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Usage of MLA education and extension resources – Creative Commons (CC)
MLA and its partners have funded the development of education and extension resources (including manuals, tools and calculators) to benefit Australian red meat producers. To improve the accessibility of these resources to industry, MLA and its partners have adopted an ‘easy access creative commons’ approach. Below is a list of resources that are available via creative commons licencing.
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Seven instructional manuals developed to achieve a sustainable (economic and environmental) increase in kilograms of beef produced per hectare through a whole of farm system and value chain approach.
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Module 1 Setting directions: Helps producers set clear business objectives and the strategic direction of the beef enterprise.
Module 2 Pasture growth: Helps producers develop expertise in soil, pasture and grazing management to boost productivity and profitability.
Module 3 Pasture utilisation: Details methods to increase stocking rates and adopt a plant growth-based approach to grazing management.
Module 4 Cattle genetics: Provides information to help producers lift productivity and profitability through ongoing genetic improvement.
Module 5 Weaner throughput: Outlines practices to determine how and when to wean calves early in order to maximise production and profitability.
Module 6 Herd health and welfare: Outlines procedures required to manage a healthy, productive and profitable cattle herd.
Module 7 Meeting market specifications: Helps producers to increase financial returns by better meeting target market specifications, exploiting market opportunities and managing the risks.
Instructional videos developed to achieve a sustainable (economic and environmental) increase in kilograms of beef produced per hectare through a whole of farm system and value chain approach. (Available for use under CC - no derivatives allowed).
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Video available MLA's More Beef from Pastures - A producer experience from South Australia
Video available MLA's More Beef from Pastures - A producer experience from Western Australia
This tool, measured in cents per kilogram, uses an Excel spreadsheet and algorithms to provide an indication of the outlay required to produce each kilogram of meat for beef, sheep and goat.
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This Leucaena Manual (First Edition) provides an overview to establish, graze and manage leucaena for cattle use.
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12 written modules compile best practice information to help producers secure a future as innovative, profitable and resilient world leaders in goat production.
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Module 1 Property Planning
Module 2 Financial Analysis
Module 3 Industry Obligations: Currently being updated. Refer to Producer obligations for more information.
Module 4 Infrastructure
Module 5 Goat Selection & Breeding
Module 6 Husbandry
Module 7 Nutrition
Module 8 Marketing
Module 9 Parasite Control
Module 10 Mohair Production
Module 11 Goat Depots
Module 12 Producing Goats in the Rangelands
Six videos compile best practice information to help producers secure a future as innovative, profitable and resilient world leaders in goat production.
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Video available 1. Introduction
Video available 2. Goat Fencing
Video available 3. Fit to Load
Video available 4. Markets & Profits
Video available 5. Live Weight Scales
Video available 6. Goat Genetics
An Excel spreadsheet based calculator and software aims to provide:
- an appreciation of the pattern of feed supply and demand over a twelve-month period
- the location of "feed gaps"
- the ways in which modifying the livestock enterprise might help to close these gaps.
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Excel & Flash player based calculation tool developed to assist in determining the benefit of applying an animal health treatment to a herd for bloat, clostridial diseases and grass tetany.
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Excel based tool & algorithms develops a calving histogram to identify the percentage of cows conceiving at each cycle.
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A four-page pamphlet covering recommended measures to practice food safety in the home.
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A two-page pamphlet covering recommended measures to practice food safety when buying food.
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A four-page pamphlet covering recommended measures to practice food safety in the outdoors.
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A copyrighted manual that sets out principles for the dry ageing of beef and sheep meat, ensuring the public health and safety aspects are covered.
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A copyrighted manual which explains the important elements contributing to shelf life of Australian red meat.
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These guidelines are specifically focused on operations such as butcher shops looking for information on hazards and risks, ways to reduce the risk and scientific support for the Food Safety Plan.
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These Guidelines provide information on hazards and risks in smallgood products, suggest ways to reduce risks and supply scientific support for the Food Safety Plan.
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The fourth national baseline microbiological survey of Australian beef and sheep meat quality conducted in 2011.
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This guide outlines the key features about the updated National Vendor Declaration (NVD) released in 2020, with an easier, more efficient and cost effective system.
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The Australian red meat and livestock industry has set the ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2030 (CN30). But what does this really mean on-farm and what can producers do to reach this goal?
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Plastic-free meat trays and technologies which extend shelf life are just two of the ways the red meat industry is helping to reduce food wastage.
