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Precision Agriculture – Targeting variability to increase productivity in strategic cropping land
Precision Agriculture - Targeting variability to increase productivity in strategic cropping land
This guide outlines the main technologies and practices to help CQ landholders begin or continue their precision agriculture journey. To create the booklet, 38 case study farms across the region (including dryland and irrigation farms) were reviewed identifying key areas for improvement, with a focus on reducing paddock variability and increasing productivity. Learnings and relevant information identified through this process have been disseminated to the broader cropping community through workshops, demonstrations and communication products – including the how-to booklet.
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.
Top Tips for Grant Writing
Top Tips for Grant Writing
Five tips that will make your grant application stronger.
Take 3 for the Sea – Are there microplastics in our waterways?
Microplastics Monitoring Manual
Become a part of a citizen science microplastic program that provides reliable microplastic data whilst educating and engaging communities.
School Holiday Activity – upcycled t-shirt bag
How-to make a bag from an old shirt!
Follow these simple steps and transform an old t-shirt into a handy reusable bag!
Snake identification and awareness guide for the Gladstone Region
Snake identification and awareness guide for the Gladstone Region
Learn to identify local snakes with this handy and detailed guidebook.
Field guide
Queensland Marine Turtle Field Guide
This field guide has been developed as part of the Nest to Ocean Turtle Protection Program. Correctly identifying marine turtles, and the animals that prey on their nests, provides valuable information about turtle populations and shows where predator control activities are most needed
Natural Grasslands Fact Sheet
FBA Natural grasslands fact sheet
Open fields of natural grasslands are home to special plants and secretive animals, and support productive cattle businesses by providing palatable feed. Natural grasslands are an essential part of our local landscape and they need your help to survive. This guide is full of tips to help central Queensland landholders manage their natural grasslands.
Clark Connors Range Fire Management Guidelines
Clark Connors Range Fire Management Guidelines
Appropriate fire management practices to help land managers in the Clark Connors Range plan hazard reduction burning and undertake planned burns to improve production and conservation outcomes.
