional Council and Queensland Agriculture, this event offers practical demos and expert insights on:

- Effective biological control options for GRT
- Herbicide treatment strategies to manage tough patches
- Best-practice pasture renovation guidelines
- Hands-on use of a wick wiper
- Learn how to apply treatments accurately and safely

This field day will deliver actionable strategies to help you reclaim pasture productivity and boost grazing potential.

Want more info?
Contact Jodie Ward at jodie.ward@dpi.qld.gov.au for registration details or questions or click the following link to see the full event flyer 👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/46VTYJT

20/08/2025

👋 Meet the speakers! 🎤

🌱 Supporting Grazing into the Future Wambiana Field Day

Peter O’Reagain

Department of Primary Industries Principal Scientist, Dr Peter O’Reagain has been collecting data at the Wambiana Grazing Trial since 1997.

The Wambiana Grazing Trial is the longest-running of its type in Australia and focuses on understanding how different grazing strategies perform in a variable climate.

Join Peter at the Supporting Grazing into the Future Field Day where he’ll share how some of the grazing strategies have performed and the key learnings over the last 28 years of the trial.

📅 Friday 5 September, 9am – 3pm

Register by Friday 29 August 👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4ozFPIP

Meat & Livestock Australia | Queensland Agriculture | Wambiana Station

20/08/2025

Upcoming webinar opportunity 🧑‍💻
Wednesday 27/08 🗓️
Register today 👇🏻👇🏻

Sustainability Series: Cattle + Timber

20/08/2025

Keen to learn how crop by-products are boosting cattle production in the Kimberley? 🌾🐂

Join us for the Cattle & Cotton Open Day at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD’s) Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture for an update on the Cropping Enabled Cattle project.

This free open day includes:
🥩 a tour of the new beef facility, yards and feedlot
📈 early data showing positive results from cattle fed cottonseed in a mixed ration
🧑‍🔬 a presentation from CSIRO research scientist James Dougherty
🍻 end the day with a sundowner and BBQ.

The Cattle & Cotton Open Day will be held on Monday 1 September from 2pm to 5pm at the Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Lot 203 Durack Drive, Kununurra.

To register contact darcy.maccartie@dpird.wa.gov.au. RSVPs close Wednesday, 27 August 2025.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | WA Agricultural Research Collaboration | Cotton Research and Development Corporation | CSIRO

19/08/2025

Northern Cattle Producers – We Need Your Input!

AUSVET, on behalf of the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, is running a short survey to better understand how likely is it that we would detect a serious disease outbreak? And how that likelihood changes between the wet season and the dry season.

We’re looking for owners, managers, or stockmen with experience in station operations and herd management. Your insights will help protect our cattle industry from serious diseases.

Survey details:
⏱ 10–15 minutes to complete
🔒 All responses are confidential – only summarised results will be shared
📅 We need your input before 31 August 2025!

👉 Take the survey here: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4lsoHBY

For more info, contact:
📧 robyn.hall@ausvet.com.au or isabel.macphillamy@ausvet.com.au

Let’s work together to safeguard Australia’s Northern cattle industry!

Agriculture Northern Territory
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

18/08/2025

Western Australian, Northern Territory and Queensland producers this is for you! 📢

👩‍💻 Join your state's department of primary industries and Integrity Systems for this webinar series to get the latest updates on Livestock Production Assurance, eID, eNVD and the National Livestock Identification System.

📍Tuesday 19 August, 12.30pm (AWST)
📍Thursday 21 August, 12pm (ACST)
📍Wednesday 27 August, 12pm (AEST)

The free webinar will cover:
🌐 EUDR Geolocation, learn how to use the new mapping tool for European market access
🐂 Animal Welfare, find out how to create an Animal Welfare Management Plan
📲 eNVD & NLIS, get the latest on system updates and improvements
🐑 eID, an update on sheep and goat electronic identification

Can't make it? No problem - register for the webinar and you'll receive a copy of the recording.

🔗 Register here: https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4fIOCnS

Queensland Agriculture | Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development | Agriculture Northern Territory | Leading Sheep

17/08/2025

👋 Meet the speakers! 🎤

🌱 Supporting Grazing into the Future Wambiana Field Day

Michael and Michelle Lyons

Since 1912, Wambiana Station has been the home and workplace of the Lyons family with the station currently run by fourth-generation graziers Michael and his wife Michelle.

The family have always embraced innovation and new approaches for sustainable grazing practices and herd management.

Michael and Michelle are using some of the latest genetic tools, such as EBV’s, genomics, selection indexes and IVF, to fast-track genetic gain in their expanding herd. 🐂

Join them and DPI at the Supporting Grazing into the Future Field Day to hear about their breeding objectives and how they are using these tools in their business.

📅 Friday 5 September, 9am – 3pm

Register by Friday 29 August 👉 https://info.futurebeef.com.au/3UpUKaL

Meat & Livestock Australia | Queensland Agriculture | Wambiana Station

17/08/2025

SAVE THE DATE | Northern Beef Research Update Conference (NBRUC) 2026

🗓️ 10–13 March 2026
📍 Voco Brisbane City Centre, QLD

🐂 From Research to Results: Driving Paddock Performance

NBRUC is back in 2026 - bringing together producers, researchers, extension officers and industry stakeholders to explore how research and development is driving real impact on the ground across northern Australia.

💠 Hear what’s working in beef research
💠 Challenge ideas, share insights, shape priorities
💠 Build industry connections
💠 Keynotes, bite-sized presentations + top-notch networking
💠 Optional field trip with hands-on insights into research application

Whether you're on the ground managing cattle or running trials in the lab, this is your opportunity to connect, learn, and lead the future of northern beef.

🔗 Stay tuned for program announcements and registration details! https://info.futurebeef.com.au/4mwKQA3

NABRC - North Australia Beef Research Council
Queensland Agriculture