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MLA is funding a ground-breaking study into the effects of bushfires on livestock health and welfare, with the aim of developing guidelines to help producers manage the impacts of future bushfires.
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Visual Sheep Scores is a pocket guide for commercial and stud breeders, providing a standardised framework for assessing and scoring visual sheep traits.
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This includes an MLA pasture ruler and a Tip and Tool leaflet to show how to use the pasture ruler. The MLA Pasture Ruler provides the basis for a quick and easy way to estimate pasture mass (quantity) and quality. These estimates become a guide to the performance you can expect from your grazing animals.
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The MLA Pasture Ruler provides the basis for a quick and easy way to estimate pasture mass (quantity) and quality. These estimates become a guide to the performance you can expect from your grazing animals.
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This manual provides information on how using goats to control weeds can assist traditional control methods in providing efficient, sustainable pasture management when conducted according to best practice.
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This Tip and Tool will show you how to achieve long-term gains through careful weed and pasture management during and after periods of drought.
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This fact sheet outlines the three main steps of a successful weed management program.
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This Tip and Tool explains how thistle management can be achieved with a combination of herbicides, pasture improvement, grazing management, physical control methods and biological control.
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This Tip and Tool will explain how saffron thistle can be managed with a combination of herbicides, pasture improvement and grazing management.
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This publication explains how Paterson’s Curse can be managed with a combination of seasonal grazing management tactics, tactical applications of herbicides, and use of biological control.
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This Tip and Tool demonstrates how St John’s wort can be managed with a combination of herbicides, safe grazing and biological control.
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This Tip and Tool will show you the benefits of joining crossbred ewe lambs at 7-9 months of age to improve productivity and profitability of your enterprise.
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This fact sheet recommends a combination of annual lamb vaccination and careful grazing management for farms infected with Ovine Johne’s Disease and provides a five-step process for managing infected flocks.
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This fact sheet provides information on vaccination of lambs against Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD). Australian research has shown that vaccination of lambs can decrease their subsequent death rate from the disease by up to 90%.
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This fact sheet provides information on grazing management strategies that may be able to reduce the level of infection of Ovine Johne’s Disease within both vaccinated and non-vaccinated flocks.
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This publication helps producers prepare a management plan to deal with Perennial Ryegrass Toxicity (PRGT) which can be a serious problem for livestock grazing on perennial ryegrass dominant pastures in southern Australia.
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This publication aims to help producers: identify key profit drivers of intensive lamb finishing; complete a budget to determine profitability; improve lamb management through monitoring and appropriate actions; implement risk management strategies; and understand supply chain relationships and forward contracts.
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This fact sheet provides information which will help producers use nutrition as well as standard parasite management practices to control the effects of worm parasites in lambs.
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A collection of all Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Beef Tips & Tools fact sheets. This provides an overview of how the MSA program was developed and is utilised by measuring various carcase traits to predict the eating quality of beef cuts for different cooking methods.
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MSA requirements for handling cattle
How to supply beef in the MSA system
The effect of tropical breeds on beef eating quality
Ossification and beef eating quality
The effect of marbling on beef eating quality
The effect of pH on beef eating quality
The effect of the pH–temperature decline on beef eating quality
How tenderstretch affects beef eating quality
How ageing affects beef eating quality
The effect of cooking on beef eating quality
Fat distribution and eating quality
Selling cattle through an MSA saleyard
The effect of growth promotants on beef eating quality
A collection of all Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Sheepmeat Tips & Tools fact sheets. This provides an overview of how the MSA program was developed and the pathways used to optimise the eating quality of lamb and sheepmeat.
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The effect of nutrition and growth on sheepmeat eating quality
MSA requirements for handling sheep
The effect of breed and age on sheepmeat eating quality
The effect of pH on sheepmeat eating quality
The effect of hanging method on sheepmeat eating quality
The effect of cut and cooking method on sheepmeat eating quality
MSA beef cuts poster
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MSA lamb cuts poster
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This Tip and Tool will highlight how improving the ventilation on livestock ships, the application of risk management tools and wetting cattle can all contribute to minimising the detrimental effects of hyperthermia (heat stress) in cattle.
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The Prograze™ manual covers topics developed to assist cattle and sheep producers improve the quality of grazing management decision making. These topics include profitable and sustainable grazing, pastures for livestock production, sheep production from pasture, beef production from pasture, pasture growth, grazing management of pastures, and planning to achieve production and market targets.
