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CQ graziers outline the benefits of undertaking Grazing BMP
CQ graziers outline the benefits of undertaking Grazing BMP
Central Queensland graziers talk about how they’ve benefited from undertaking Grazing BMP and how it’s helping them to improve their production, management and land condition.
Healing gully erosion at Mt Ball
Healing gully erosion at Mt Ball
Stuart Donaldson and his family have lived on Mt Ball since 1997, a 9,000 ha property originally part of the neighbouring property Keilambete purchased by his father in 1968. Mt Ball is situated on the Clermont-Rubyvale road (north-west of Rubyvale) and consists mostly of undulating country of very old geology scattered with numerous ‘younger’ basalt peaks.
Pasture Budgeting in Central Queensland
Pasture Budgeting in Central Queensland Guide
Pasture budgeting is a technique used by landholders to understand their current land condition, and work towards its improvement. Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. (FBA) has published a book ‘Pasture Budgeting in Central Queensland’ to guide CQ landholders through assessing their properties.
Reducing the spread of Parkinsonia
Reducing the spread of Parkinsonia
On Donald Black’s property Langley, a 4,881 hectare cattle property about halfway between Middlemount and Clarke Creek, Parkinsonia—a Weed of National Significance—has gained a foothold, reducing the land available for grazing cattle and contributing a massive weed seed load for other properties further downstream.
Koala Habitat Fact Sheet
Koala Habitat Fact Sheet
Did you know some of the largest and healthiest koala populations in Queensland can be found right here co-existing with cattle grazing operations? Learn how you can make your grazing property koala friendly and what the benefits are of doing so.
Walking the Landscape Lower Fitzroy Catchment Story
Lower Fitzroy River Catchment Story
To effectively manage the catchment it is important to have a collective understanding of how the catchment works. This map journal gathers information from experts and other data sources to provide that understanding.
FBA’s Flow Centre
FBA's Flow Centre
Fitzroy Basin Association’s Flow Centre is Australia’s only permanently housed Natural Resource Management display. Located in the heart of Rockhampton the centre tells an important story of the region’s natural assets, and what must be done to protect them.
Zero-till controlled traffic farming system case study
Zero-till controlled traffic farming system case study
To Wandoan grain grower Russell Ezzy, converting his enterprise from conventional tillage to a zero-till controlled traffic farming system is a long-term commitment for a profitable and sustainable business.