Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Beef

  • Professor Ben Hayes

    Blueprint to more productive cattle herds

    Published on: 30 September 2020
    Profitability is linked to fertility of cows for northern beef enterprises and can be substantially improved with new breeding methods based on cutting-edge genome technology. The use of genome data is beginning to drive up the fertility of Australia’s northern cattle herds. Differences in fertility can mean up to three extra calves over a cow’s lifetime, so potential gains are large.
  • Bull power for performance, production and profit of Australian beef herds

    Bull power for performance, production and profit of Australian beef herds

    Article by Dr Geoffry Fordyce published 27 August 2020 by FutureBeef regarding bull management in northern beef herds.

  • UQ genomic expert Professor Ben Hayes

    Genetic link between cattle temperament and autism

    Published on: 28 August 2020
    A strong association between the genes influencing cattle temperament and autism in humans has been discovered by University of Queensland researchers. UQ genomic expert Professor Ben Hayes said the research by his interdisciplinary team headed by Dr Roy Costilla could lead to improved animal welfare and meat quality.
  • UQ QAAFI A/Prof Heather Smyth holding Westholme Wagyu in the sensory test kitchen.

    Wagyu beef passes the taste test of science

    Published on: 9 August 2020
    The unique flavour, texture and aroma of Australia’s famous Wagyu beef can now be marketed using a world-first flavour profile developed by The University of Queensland in partnership with the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo).
  • Good feed, good milk, good calving: research hones in on cow fertility

    Good feed, good milk, good calving: research hones in on cow fertility

    Published on: 8 June 2020
    Animal science researchers say keeping the spotlight firmly on improving cow fertility and reducing cow and calf losses in harsh environments will continue to build northern cattle live weight production and efficiencies. More than ten years of research has substantially improved understanding of the drivers of the 10 to 15 per cent calf loss that occurs on average between confirmed pregnancy and weaning in northern Australia.
  • Influence of nutrition on milk delivery to new-born calves

    Influence of nutrition on milk delivery to new-born calves

    Median calf wastage between confirmed pregnancy and weaning in northern Australia is 10-15%, depending on region. The overall loss is estimated in the vicinity of 1 million calves in Australia annually. A similar situation exists through all tropical beef systems globally. Diseases and animal issues cause some of the loss, but the majority of wastage is associated with poor pregnant cow nutrition and high environmental stress. A very high proportion of calf mortality occurs within the first few days after birth. Preliminary research has identified about 30% of cows may be susceptible to a 3-day delay in starting full milk production after calving, putting calves at considerable risk.
  • Australia’s livestock producers turning data into dollars

    Australia’s livestock producers turning data into dollars

    Published on: 1 October 2019
    Livestock producers risk drowning in data, but digitalisation is helping industry innovators gain a strategic advantage in transforming their business and competing in key markets.
  • Beefing up against cattle disease

    Beefing up against cattle disease

    Published on: 28 August 2019
    UQ researchers have developed a vaccine that could slash the devastating impact of Bovine Respiratory Disease on cattle and the beef industry.

  • New project targets pimelea poisoning

    Published on: 17 July 2017
    A new QAAFI research project aimed at producing a preventative probiotic for cattle to mitigate poisoning from the potentially fatal pasture plant, pimelea, received funding from Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) in 2017.

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