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For the avoidance of doubt, the creative commons licence to this material does not include the use of any logos, trademarks or names, including the NSW Government, MLA and PROGRAZE™ trademarks. You must not in any way represent that the NSW Government, NSW Department of Primary Industries or MLA supports, endorses or certifies your products, services, methods or business. Only accredited deliverers may deliver a PROGRAZE™ course. For information on how to become an accredited deliverer of PROGRAZE™ contact the NSW Department of Primary Industries. A third party may hold copyright to some material presented in this manual, as indicated by specific attribution throughout. This licence excludes any material which is specifically attributed to another. You may be required to seek the third party’s consent to use the material. You must make your own enquiries in this regard. This licence does not waive an individual author's Moral Rights. For the avoidance of doubt, where the copyright material is used internationally, the author of the copyright material asserts their right to be identified as the author of the work.
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This Excel based calculator can be used to predict remaining shelf life of vacuum packed beef and lamb, based on storage temperature, and an estimation of the microbial load (Total Viable Count (TVC)) at the time of packing.
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Disclaimer: Care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this tool. However, MLA and UTAS do not accept responsibility for the accuracy, currency or completeness of the information provided when using this tool. MLA and UTAS make no representations about the suitability or validity of this tool for commercial use. This tool is intended to provide general information only and it has been prepared without taking into account your specific circumstances, objectives, or needs. You should make your own enquiries before making decisions concerning your interests. Your use of, or reliance on this tool is entirely at your own risk and MLA and UTAS accept no liability for any losses or damages incurred by you as a result of that use or reliance.
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These guidelines equip feedlot managers with practical information on antimicrobial resistance and provide a framework to ensure the appropriate use of antimicrobials in Australian feedlots. This reduces the risk of antimicrobial resistance and safeguards the use of these important animal health tools well into the future.
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The lamb carcase value calculator has been developed to estimate the gross profitability of lamb carcases. This Excel based carcase calculator uses currently available (and evolving) carcase grading inputs to predict the weight of commercial cuts specified by the user, as defined by their end market specifications. This, coupled with price/kg and costs, enables the processor to determine the value of the carcase depending on what cutting/boning end market specifications are available for each carcase for the processors supply chain.
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By using the Lamb Value Calculator (LVC) you accept and acknowledge the following:
The results from the LVC are estimates only and are not guaranteed. None of the results from use of the LVC should be treated as recommendations or advice. The information, models and spread sheet tools are made available on the understanding that MLA is not providing any recommendation or professional advice. The LVC and the results provided are generic and do not take into account your personal circumstances. The results are a guide only and not intended to be relied on for the purposes of decision making. You should make your own enquiries and seek professional advice before making decisions concerning your interests and particular circumstances. Other than as required by consumer protection law, under no circumstances will MLA be liable for any loss and/or damage caused by your reliance on estimates or information obtained by using the LVC. MLA specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special losses and/or damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the LVC or by your reliance on estimates or information obtained by using the LVC.
It is recommended that new users seek ALMTech guidance on understanding the calculator functionality and to receive support in developing a use case. The designated contact is Richard Apps rapps@mla.com.au
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The Beef Carcase Value Calculator has been developed to estimate the gross profitability of beef carcases. This Excel based carcase calculator uses currently available (and evolving) carcase grading inputs to predict the weight of commercial cuts specified by the user, as defined by their end market specifications. This, coupled with price/kg and costs, enables the processor to determine the value of the carcase depending on what cutting/boning end market specifications are available for each carcase for the processors supply chain.
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By using the Beef Value Calculator (BVC) you accept and acknowledge the following:
The results from the BVC are estimates only and are not guaranteed. None of the results from use of the BVC should be treated as recommendations or advice. The information, models and spread sheet tools are made available on the understanding that MLA is not providing any recommendation or professional advice. The BVC and the results provided are generic and do not take into account your personal circumstances. The results are a guide only and not intended to be relied on for the purposes of decision making. You should make your own enquiries and seek professional advice before making decisions concerning your interests and particular circumstances. Other than as required by consumer protection law, under no circumstances will MLA be liable for any loss and/or damage caused by your reliance on estimates or information obtained by using the BVC. MLA specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special losses and/or damages arising out of or in any way connected with the use of the BVC or by your reliance on estimates or information obtained by using the BVC.
It is recommended that new users seek ALMTech guidance on understanding the calculator functionality and to receive support in developing a use case. The designated contact is Richard Apps rapps@mla.com.au
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These infographics show the national sheep and cattle numbers as of June 2019.
