A virtual fencing trial at Victoria River Research Station (Kidman Springs) in the Northern Territory has provided an early look mustering with virtual fencing in extensive systems. All animals >200kg at Kidman Springs are currently fitted with virtual fencing collars, and at the recent second round muster, they were used [...]
Cattle & Cotton Open Day profiles nutrition trial progress Northern pastoralists can get an update on a project using crop by-products to boost profitable, sustainable beef production at the Cattle & Cotton Open Day near Kununurra later this month. The event at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s [...]
Around 90 producers, researchers, industry representatives and government staff gathered at Victoria River Research Station, also known as Kidman Springs, on 19 and 20 August for the 2026 Kidman Springs Field Day, highlighting the latest research and innovations supporting Northern Territory pastoral businesses. The biennial event showcased the outstanding research, [...]
Imagine being able to muster and manage where your cows graze from your smartphone?… This may not be a far fetched idea for much longer, because the first virtual fencing demonstration has landed in the Northern Territory! Using the Gallagher eShepherd collars, the Livestock Industries team from the Northern Territory [...]
Northern cattle producers are invited to an Open Day to see the progress of a new project using crop by-products as cattle feed to boost business productivity, profitability and industry sustainability. Register now to attend the Cattle & Cotton Open Day on 1 September to learn about research using crop [...]
10 May 2024: The CRCNA hosted a sold-out lunch at Beef Week today, showcasing tropical beef production from Northern Australia. Australia’s most celebrated First Nations chef bought the flavours of the outback to Darumbal Country in Rockhampton as part of the Beef2024 Celebrity Chef Program. Mark Olive, aka ‘The Black Olive’, [...]
Evaluating an opportunity that has the potential to meet growing demand for softwood timber products plus create an additional income stream for Northern Australia’s graziers is the focus of a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) research collaboration. The three-year Silvopastoral trials for commercial pine systems in North [...]
The northern Australian beef sector could see more than $3 billion in future industry investment flow into the sector over the next ten years, following the launch of the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA’s) latest project today. CRCNA CEO Jed Matz announced the 10-month, $470,000 industry situational [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is seeking suitable companies or consortiums to perform an industry baseline and gap analysis of the northern beef industry. The purpose of the analysis is to define the current state of the industry and determine where the northern beef industry specifically [...]