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Rangeland Management Courses Run Across the Barkly…

Casey Collier, Pastoral Production, Tennant Creek

2012 again saw the biennial Rangeland Management Courses offered across the

Barkly. This year two courses were hosted at Brunchilly and Alexandria, with

participants travelling from Helen Springs, Soudan and Gallipoli Stations.

June 2012

RANGELAND

MANAGEMENT COURSES

WHO’S NEW IN THE ZOO

HEIFER MANAGEMENT

TOP END BEST PRACTICE

MANUAL

ACIAR FUNDED PROJECT

IN INDONESIA

2011 FODDER AND SEED

PRODUCTION

CASHCOW RESULTS

WEED MANAGEMENT

PLANS

HAVE A LAUGH

PIC

TENNANT CREEK SHOW

AROUND THE TRAPS

AUSSIE GRASS

WHAT,WHEN & WHERE

PASTORAL MARKET

UPDATE

ISSN: 1325-9539

Right: Participants from

Helen Springs identify

species in red country

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The courses are offered every two years

and are a great opportunity for men and

women that have just started a career in

the pastoral industry, or are new to the

Barkly region, to learn about cattle

production on the Barkly. The principles

of each topic are based on those

previously developed for other regions in

the Northern Territory, but have been

customised in line with Barkly information.

A range of topics are covered over a 1-2

day course including pasture species and

dynamics which covers the major

differences between red and black soils, perennial species versus annual species and the different

stages of plant growth and what this means for pasture quality. The next topic, land condition and

monitoring, follows on well and introduces the concept of the ABCD framework for assessing land

condition, and how this can affect carrying capacity and therefore profitability in a beef business.

The course teaches how to recognise the major weed species

of the Barkly, and what to do or who to contact if they are

found. Participants are taught how to recognise poisonous

plants and the symptoms of poisoning to cattle. A session on

biodiversity highlights the importance of the Barkly region, the

different species that reside here and how this is related to

cattle production. The course is finished off with a session on

animal nutrition. This topic covers the basics of the ruminant’s

digestive system, nutrient requirements and leads on to

explaining the major supplementation regimes across Northern

Australia.

Interactive sessions are held throughout the course where participants are taken out into the

paddock and shown the main differences between red and black soils, how to identify different

species of grasses, forbs and shrubs, and identify the differences in land condition.

Overall, there was an overwhelming positive response from participants and courses will again be

offered in 2014.

Who’s New in the Zoo? Jane Douglas is the new face around the Tennant Creek -

Department of Resources office. Jane joined the Pastoral Production

team on the 30th April this year as a Technical Officer, Level 3. Jane

will be working mainly on the Barkly district projects. She transferred

from the Victoria River Research Station where she completed a 2 ½

year stint as a Technical Officer.

Jane grew up on a high country sheep, beef and deer station in the

South Island of New Zealand. Following high school, she

commenced a Bachelor of AgriScience degree at Lincoln University.

However after 2 years, the need to get back to the stations was too

Above: Participants from Brunchilly and Helen Springs

Above: Casey Collier (DoR Tennant

Creek) assists participants identify flora

species at Alexandria

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strong, so she went back to working on extensive sheep and beef stations around the South Island.

In 2006, Jane flew to the Northern Territory for a 6 month working holiday at Tipperary Station. It

didn’t take long for the outback lifestyle, and lack of snow, to convince Jane to stick around. She

then went on to other cattle properties around Proserpine, QLD and Derby, WA, as well as a stint at

working the wheat harvest in southern WA.

In her 4 years of working in various places around Australia Jane found that the Territory had been

her favourite place, so in 2009 the move was made to the Victoria River District, first to Victoria

River Downs Station, then to the Victoria River Research Station (Kidman Springs) as a DoR

Technical Officer in November 2009.

While at Kidman Springs, her ongoing interest in Agri-Science and the research and development

work being performed by the Pastoral Production team prompted Jane to resume her Agri-Science

degree studies by correspondence. When the opportunity to further her career within the

Department became available, she jumped at the chance to join the research and extension side of

the Pastoral Team and so here she is, DoR Tennant Creeks’ newest recruit. Say Hello to her at the

office, Tennant Creek Show or around the district.

Contact Details: Jane Douglas P: (08) 8962 4483 F: (08) 8962 4480 E: Jane.Douglas@nt.gov.au

Heifer Management in Northern Australia Tim Schatz, Pastoral Production, Darwin

A guide to heifer management in northern Australia is now

available. This practical guide to managing

heifers has been developed using results of recent research and

existing knowledge of best practice heifer management. It

provides practical information on management practices and the

biology of heifers to help cattle producers to make informed

management decisions.