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This fact sheet details what Bovine Respiratory Disease is and how it can be prevented and controlled to increase feedlot productivity and animal welfare.
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This publication helps you understand the importance of grazing management to worm control, learn how to maximise the effectiveness of a drench in your operation and counteract drench resistance.
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Controlling nematode parasites of goats in pasture-based systems
This fact sheet discusses the benefits of biodiversity and tactics in achieving and capitalising on variety.
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A rich diversity of birds usually indicates a healthy ecosystem. This fact sheet outlines various tactics to encourage birds onto your farm.
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This fact sheet outlines the benefits of using molasses for feed, including the competitive cost, its composition and using surfactants to reduce viscosity.
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This Tip and Tool discusses about how to get the best out of set stocking to improve your pasture and animal production.
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This fact sheet outlines how a rotational grazing system can improve pasture production, utilisation and persistence. Moving stock around a small number of paddocks, grazing each for a fixed time, is an easy way to get started.
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This publication helps you know the indicators of external parasites on goats, become familiar with key parasites affecting goats, understand different treatment strategies and know how to effectively and safely use external parasite control products.
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Guidelines for controlling lice and other external parasites on goats
This fact sheet outlines some high-energy alternatives which will allow feedlot operators to lower the cost of rations, while maintaining feed quality.
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This fact sheet provides information which will help producers use nutrition as well as standard parasite management practices to control the effects of worm parasites in lambs.
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Earthworms can substantially improve the quality and quantity of pasture and crop production. This fact sheet outlines some simple tactics that can increase the number of these valuable soil organisms.
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This publication addresses implementing rotational grazing based on pasture growth to maximise pasture and animal productivity and flexible rotational grazing based on plant growth to boost pasture utilisation.
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This Tip and Tool gives you management tactics to avoid potential problems with pasture survival, recovery and composition during drought.
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This Tip and Tool will give you management strategies to maximise perennial ryegrass productivity and persistence and maintain plant density without the need to re-sow regularly.
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Making perennial ryegrass-based pastures productive and persistent
This Tip and Tool shows you how to apply grazing management to encourage establishment and production from phalaris-based pastures.
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Making phalaris-based pastures more productive and persistent
This fact sheet provides information on the benefits of applying phosphorus, and how to manage risk from erosion and run-off to achieve higher returns per hectare.
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This publication will show you the benefits of applying grazing management tactics in perennial dominant pastures by season to reduce problem annual grasses.
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This fact sheet outlines tactics and management considerations to help minimise deep drainage and combat dryland salinity.
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This publication will show you the benefits of how better management of ground cover can reduce run-off and increase the rainfall available for plant growth resulting in possible increases in productivity.
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This fact sheet outlines how using grazing management can promote soil organisms contributing to healthy and productive soil.
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This fact sheet provides information on how to maintain high-production kikuyu-based pastures
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This fact sheet explains how to better manage calving herds to avoid loses due to calf scours, improve calf health and immunity to infection and how to limit the spread of scours during an outbreak.
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This fact sheet looks at how seasonal management tactics, applying fertiliser and managing stocking rates can boost the productivity of native pastures.
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This fact sheet provides information on how tactical grazing tools can improve pasture and animal productivity.
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Tactical grazing to maximise pasture and animal productivity
This fact sheet outlines the benefits of using estimated breeding values (EBVs) if you are trying to make genetic improvement and predict progeny performance in your beef enterprise. EBVs are now available to allow genetic change for many of the economically important traits.
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This fact sheet provides information on determining which calves require treatment for scours, how to select and use oral electrolyte solutions for best results and when to consult your veterinarian during a calf scours outbreak.
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This fact sheet outlines the findings of an MLA Producer Demonstration Site project that investigated the growing conditions and varieties suitable for establishing leucaena in the Darling Downs region, which has a shorter growing season than tropical regions and is susceptible to frost.
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This tip and tool is designed to help northern beef producers examine why selling the right females is so important and includes guidelines for producers to consider such as weighing up market opportunities and specifications, the cost of replacement heifers and pregnancy rates in first-calf cows.
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This tip and tool is designed to help northern beef producers with planning from pre-joining, through to calving. A heifer management program is crucial for effective performance of northern breeding herds.
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How do I manage heifers pre-joining to improve reproductive performance
This tip and tool looks at cattle joining options - controlled, restricted, segregated, and continuous - and details the advantages and disadvantages of each system, and other key points to consider.
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Using a step-by-step approach to on-farm diagnosis, sample collection and laboratory confirmation, this publication helps northern beef producers determine causes of reproductive loss and define the most effective solution.
