Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode. This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions. In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat […]
Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode. This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions. In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat […]
Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode. This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions. In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat […]
Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode. This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions. In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat […]
Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode. This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions. In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about what’s involved in buying and selling a pastoral lease in WA – and it’s definitely a little more complicated than buying or selling a house in town! To do this I am joined by Karel Eringa who is […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about diversification permits for pastoral leases in WA – what they are, why they exist, who needs them and how to apply for one. To do this I am joined by Karel Eringa who is the pastoral manager at […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about the legal requirements of managing a pastoral Western Australia. We’ll cover topics such as what a pastoral lease can be used for, what activities are required to be compliant, what makes a good tenant, and even the renewals […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about the different types of land tenure in Western Australia – in particular, crown land and pastoral leases. To do this I am joined by Alison Gibson from the WA Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. Alison is the […]
Welcome back to another “Station Stickybeak” episode. This series was created to share an insight into why pastoralists do what they do, given their circumstances – whether it be location, country type, rainfall zone, infrastructure, ownership model, market, or any of the many other factors influencing management decisions. In each Station Stickybeak episode I’ll chat […]
Welcome back to the Cattle Station Classroom podcast. This episode is the first in a new sub-series we are launching called “Station Stickybeak”, because it is exactly that – a stickybeak. No two cattle stations are the same, and as such, neither are management strategies. I (Steph Coombes, podcast host) wanted to create this series […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about the landscape rehydration method of Waterponding. To learn about waterponding, we are joined by Jardine Macdonald, the Program Manager for Rangelands Natural Resource Management. Jards is a hydrogeologist who comes from an environmental consulting and mining background, and […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about Surgical spaying of beef cattle. Long-term contraception of cattle can benefit the welfare and production of animals where females cannot be segregated from males and in other, limited, circumstances. In extensive pastoral conditions, contraception enables cull females to […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about Pregnancy detection for beef cattle. To do this I’m going to be joined by Dr Dave Morrell. Dave is the founder and owner of Broome Cattle Vets, and has over 40 years’ experience as a small, large and […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about Semen Testing. To do this I’m going to be joined by Dr Tracy Sullivan. Dr Tracy Sullivan has extensive experience as a large and small animal veterinarian, researcher and a decade’s experience working as an accredited bull semen morphologist. She is an active member […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about livestock agents. Most of us kind of know the basics of what a livestock agent does – buy and sell livestock – that bit is pretty obvious, but there’s a fair bit more to it and that’s why I […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom In today’s lesson, we’re going to be learning about Personal Locator Beacons. It’s something we all hope we’ll never have to use, but unfortunately I do know a few people who have had to use theirs. But, what actually is the difference between a Personal Locator Beacon, and an […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom In today’s lesson, we’re going to be learning about radio communication. A two-way radio is a fairly standard piece of equipment in the beef industry, and for the most part we simply dial in to a channel, press a button, and connect with someone at the other end. If […]
Welcome to the Cattle Station Classroom Podcast. In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about The Bullcheck Test. To do this I’m going to be joined by Dr Tracy Sullivan. Dr Tracy Sullivan has extensive experience as a large and small animal veterinarian, researcher and a decade’s experience working as an accredited bull semen morphologist. She is an active […]
Welcome to the cattle station classroom podcast. In todays lesson we are going to learn about the Australian Beef Report. The Australian Beef Report shows you the financial and production performance of family owned beef businesses in Australia. It has been written for profit focussed producers, industry service professionals and other industry stakeholders who would […]
