MLA works with partners across Australia to deliver programs that equip producers with the knowledge and skills to put the latest research into action. There are many ways you can upskill – whether that be online, at an event, trying out a training program or getting involved in one of our longer-term programs with other producers.
Managing your grazing land well is a key profit driver which underpins the health of your livestock business. Here you can find all the grazing land management resources and learning opportunities to help you improve the management and utilisation of your feedbase.
Travelling to all corners of northern Australia, BeefUp forums provide a chance for producers to come together to share information and ideas to support the continued growth of beef businesses throughout Queensland, NT and WA. Click below to find a BeefUp forum near you.
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Held throughout southern Australia, MeatUp forums are an opportunity for beef, sheep and goat producers to learn something new, stay up-to-date with the latest on-farm research and technologies, and meet others working in the red meat industry. Click below to find a MeatUp forum near you.
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FutureBeef is a one-stop-shop for northern beef information. It is a collaborative program between MLA and the Queensland, NT and WA governments. These webinars share the latest practical tools and timely advice for northern producers.
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Productivity and profitability webinars present new and topical information to help southern producers increase the success of their businesses. View over thirty webinars on a range of topics which are relevant for beef and sheep producers.
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Designed to determine the number of cattle or sheep to put into a paddock based on its carrying capacity.
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The Australian Feedbase Monitor provides producers with accurate updates of ground cover (%) and Total Standing Dry Matter (TSDM /kg) for every hectare of a property engaged in red meat production.
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Assists with planning rotational grazing systems, determining appropriate stocking rates, calculating pasture growth rates, determining how long paddocks will last and calculating the most economical ration of stock.
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Helps to determine the costs and benefits of upgrading existing pastures, improving infrastructure, applying capital rates of fertiliser and establishing new pastures.
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Helps producers determine suitable levels of P-fertilisation of temperate pastures grazed by sheep and beef cattle on acid soils in southern Australia.
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A decision-making tool that allows rapid assessment of pasture condition in the medium to high rainfall zones of southern Australia, northern NSW and the WA wheatbelt.
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Allows producers to assess and compare the performance of more than 100 pasture varieties across the key pasture species for the red meat industry.
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Northern producers can download a Climate Savvy report which provides weather and climate information specifically for your region to assist with grazing management decisions.
A digitised version of the SB-GAF calculator allows producers to complete a carbon account for their enterprise.
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MLA's free e-learning platform, The Toolbox, offers a flexible way for producers to expand their knowledge, anytime and anywhere. You can choose from a range of packages which take 15–20 minutes to complete.
Healthy, fertile soils drive pasture productivity and deliver environmental benefits through improved water and nutrient use with less risk of surface run-off, erosion and deep drainage. This online training course has nine modules covering topics such as soil testing, the common visual indicators of soil condition, establishing a new pasture, utilising legumes in mixed farming enterprises and more.
Start nowEDGEnetwork (EDGE) provides producers with tailored, comprehensive and practical learning opportunities in business management, breeding, grazing land management and nutrition through workshops across Australia.
The takeaways will give you additional knowledge and skills to enhance your business and livestock management – and positively influence your profitability, sustainability and productivity.
Grazing fundamentals EDGE is a one-day workshop that gives northern producers a broad understanding of the environment in which they operate and the core principles behind successfully maintaining grazing land condition and long-term productivity.
Grazing land management EDGE is a three-day workshop helping northern producers thoroughly understand their grazing environment, and how to strategically manage their grazing business to optimise land condition and productivity in the long-term.
Profitable Grazing Systems (PGS) takes small groups of like-minded producers who want to improve their whole-farm performance and matches them with a deliverer who builds their knowledge, skills and experience through hands-on training.
PGS is a ‘user pays' program, with MLA contributing through the funding of a percentage of the participant cost.
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Learn how to use satellite imaginery to develop grazing bugets on a large scale and gain the skills to reliably estimate and record pasture yields. |
This training package will leave producers with a fully developed drought management strategy focused on production and resource allocation. |
A package developed to value-add to soil testing results and to help producers determine how to get the most bang for their fertiliser buck. |
Follow the 12-month pasture production cycle and learn principles to manage pastures confidently regardless of the season or system. |
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BredWell FedWell (BWFW) is a practical, one-day introductory workshop on how productivity and profitability can be improved through good breeding and feeding over the livestock production cycle, with a specific focus on profit drivers. Part of the workshop is focused on animal nutrition and understanding what the pasture offering is and how to compare it with the feed demand of breeding livestock. Producers can use the outcomes of the workshop to develop a genetics and nutrition regime suited to their environment and markets to boost profitability.
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Do you prefer to learn by seeing, doing and getting involved? Do you want to see new management practices and technologies in action? The MLA Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) program gives producers an opportunity to discover and implement new management practices that could improve business profitability, productivity and sustainability.
Working in supportive peer groups, producers gain new skills along with the confidence to apply these learnings to their own business.
There are many PDS's which focus on improving the feedbase so click below to learn more and find a PDS near you.
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