MORE than 100 producers, researchers and industry stakeholders gathered at the Douglas Daly Research Farm south of Darwin last week, highlighting strong industry engagement despite the challenges following a significant wet season and the approaching muster. Organised by the NT Government’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the field day reflected [...]
By Zac Braxton-Smith Queensland Country Life The research involved feeding 30 Droughtmaster steers different amounts of pulse supplement mixed with Mitchell grass. Picture: supplied. New research has shown that cattle in central and North Queensland can achieve similar weight gain performance on feed supplements grown in local areas, such as mungbeans [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) attended the 2025 TropAg conference in Meanjin (Brisbane ), showcasing its commitment to agricultural innovation and collaboration across northern Australia. The CRCNA supported the symposium agriculture diversification in northern Australia, which highlighted emerging opportunities for northern growers and producers. Chaired by [...]
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 [...]
The CRCNA’s Cotton, Grain Cattle Program (CGC) is a game changer set to refine and reset Northern Australia’s cropping and cattle sectors. The four-year, $8 million program is the CRCNA’s largest investment to date and was launched in Darwin today in the sidelines of the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference. CRCNA’s Chair, [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) welcomes Susan Maas to support the delivery of the CRCNA’s largest research program to date: the Cotton, Grains and Cattle (CGC) initiative in northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory and northern Queensland. Susan will join the CRCNA team part time as [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has extended its cotton, grains and cattle investment program to northern Queensland. CRCNA CEO Anne Stünzner said the extension of the R&D initiative launched in Western Australia and the Northern Territory in March will see a focus on supporting graziers and [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has opened its largest single funding round calling for new ideas to grow the North’s cotton, grain and cattle sector. The multimillion-dollar open funding call is seeking project proposals to develop an integrated agricultural system, bolstering productivity across the cropping and [...]