NQ Dry Tropics streamlining Paddock to Reef efficiencies

NQ Dry Tropics streamlining Paddock to Reef efficiencies

NQ Dry Tropics has streamlined its project management and Paddock to Reef data, adopting Esri technology to complement its current web-based software applications to manage natural resource management projects. The Esri Collector App enables field staff and NQ Dry...
Pasture and grazing management key to productivity

Pasture and grazing management key to productivity

Nineteen graziers and land managers representing 10 enterprises met recently at Toomba Station, north of Charters Towers, for the first of a four-part series of NQ Dry Tropics Grazing Management courses. Participants learned how well-managed grazing can stimulate...
Stop shifting soils and water runoff at the source

Stop shifting soils and water runoff at the source

Initial gully remediation efforts on a grazing property is already paying dividends for a Collinsville landholder. Shane Watts, of Sonoma Station, had barely finished constructing four diversion banks on a 110 hectare catchment hotspot, when the heavens opened and...
Burdekin graziers to profit from workshop

Burdekin graziers to profit from workshop

The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and NQ Dry Tropics grazing teams have met to discuss how best to provide extension and formal training to help improve grazing business resilience in the Burdekin region. The workshop aimed to streamline training and...
Burdekin graziers profit from Grazing BMP

Burdekin graziers profit from Grazing BMP

Burdekin graziers profit from Grazing Best Management Practices program Increasing international demand for high-quality beef means that the northern Australian beef industry can – and should have – a bright future. That’s the view of beef producer Simone...