This publication is an outcome of MLA-funded projects conducted

in northern Australia. Although the publication has focused

primarily on heifer management in extensive beef herds, the

principles have equal application to all beef herds across

northern Australia despite any differences in scale of operations,

breeds, climatic conditions or pasture types. It is a short,

readable guide to best practice management written for graziers,

station managers, head and other stockmen and students of

animal husbandry.

• Digital copies can be downloaded at http://www.mla.com.au/Publications-tools-and-

events/Publication-details?pubid=5823

• Hard copies can be ordered by calling the MLA membership services hotline on 1800 675

717 or email publications@mla.com.au

Or from the Department of Resources - Email: technical.publications@nt.gov.au

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Key Messages for Heifer Management

Improving re-conception rates in first-calf heifers can significantly improve herd profitability.

General principles that can be applied to the management of replacement heifers include:

Body condition at mating has the greatest effect on heifer fertility

Consecutive stocking and good pasture in heifer paddocks are the cheapest ways to achieve

good body condition. Supplements may be cost effective.

Heifers should be segregated from the breeder herd, grazed on the best paddocks and may

need supplements over the post-weaning dry season to reach critical mating weight.

The majority of heifers should be at or above the critical mating weight (CMW) at the start of

joining. The CMW for Bos indicus heifers is 320-340kg.

Bos indicus heifers tend to reach puberty at heavier weights and at a later age than Bos

taurus heifers.

The heifer needs to have a body condition score (BCS) of 3.5 (on BCS scale of 1-5) or

higher at calving to maximise the chance of getting pregnant again while rearing her calf.

If heifers are selected before joining, this should be based on growth over the post-weaning

year, and not on weight at weaning, which largely depends on age.

Mate more heifers than are needed for replacement using young bulls evaluated for breeding

soundness, ‘calving ease’ and ‘low birth weight’.

Select replacement heifers from those that get pregnant early in the joining period- and on

temperament.

Ideally, heifers should be mated for only three cycles (63 days). On extensive properties,

pregnancy diagnosis can be used to identify heifers that conceived early in the mating

period.

Yearling mating will give good results only if heifers are heavy enough (on good country) and

are of early-maturing breed types.

The best type of heifer will be that suited to the environment and target market.

Genetic improvement is faster through crossbreeding than through selection.

Bull selection will have a much greater impact on herd improvement than selecting heifers or

cows.

Calf losses in first-calf heifers are often high (>20%) and mostly occur around the time of

birth.

Muster and wean first calf heifers before the main breeder herd.

Wean calves early, down to 100kg (3 months), or even earlier if heifer survival is at risk.

Vaccinate all heifers against botulism and against any other diseases that could have

significant economic impact.

Maiden heifers are a good group to use if an artificial insemination program is planned.

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Best Practice Manual for the Top End Region Arthur Cameron, Principal Pastures and Extension Agronomist, Darwin

A new comprehensive Best Practice Manual titled “Cattle and

land management best practices in the Top End region” was

released on 20th March. The manual updates and expands on

the Katherine Best Practice Manual released in 2009. The

manual was produced with funding support from Meat &

Livestock Australia (MLA).

The manual is a comprehensive snapshot of how to manage

properties and run cattle in the Top End. There are Chapters

on Infrastructure and Station Development, Land management,

Cattle Breeding, Cattle Management, Cattle Nutrition, Animal

Health, Floodplain Production and other topics of interest.

The manual is available in three formats, a hard cover book,

online (on the DoR and MLA web sites) and as a CD. Most of

the hard cover books have been allocated, but CDs will be

available to supply requests for copies. Books will be sent to or

delivered to Top End producers by Extension Officers. Copies

of the book will also be available in Departmental and

Community Libraries.

NT DoR’s Involvement in ACIAR funded project in Indonesia Kieren McCosker, Beef Research Officer, Katherine Research Station

It is estimated that the demand for beef in Indonesia is rising by 4% per year due to the

westernisation of diets and a larger Indonesian population living in urban centres. As a result, the

domestic supply of beef is unable to meet demand. As part of the NT DoR’s efforts (along with the

University of Queensland and Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) to

demonstrate to Indonesia our willingness to assist in their beef production development we are

involved in an Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded project

“StrawCow”.

