BredWell FedWell Northern Beef Resources

ATTEND

EDGE Network workshops

• Business EDGE
• Breeding EDGE
• Nutrition EDGE
• Grazing fundamentals EDGE
• Grazing land mangement EDGE 

MLA eLearning 

• How to shop for a high-performing bull
• Managing northern heifers pre-joining
• Why do cattle need phosphorus
• Weaner management in northern beef herds
• Vaccination for northern cattle

WATCH

Meat and Livestock Genetics Hub modules

• Module 1: Getting started with breeding values
• Module 2: Using breeding values to select for traits
• Module 3: Putting breeding values into practice

MLA YouTube videos 

• Beef weight traits (EBVs)
• Beef fertility traits (EBVs)
• Beef calving ease and birth traits (EBVs)
• Beef carcase traits (EBVs)
• How do I shop for a high performing bull?
• How do I find tropical bulls on the BREEDPLAN website?
• How do I search sale catalogues on the BREEDPLAN website?

FutureBeef

• How to shop for a high-performing bull - webinar
• Body condition scoring – the key to breeding
• Pregnancy testing for forward planning
• Foetal aging for targeted breeder management
• What can we do about calf loss
• Getting the best out of your weaners

READ

Meat & Livestock Australia resources (including Tips & Tools)

• Improving the performance of northern beef enterprises
• How to shop for a high performing sire – handy guide
• Could your herd be more productive?
• What is causing reproductive loss?
• How do I manage heifers pre-joining to improve reproductive performance?
• What joining system should I use?
• Why do cattle need phosphorus
• Heifer management in northern beef herds
• Phosphorous nutrition in northern beef herds

BREEDPLAN resources

• A BREEDPLAN guide to interpreting EBVs
• Understanding Days to Calving EBVs
• Understanding Scrotal Size EBVs
• Understanding Carcase EBVs
• Understanding Birth Weight EBVs
• Understanding Calving Ease EBVs
• Understanding Milk EBVs
• Understanding Weight EBVs (200, 400 and 600 Day Weight)
• Understanding Gestation Length EBVs
• Understanding Percent Normal Sperm EBVs
• Understanding Net Feed Intake EBVs
• Understanding Docility EBVs
• Understanding Flight Time EBVs

More Beef from Pasture - Pastoral

• Module 1 – Setting directions
• Module 2 – Pasture Growth
• Module 3 – Pasture Utilisation
• Module 4 – Cattle Genetics
• Module 5 – Weaner throughput
• Module 6 – Heard health and welfare
• Module 7 – Meeting market specifications

FutureBeef

• Body condition score for beef cattle
• Breeder cow mortality – How to calculate it and available management strategies
• Weaner management in northern beef herds
• Compensatory growth

VISIT

Meat and Livestock Australia

• MLA website 
• Genetics Hub 
• Feedbase hub
• Resource hub
• Northern wet season hub

BREEDPLAN

• BREEDPLAN website
• ABRI Extension Services 

FutureBeef

• FutureBeef website
• Genetic improvement – Understanding breeding and genetics
• Genetic improvement – Improving genetic traits
• Genetic improvement – Genetics research and extension services
• Bulls
• Genomics