Resource Management

Cattle Performance Data for Alice Springs District

This Agnote provides an indication of some of the important herd performance figures in Central Australia. Quantification of achievable production parameters allows relatively accurate prediction of property returns and provides a "yard stick" with which to compare station performance. The figures in this Agnote are based on trial information, herd health programs, pastoralist feedback and surveys over a number of years. [more]

Blade Ploughing or Chaining Unproductive Scrub Improves Pasture Production

Increases in native tree and shrub density, may result in a reduction in pasture and the loss of sustainable economic and ecological production bases. The increasing woody weed problem in the northern Alice Springs district prompted a number of local producers to implement mechanical control methods. No local information previously existed on the effectiveness of the methods used. [more]

Developing Target Turn-Offs and Production Rates for the Barkly District

The aims of this project were twofold. Firstly, to assess the relative importance of branding and mortality rates as the major areas of production loss in the Barkly district. Secondly, to estimate the relationship between various production parameters, branding percentages, and mortality rates. [more]

Toxicity Experiments of Rubberbush (Calotropix pocera) Fed to Cattle and Sheep

Rubberbush (Calotropis procera) did not cause acute toxicity when fed to sheep and cattle during the Wet Season months of January to March. At Katherine it was fed at the same dose rates that caused significant clinical and pathological changes in sheep in the Sudan in Africa. [more]