The StrawCow project commenced in July 2009 and is funded to

December 2013, with the aim of providing feeding systems that

improve the productivity and management of both local and

Australian breeding cows and their progeny in low input systems of

Indonesia. Sustainably improving production and management of

cattle on smallholder enterprises, typically located in densely

populated rural areas, requires the use of underutilised crop

residues such as rice straw to increase the amount of biomass

available to be fed to cattle. Rice straw on its own has low nutritive

value and previous attempts have failed when fed to growing cattle.

However, it is hypothesised that with a mix of high-quality feeds it

could maintain the weight and body condition of breeders during the

dry period when feed resources are low.

Photo 1: Expatriated Northern Territory

Brahman cows being fed young Elephant grass

at the Lamongan village site.

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NT Fodder and Seed Production 2011 Arthur Cameron, Pastoral Production, Darwin

Pastoral Production Group of DoR conducted a survey to estimate fodder (hay and silage) and seed

production in the Northern Territory during 2011. These figures include the mulching hay made in

the Darwin Rural area. The figures are tabulated below.

Hay production decreased in 2011 to 69,740 tonnes from the record 83,320 tonnes produced in

2010. A number of properties did not cut all of their hay areas because of reduced demand when

live cattle export to Indonesia was banned. This ban also led to a carryover of hay on some

properties.

The value of the hay produced in 2011 is estimated at $13.90m and the seed at $0.73m.

These figures represent the majority of the production in the NT in 2011.

The districts listed in the table below are the Australian Bureau of Statistics districts.

Hay and Seed Production in the NT by District (tonnes)

District Feed Hay Mulch Hay Seed

Alligator 80

Barkly and Central NT 6630

Daly 27000 34

Litchfield Shire 11790 2170

Lower Top End 22010 60 153

Total 67510 2230 187

These figures were compiled with the assistance of Departmental Officers Coral Allan (Alice Springs), Casey Collier (Tennant Creek), and Melissa Fraser (Katherine)

Preliminary CashCow results Presented at Beef Week 2012 Kieren McCosker, Beef Research Officer, Katherine Research Station

The McCosker and Holmes review of the northern beef industry (Northern Beef Situation Analysis

2009) clearly identified the major challenges facing the industry:

the average producer spent more on average than they earned in six of the last seven years

beef prices have not increased since 2004

costs of production have increased significantly

debt levels per livestock unit carried have doubled.

Key recommendations from the McCosker and Holmes review were implementation of strategies to

enable sustained improvements in herd reproductive performance. The MLA funded Cash Cow

project has demonstrated that there is marked variation in the reproductive performance of breeding

herds across northern Australia (Queensland, the Northern Territory and north-west Western

Australia) which is where the majority of the national breeding herd is located. Over a 4 year period

(2008-2011) the reproductive performance of 78,256 breeding females located on 75 commercial

beef cattle properties located between St George in Queensland and the Kimberley in WA were

monitored. An important finding was that overall half of the breeding mobs monitored achieved

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weaning rates of less than 70% and in the extensive breeding regions of north Queensland and the

Northern Territory/Kimberley half of the mobs achieved weaning rates of less than 60%. However,

the top performing 25% of mobs achieved weaning rates of 80%.

The Cash Cow project one of the largest projects ever funded by MLA has been conducted by

researchers from The University of Queensland, DAFF Queensland, Northern Territory Department

of Resources, and AusVet Animal Health Services, in collaboration with an electronic data capture

provider (Outcross Performance Pty Ltd), cattle veterinarians, and cattle producers. It set out to

answer 3 main questions:

1. How can producers readily and accurately determine how their breeding herd is performing?

2. Why do some breeding mobs achieve expected levels of performance whilst other do not?

3. Why do some breeding females readily become pregnant after calving and wean a calf

whilst others take much longer to become pregnant or fail to wean a calf?

