UNE SMART Farms

04/06/2021

Do you know what Q fever is? Have you contracted it? Do you know how it is contracted?

Dr Megan Hobbs and her colleagues from the New England Institute of Healthcare Research would like to hear about your experiences with Q fever.

Complete this brief survey (it takes less than 10 minutes) and help contribute to research about awareness of this infectious disease.

(Approval UNE HE20-171, exp: 20/1/22)

Link here: https://okt.to/pInOvs

28/04/2021

We are looking forward to seeing how the bulls that were part of the trial at Tullimba perform in the upcoming sale.

07/04/2021

It was our pleasure to have the Southern New England Landcare's “Koalas in the Spotlight” event on March 19 at the UNE SMART Farms Newholme Field Laboratory. 🐨

Newholme is an established koala corridor and this event was part of the 2021 Northern Tablelands Koala Partnership Project which aims to raise community awareness and involvement in Koala conservation. The event was limited to 40 people and unsurprisingly tickets were in high demand. The good news for those who missed out is that SNELC hope to have another event before the end of the year.

Thank you to Southern New England Landcare and everyone who attended. Stay tuned for more Landcare Koala Partnership events.

31/03/2021

Last Friday we had the MLA Flock Resource Field Day at Kirby and the weather was perfect for our group of producers, breeders, students and industry personnel to come together.

The day consisted of talks on the Resource Flock and its role, technologies for measuring carcase traits and improvements in sheep meat quality. We also had the opportunity to look at last year's drop of lambs that are part of the project and some preliminary data on their weight gain. We then observed the high-performance pastures at Kirby that are part of a project with PGG Wrightson seeds.

And to sum up a great day, a delicious lamb cutlet lunch supplied and prepared by the Meat Science team at UNE.

Thank you to all who attended!

18/03/2021

What's better than informative talks from Prof. Julius van der Werf and Dr's Peter McGilchrist, Jarrod Lees, and Daniel Brown?

Why talks for all the above PLUS a delicious lamb cutlet BBQ lunch of course 🐑

That's what you can expect next Friday 26.03 at the MLA's Resource Flock Field Day

Visit: une.edu.au/smartfarms for more information

🚨 RSVP by 24.03 essential🚨
Contact Dr. Rachelle Hergenhan
Phone: 0418 653 169
Email: [email protected]

10/03/2021

Resource Flock Field Day 🍖🐑

❗RSVP NOW❗

Don't miss out on this informative and fun day at the UNE SMART Farm! The day includes talks from Prof. Julius van der Werf and Dr's Peter McGilchrist, Jarrod Lees, and Daniel Brown. Plus other activities and a lamb cutlet BBQ lunch! 😍

Contact Dr. Rachelle Hergenhan by 24.03 to RSVP
👉 Phone: 0418 653 169
👉 Email: [email protected]

More information available at:
www.une.edu.au/smartfarms

02/02/2021

🐄Something to be Graze'ful for!

Research on UNE SMART Farms has found them to be operating on a carbon-neutral basis – at least for now.

This comes as a heartening result for UNE SMART Farms industry engagement manager, Dr Rachelle Hergenhan who ran the carbon accounts on the Farms nearly 3600 hectares.

“We have large areas of native vegetation cover that are regenerating naturally, so it seems likely that even if we restore our grazing capacity over coming years, we will still be carbon-neutral or close to it.”

Learn more: https://okt.to/YdcATi

Carbon accounting across UNE's SMART farms produced a heartening result

28/01/2021

UNE Smart Farms were excited to host a field day for Red Angus breeder last week!

The field day was held at Tullimba and followed The Invitational Red Angus Bull Sale feed efficiency trial.

The 45 Bulls had just completed 70 day at the plot and were entered by a number of breeders to provide more information for their approaching sale.

We look forward to working further with these Red Angus breeders on future feeding trials!

Read more about the trial here: https://okt.to/M3yh4A

20/01/2021

What a privilege to have the UNE SMART Farms featured in the agtechfinder newsletter!

Check it out!
https://okt.to/PT7nb3

Agtech and research SMART Farms go hand in hand, testing a range of technologies, and developing cutting-edge new tech in partnership with ag industries. We explore the benefits ofSMART Farms for producers and ag industries.

02/12/2020

It was great to welcome a visit from Paraway Pastoral Company and Angus Australia at Tullimba today!

The team checked out the cattle Paraway have on feed here as part of the Angus Sire Benchmarking Program (ASBP) along with a quick look at the tempering plant.

Find out more about the ASBP here https://okt.to/UbwQCD

Angus Australia Paraway Pastoral Company Limited

26/11/2020

☀🌾What a great day to be out in the field at Toombs Pasture Technology Site!

There was a great turn out at the UNE SMART Farms Pasture Field Day this morning! Participants enjoyed discussions with experts in their field on pasture breeding, renovation programs, and improved pasture systems.

Events such as these allow producers and community members to learn about work happening on the SMART Farms with our industry partners such as PGG Wrightson Seeds and how some of this work may apply to their own properties.

UNE Agriculture PGG Wrightson Seeds