Host: Yeeda Pastoral Co. Written by – Vicki Burton, Owner, Yeeda Pastoral Co. In November last year we opened our first Yeeda Australian Rangeland Meat shop in Broome. It has had fantastic support from locals since day one and we are really happy with how it has taken off. A day in the shop begins […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Co. Written by – Vicki Burton, Owner, Yeeda Pastoral Co. Yeeda Pastoral Company purchased Springvale Aggregation from E G Greens (Harvey Beef) in 2003. Springvale was once owned by the legendary stockman Tom Quilty, from 1948 to 1978, Tom and his wife Olive built the homestead as it is today. These days […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Co. Written by – Vicki Burton, Owner, Yeeda Pastoral Co. Kilto is a hive of activity; it is the Yeeda Pastoral hub. On Kilto we have our export accredited yard, we grow hay under centre pivot irrigators, it is our truck depot, and our main workshop is run from here. Irrigation Today […]
Host: Yeeda Pastoral Co. Written by – Vicki Burton, Owner, Yeeda Pastoral Co. Yeeda Station has great history, it was the first pastoral lease settled in the Kimberley in 1881. Yeeda is approx. 1 million acres and has the mighty Fitzroy River running through it, so has great flood plain country. The homestead is 50km […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by – Tess Camm, Owner, Mystery Park. With nine different mobs of cattle rotating through our cells (groups of paddocks dedicated to one mob), the grazing plan is always at the forefront of our mind. Nutrition underpins the performance of cattle, and we are paid in cents per kg of beef […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by – Tess Camm, Owner, Mystery Park. While mustering, drafting, weighing, and all hands-on activities are vital operations on a cattle property, this only occupies a portion of a grazier’s to-do list. Livestock waters, supplements, and fences (just to name a few) all require diligent maintenance. As Murphy’s law would have […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by – Tess Camm, Owner, Mystery Park. It’s a steady start getting all the little people’s horses saddled and sorted in the morning, but they more than make up for the effort during the muster! Lending a hand. Today we are mustering a mob of young cows with their first calf […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by – Tess Camm, Owner, Mystery Park. As a grazier, paycheques are few and far between, and most commonly result from the sale of livestock. This time of year is our ‘dry season’, and is often signified by slower sales and less demand for cattle. The market will bounce back as […]
Host: Mystery Park Written by – Tess Camm, Owner, Mystery Park. As we turn off the highway onto the gravel road, the dust flies thick and fast behind us. In my left window I notice a handful of dry cows walking along a cattle pad towards water, dust also settling in their trail. I have […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Rangeland Research Officer, Katherine Research Station. Good news! We didn’t burn out the neighbours, we only set the right plots alight and everybody had a good time! (Oh and we finished pasture sampling before we burnt!) With one dozer, one grader, two fire fighting units, six […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Rangeland Research Officer, Katherine Research Station. Excuse me there . . . Yes, you in the corner dying – what species are you? As it turns out, pasture species identification in October is not as easy as it is in May or June! At the moment, […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Rangeland Research Officer, Katherine Research Station. After another beautiful sunrise this morning we set off again at a cracking pace for my last day in the fencing crew. Yesterday we managed to get most of the pickets in and ran wire out on three sides of […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Jodie Ward – Rangeland Research Officer, Katherine Research Station. Hi everyone, I’m Jodie Ward and I am a Grass Counter. What exactly is, and does, a grass counter do I hear you ask? Well, hopefully by the end of this blog, I will have answered your question! You see, […]
Host: Katherine Research Station Written by Whitney Dollemore – Pastoral Research Officer, Katherine Research Station. This week Katherine Pastoral Production will be giving you some insight into the type of work we do for the northern cattle industry. There are six of us in the team and we are involved in collecting and sharing information […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. So, it’s our final instalment for our week as hosts of Central Station and seeing as you have all met the “Big Boss” and “The Backpacker”, it wouldn’t too hard to figure out who I have referred to as “The Bean counter”. […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elizovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. G’day to you all again. I hope you enjoyed getting a perspective of our life from both Kurt and Mary over the last few days. I have no doubt it would have been a refreshing change to the animated and sometimes convoluted […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Mary – Governess/Au Pair, Country Downs Station. Today I am heading into to town to do a ‘stores run’ and a general run around . . . you know, the Post Office, various local businesses to pick up parts for our broken, run-down or just plain neglected machinery/equipment, the […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Kurt Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Today I am heading out to do some fencing (checking and fixing wires etc.) and to chainsaw the larger shrubs and the not-too-large trees that continuously annoy us by growing along all of our fence lines. As I will be out all […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. Well today we have to spend some time in the vegie garden! Tie up tomatoes, pick the ripe fruit/vegies, and any fresh greens or herbs that we want for dinner. Fertilise, water, and check for pests . . . the biggest being our youngest […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. On Mondays (so yesterday!), I spend the mornings teaching our four year old, William, his school work. Because he is only in Kindy, it is relatively simple but very time consuming as it is all about ‘play-based’ curriculum. We have lots of fun […]
