Infrastructure to improve beef business outcomes in the Queensland Gulf
Infrastructure to improve beef business outcomes in the Queensland Gulf Conference Proceedings
XXII International Grassland Congress: Revitalising Grasslands to Sustain our Communities
- Author(s): Broad, KC, English, BH, Gunther, RA, Hegarty, ES, Rolfe, JW, Bray, SG
- Secondary Author(s): Michalk, D, Millar, GD, Badgery, WB, Broadfoot, KM
- Published: 2013
- Publisher: New South Wales Department of Primary Industry
Abstract: There are significant economic and environmental issues impacting on the short and long term viability of family-run breeding enterprises in the Queensland Gulf. Falling cattle prices and increased business costs threaten the social and financial well-being of many beef producers. Set stocking and overgrazing combine to reduce native 3P (productive, palatable and perennial) grass frequency and herd produc-tivity. The Ryan family on Greenhills Station at George-town in the Queensland Gulf embarked on a 5 year water and fencing infrastructure development program aiming to improve pasture utilisation, land condition and long term carrying capacity.
- Urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20180722023633/https://www.internationalgrasslands.org/files/igc/publications/2013/proceedings-22nd-igc.pdf
- Publisher Location: Sydney, Australia
- Keywords: Infrastructure, herd management, business performance, green house gas emission