Advisory services at Glen Innes ARAS
Advisory services
Field day for cattle producers
Working with the community
The Station has strong community and industry support for its advisory activities as evidenced by highly successful workshops and field-days.
Field trials and/or demonstrations are presently being conducted into needlegrass control, tropical grasses and legumes and alternate fertilisers.
The Station has produced an extensive knowledge-base (research papers dating back 100 years), and an ongoing release of advisory material (trade magazine articles, newsletters, multi-media) relevant to temperate summer-rainfall environments.
Advisory work at the Station specialises in group extension, co-learning and industry consultancies. The Station runs an ongoing and intensive schedule of group courses. These build knowledge of 'best management practices' for sustainable environment outcomes
- ‘ProGraze’ - a series of workshops that provide farmers with pasture assessment skills to improve management for sustainable and profitable production;
- ‘Property Management Planning’ courses in collaboration with northern tablelands peak Landcare organisations (Glenrac, Snelc, Granite Borders) and Catchment Management Authority (CMA) (Northern Rivers CMA, Border Rivers-Gwydir CMA) to improve the skills and knowledge of land managers with financial, human and natural resources.
Partnership Groups - excellence in innovation
The Station plays a key role in facilitating the conduct of ‘Beef Profit Partnership Groups’ with Northern Tablelands graziers - this project was awarded the 2007 CRC Association Award for Excellence in Innovation.
Industry development
For the sheep industry, the Station recently conducted the project ‘Merino bloodline evaluation’ which assesses the commercial value of genetic improvements through sheep breeding.
Another project is implementing improvements in the efficiency of communication and operations along the meat products supply-chain from international retailers, exporters and processors to sheep-meat producers.
Partnership Groups - excellence in innovation
The Station plays a key role in facilitating the conduct of ‘Beef Profit Partnership Groups’ with Northern Tablelands graziers - this project was awarded the 2007 CRC Association Award for Excellence in Innovation.
Industry development
Sheep industry training
For the sheep industry, the Station currently is running the project ‘Merino bloodline evaluation’ which assesses the commercial value of genetic improvements through sheep breeding.
Another project is implementing improvements in the efficiency of communication and operations along the meat products supply-chain from international retailers, exporters and processors to sheep-meat producers.