To enable the performance of some 165 different breeding mobs to be monitored twice yearly, once

at the time of weaning and then again at time of pregnancy diagnosis, all females enrolled in the

Cash Cow project were identified by NLIS and performance data was captured electronically crush-

side. Despite the fact that at least 16 pieces of data per female were required to be recorded at each

data collection visit the system used enabled processing rates of around 1000 head per day. A

major issue which was recognised from the outset was the lack of a ‘common language’ defining the

reproductive performance of breeding herds in northern Australia and in particular a lack of any

measure of reproductive efficiency or beef output from these herds. Key measures of performance

developed by the Cash Cow project are:

Net beef production (kg/breeder) or Annual change in beef per kilogram of breeder (kg/kg

breeder per year) these provide the most accurate measure of beef output from a breeding

herd and require data on number of cows mated the previous year, average cow weights

(from a sample), number of calves weaned, average weaner weight (from a sample), and an

estimate of cow survival which were all measured in the Cash Cow project. It is critical that

breeding herds have an accurate estimate of their beef output as this enables them to

determine how their business is performing. Net beef production provides an estimate of the

beef output from a breeding herd and together with estimates of cost of production will

enable producers to determine how efficient and profitable their breeding enterprise is.

Weaner weight per cow retained (kg/cow) – this is calculated by multiplying the number of

calves weaned by the average weight of weaners and then dividing this by the number of

cows retained after final mustering the previous year. This is a practical measure which

requires no foetal ageing and is considered an indicator of both net beef production and beef

production efficiency.

Percentage of females which are back in calf by 4 months after calving– this provides a

measure of how efficiently cows are re-conceiving and importantly tells a producer what

proportion of their calving cows will re-calve 12 to 13 months later. This measure of

performance can be determined by annual foetal aging (pregnancy diagnosis).

Foetal and calf loss between confirmed pregnancy and weaning – this is a major issue in the

extensive rangelands regions of northern Australia with half the maiden heifer mobs

monitored in the Cash Cow project experiencing losses of 25% or more.

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Some of the factors which have already been identified from the analysis of the Cash Cow data as

having a big impact on the proportion of cows back in calf by 4months after calving are:

Whether a female successfully reared her last pregnancy or not

Body condition score at the previous year’s pregnancy diagnosis muster

The ratio of average faecal phosphorus to metabolisable energy ratio during the wet season

Period of the year of the previous calving

Timing of onset and duration of the wet season.

Some of the factors significantly affecting the losses from confirmed pregnancy to weaning which

have been identified are:

Whether a female successfully reared her last pregnancy or not

Exposure to hot to very hot weather conditions during the month of calving

Period of the year when calving occurred

The ratio of average crude protein to dry matter digestibility ( derived from faecal NIRS)

during last the trimester of pregnancy.

These are just some examples of what we are finding from the Cash Cow project and as this article

is being written the Cash Cow analysis team is continuing to interrogate the Cash Cow database

which contain over 6million bits of data.

Weed Management Plans Released The Territory Government has approved the

Weed Management Plans for

Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica)

Mesquite (Prosopis species) and

Chinee apple (Ziziphus mauritiana)

These plans form part of a strategic approach to weed management in the Northern Territory.The overall aim of the Plans is to reduce the damage caused by these thorny shrubs/trees in relation to production, environmental and cultural values.

All landholders are now required to meet the management objectives outlined in the Weed Management Plans.

For more information visit www.nt.gov.au/weeds or

contact the Weed Management Branch:

Ph: 8999 4567

Email weedinfo.nretas@nt.gov.au

Web: www.nt.gov.au/weeds

HAVE A LAUGH! Send your jokes to barklybeef.dor@nt.gov.au A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house.

She slammed the door and shouted at the top of her lungs, 'Honey, pack your bags. I won

the lottery!'

The husband said, 'Oh my God! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?'

'Doesn't matter,' she said. 'Just get out.'

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Do you keep poultry, pigeons, pigs, goats, horses, sheep, deer, cattle, buffalo, camels, llamas, alpacas? These are classified as Livestock.

Urban or rural blocks that have any of the above livestock should have a Property Identification Code (PIC) – see website www.nt.gov.au/d/animalhealth for full details. Regardless of the size of the block, parcel of land, property, number of livestock or even if they are pets, a PIC is required if any of the above livestock are present. A PIC is not required for dogs, cats or wildlife etc. PIC Registration is free of charge – please complete PIC Registration form www.nt.gov.au/d/animalhealth or Online Registration or contact your Regional Livestock Biosecurity Officer (RLBO) for assistance. Darwin Katherine Tennant Creek Alice Springs Ian Doddrell Greg Scott Tom Haines Greg Crawford Ph: 08 8999 2030 Ph: 08 8973 9754 Ph: 08 8962 4458 Ph: 08 8951 8125

Animal Health – Biosecurity & Product Integrity - www.nt.gov.au/d/animalhealth

The role of Animal Health is to protect and facilitate market access for Northern Territory livestock and livestock products to domestic and international markets. This includes disease surveillance and control, livestock identification, meat industries, livestock welfare, veterinary laboratory services and legislative compliance.

