Beef Manager - Improving the productivity of beef production in Southern Australia

Summary

The Beef Manager Program has formed and run 12 groups in Victoria involving about 170 beef herds, with technical input and leadership from Department officers. The experience of running Beef Manager Groups for commercial beef producers over three years indicate that discussion groups are an effective way of achieving management changes within beef herds and on farms, which result in improvements to profitability for those herds. project achieved the goal of improving the profitability of participating beef herds by an average of 54% Ibased on gross margin per DSE), through the adoption of improved herd management practices. The Beef Manager Program could now be expanded with farmer members forming and running groups, with assistance and technical input from Department officers and agribusiness.