Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Pastoral Production Officer, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries, Katherine Research Station. Try as I might, and I do, I cannot convince the people I talk to that counting grass is sexy. I get dressed up. I bring my own toys. I talk in a foreign […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Arthur Cameron – Principal Pastures Agronomist, DPIF, Darwin. Setting the scene . . . The status quo in 1976 was an annual catch and release harvest of mostly uncontrolled shorthorn cattle using horses. Properties were largely undeveloped which contributed to missed animals when mustering. Aircraft and helicopter mustering was […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Haydn Sale – Founder and Managing Director, Yougawalla Pastoral Company (Husband of this week’s host, Jane Sale). “Mentor” is I believe a much over used word in today’s vernacular. There are mentoring programs for just about anything you can think of. The real meaning of mentor in my book […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Yulia Meally – Cook/Caretaker, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Meally family of Bulka Station – Yulia, Gary, and young Seamus. Hi everyone, my name is Yulia, I have written a few years ago on Central Station about my transition from living in a huge city in Surabaya, Indonesia, to moving to […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Angus Campbell – Pilot, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Learning to fly a helicopter has been one of the most mentally challenging things that I have ever done. I have always wanted to fly ever since I was a young fella watching the super planes flying at treetop height over home. […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. I have found that living on a station remotely with different logistical pressures means you have to be flexible and prepared for plans to change. My dad, when he spends time here, says, “Forget about Plan B, on station it is more […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Your cattle management starts and ends with your people management. Like any small business every person makes a difference and the leader must set an example. Unless you are planning on doing your cattle handling on your own, what you do and […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Kira Andrews – Evaluation and Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. I have had the pleasure of visiting a few stations across Western Australia to look at opportunities to support land management projects. I would often marvel at how hard everyone worked but I would always think – “This seems so hard, surely […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Kane Watson – Regional Landcare Facilitator, Rangelands NRM. I came into this role thinking I could bring landcare principles to the Southern Rangelands stations, but from what I have seen they are already there! This is not just about what is good for the land but also what is good for […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Grey Mackay – Kimberley Program Manager, Rangelands NRM. Having spent most of my life in Perth, I always yearned to be out of the city. I grew up in a fairly large family with three older sisters, an older brother, and later 13 nieces and nephews. I have always had a […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Kieran Massie –Program Manager (Southern Rangelands), Rangelands NRM. Arriving in Western Australia as a teenager from a small town in the north east of Scotland, there was nothing that put the zap on my head quite like the Australian Outback. The red dirt of Outback WA is like nothing in Scotland. There […]
Host: Rangelands NRM Written by Mel McDonald – Kimberley Project Manager, Rangelands NRM. Hello everyone, I hope you are all geared up for the week ahead. Mel McDonald here. I first introduced myself on Central Station in 2014 in the midst of some very challenging years for me personally. This time I’ll talk about my work, […]
Host: Jim and Terry Lindsay Written by Anna Tickle. Highly functional cows at Landsborough. Maintaining long-term profitability in our business regardless of the seasons, commodity prices, or market direction is often easier said than done. While we haven’t yet mastered making it rain on command, there are aspects of your business that can be managed […]
Host: Jim and Terry Lindsay Written by Anna Tickle. Stock being worked through the yards at an LSS School at Alice Springs. The interesting realm of Low Stress Stockhandling (LSS) can produce a mountain of monetary gain for the average livestock producer – and the proof is in the pudding, as you’ll read later. But […]
Host: Jim and Terry Lindsay Written by Anna Tickle. This week’s blog hosts, Jim and Terry Lindsay. I begin my chat with Jim and Terry Lindsay in what is the customary way for people in the bush to greet each other. “It’s raining here, Jim,” I say. Then, referring to Hughenden in North West Queensland, […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Northern Beef Futures Team – Department of Agriculture and Food, WA State Government. Today’s blog is all about our work to assist the northern beef industry to access multiple markets and create new supply chain options for WA beef and live cattle. The Department of Agriculture and Food’s (DAFWA) […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Northern Beef Futures Team – Department of Agriculture and Food, WA State Government. As part the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA’s (DAFWA) Northern Beef Futures (NBF) project we are working to support industry to facilitate trade and build relationships with importers of WA beef and cattle. One of the […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Rebecca Butcher – Research Officer, DAFWA. Hello everyone in the Central Station community. I am very excited that the WA Department of Agriculture and Food is hosting Central Station this week. It’s a fantastic opportunity for the industry to get to know what the Northern Beef Futures project is […]
Host: Northern Beef Future Written by Tim Wiley – Mosaic Agriculture Development Officer, DAFWA. A shower of rain brings welcome relief from the January heat while seeding trials at Kilto. Hi, I am Tim Wiley, the Mosaic Agriculture Development Officer for the Department of Agriculture and Food’s (DAFWA) Northern Beef Futures (NBF) project based in […]
Host: Northern Beef Futures Written by Northern Beef Futures Team – Department of Agriculture and Food, WA State Government. DAFWA’s Northern Beef Futures team. The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) leads the Northern Beef Futures (NBF) project, funded by the State Government’s Royalties for Regions program. NBF is an export supply chain focussed, market-driven […]