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Create your own heifer management calendar by using this tool.
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‘Facts for students’ resources are made up of five key topic areas: caring for the environment, looking after the animals, technology on farms, feeding the future as well as quick reference fact sheets.
Students will learn about how farmers care for their animals and the environment, how they use technology, how they tackle the major challenges of feeding a growing population.
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• Caring for the environment
• Cattle and Sheep farming
• Feeding the Future
• Looking after the animals
• Technology on farms
All Australian Good Meat primary and secondary resources are aligned to The Australian Curriculum. Review the following curriculum tables (Years 4 – 8) to see how you can best incorporate Australian Good Meat resources into your lesson plans.
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• Curriculum Table Y4
• Curriculum Table Y5
• Curriculum Table Y6
• Curriculum Table Y7
• Curriculum Table Y8
Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? Before it gets to the supermarket shelves, food goes on a long journey.
Come and discover agriculture, how living things grow and change, what they need to survive and how the needs of animals are met on farms. Find out about the process from paddock to plate!
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There are extra cross-curricular lessons about farming that will support the unit of work.
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• Cross-curricular - Australian farming through history
• Cross-curricular - Build my vocabulary
• Cross-curricular - Caring for the environment comprehension
• Cross-curricular - Caring for the environment comprehension solutions
• Cross-curricular - Cowordinate drawing
• Cross-curricular - Cowordinate drawing solutions
• Cross-curricular - Farming and the future
• Cross-curricular - Feeding the future comprehension
• Cross-curricular - Feeding the future comprehension solutions
• Cross-curricular - KWL
• Cross-curricular - Lesson ideas
• Cross-curricular - Looking after the animals comprehension
• Cross-curricular - Looking after the animals comprehension solutions
• Cross-curricular - Technology on farms comprehension
• Cross-curricular - Technology on farms comprehension solutions
• Cross-curricular - The whole cow
• Cross-curricular - The whole cow solution
• Cross-curricular - The whole sheep
• Cross-curricular - The whole sheep solution
• Cross-curricular - Where on the farm
• Cross-curricular - Where on the farm solution
These activity sheets, which accompany the units of work, have been written for students in middle years on the topic of cattle and sheep farming in Australia.
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• Just for fun - Beef and lamb wordsearch
• Just for fun - Dot to dot
• Just for fun - Pump it coordinate drawing
• Just for fun - Quad bike paper model
• Just for fun - Spot the difference
• Just for fun - Solutions
Many children are unaware of the meat production process and how the food moves
from the farm to their plate. This unit of work aims to increase students’ awareness and
understanding of the red meat industry and how farming today is using practices and
technology to be more efficient and productive, whilst caring for the land and the animals.
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• Unit of work - Introduction
• Unit of work - Australian climate zones
• Unit of work - Australian climate zones solutions
• Unit of work - Biosecurity cause and effect
• Unit of work - Cattle and sheep production KWL chart
• Unit of work - Cattle cowacteristics
• Unit of work - Cattle cowacteristics solutions
• Unit of work - Climate variablility what's happening
• Unit of work - Farm mind map
• Unit of work - Lets eat
• Unit of work - Lets eat solutions
• Unit of work - On the farm
• Unit of work - Pest or not
• Unit of work - Water use in the paddock
• Unit of work - Water use in the paddock solutions
The art of butchery is a skill that takes many years to perfect. There are many ways to break down carcasses, these videos provide a basic practical guide and refresher, on how to procure traditional cuts.
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1. Beef Brisket – boned and rolled
2. Beef Chuck
3. Beef Blade
4. Beef Rib Set/ Cube Roll – Short Ribs
5. Beef Thin Flank – Flank steak
6. Beef Rump and Loin – Tenderloin- Rump - T Bone
7. Beef Round
8. Beef Topside
9. Beef Silverside
10. Osso Buco
11. Lamb Forequarter
12. Lamb Cutlet Rack
13. Lamb Loin
14. Lamb Leg
15. Goat Leg
16. Goat Loin
17. Goat Forequarter
Profitable Integration of Cropping and Livestock – by region
This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the northern region of Victoria.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the southern region of Victoria.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in Tasmania.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the Mallee and Upper Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the mid northern/lower Yorke Eyre region of South Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the low rainfall region of Western Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the medium rainfall region of Western Australia.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales.
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This fact sheet provides key information for the profitable integration of cropping and livestock in the Central West region of New South Wales.
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