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Cover crops fit in SE Australia
Report from Down Under: Warm-season crops produced excellent gains on grass-fed beef

Meet your farming neighbours: Craig and Woody Oliver
Craig and Woody Oliver and their sons farm in Victoria, Australia

Another transplanted grazing idea
Report from Down Under: Bale grazing may have a fit in an Aussie summer

Testing swath grazing in Australia
The climate is totally different, but the season is the same

Cattle marketing across the miles
In the Aussie system, agents handle E-auction

Keeping soil biology ticking
Pasture Management: Grazing setbacks happen, but find opportunities to get back on track

Report From Down Under: Holistic approach is working
Management changes for the growing conditions producing benefits

Rain at the right time
A sudden turn in moisture conditions made all the difference

Grazing challenges in a dry environment
Dung scores and gut fill are important indicators of how cattle are doing

Restoring vigour to tired pasture
This planned grazing system appears to be returning about $77 per acre
Grainews is written for farmers and often by farmers. It is about putting theory into practice on the farm. Each issue also features Cattleman’s Corner for cow-calf producers and farmers with mixed cattle and grain operations.