Animal Health has 18 staff located in Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.

There are also 17 staff at the Berrimah Veterinary Laboratory in Darwin.

Animal Welfare

Animal Health & Disease

Brands in the NT

Livestock Identification and Movement

National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) in the NT

NT PIC search database

NT Brands Register search database

NT Property Identification Code (PIC)

Meat Industries (Applications & Licences)

Crocodiles and Honey Bees

Other Animals

Pastoral Market Update

Exports – Pregnancy Testing

Animal Biosecurity Contacts

Veterinary Laboratory

Livestock Movements Statistics

Information for NT Veterinarians

Darwin Katherine Tennant Creek Alice Springs Ian Doddrell - RLBO Greg Scott - RLBO Tom Haines- RLBO Greg Crawford -

RLBO Ph: 08 8999 2030 Ph: 08 8973 9754 Ph: 08 8962 4458 Ph: 08 8951 8125

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“Another Exceptional Season for the Barkly”

AussieGRASS – June 2012 Update Chris Materne, Pastoral Production, Alice Springs

Past – Exceptional! Present – Excellent! Future – ?

Present (Total Standing Dry Matter)

Figure 3: Barkly district median pasture growth Figure 4: Tennant Creek district median pasture (running total) growth (running total)

The 2011/12 ‘wet season’ started early in the Barkly region, stalled for a while before finishing on an exceptional note thanks to the February rains. The models are showing widespread total standing biomass of over 1000kg/ha, and up to 4000kg/ha, over the entire Tennant Creek and Barkly regions not affected by fires, and considered generally well above average. Country around Tennant Creek that was burnt in 2011 is generally now showing up to 1,000kg/ha of biomass (Figure 1). Figures 3 and 4 present the median pasture growth for the Barkly district (black soil country) and Tennant Creek district (red soil country), and tracks the progress of the 2011/12 “wet season” (red line), and compares it with the previous 2010/11 “wet season” (green line).

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Figure 7: Past 12 months pasture growth relative to historical records since 1957 (1

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st May 2012) and

indicates another exception season has been experienced across the Gulf and Barkly regions and average to well above

average over the Tennant Creek and Tanami regions.

Future (Pasture Growth Predictions) At this time of year prediction of pasture growth in the Barkly and Tennant Creek regions are of little use due to the strong seasonal rainfall patterns. Further south where southerly frontal systems can still bring rainfall, predictions suggest the chance of receiving average growth over the next three months is generally 50:50 with the exception of scattered areas around Alice Springs where soil moisture exists from earlier rain.

Figure 5: Chances of exceeding Median Growth Figure 6: Prediction Skill based over the June-August 2012 period. the SOI in Phase 5 over May 2012.

Past (2011/12 Wet Season)

PERSONALISED PROPERTY MAPS Are you interested in obtaining detailed AussieGRASS maps for your property?

If so get in touch with Chris Materne DoR Alice Springs (89518135) chris.materne@nt.gov.au. General NT and Australia scale maps are available on line at:

http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/RainfallAndPastureGrowth/

What is AussieGRASS? AussieGRASS is a spatial modelling framework that estimates various pasture characteristics (such as growth and total standing dry matter) over a given time period and compares it with historical records. It does this by using rainfall, climate, soil and pasture type information to estimate average pasture growth (among other parameters) over 5km x 5km square grids across Australia. Seasonal benchmarking tools such as this are potentially valuable in assisting pastoralists make informed land management decisions. For more information on AussieGRASS see http://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/

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Around the Traps Have you taken a good photo? Send it into barklybeef.dor@nt.gov.au

Ben McGlynn, Brunchilly

Station, accepts the award for

'Best Cattle Station' from Gerry

McCarthy at the Golden Heart

Awards, Tennant Creek in April.

Dionne Walsh (DoR

Darwin) acting a little

crazy after 2 weeks of

pasture sampling

The Beetaloo pasture sampling team enjoying a bite to eat

(L to R) Naomi Wilson (BLCA), Jodie

Ward (DoR), Thomas Grounds (BLCA)

& Jonny Hodgetts (BLCA) measuring

pasture yields at Beetaloo

Jane Douglas, the new DoR

pasture production team

member being clerk of the

course for the Tennant

Creek Races in May

Tennant Creek Races

(Photo: Jon Hodgetts)

Bulls ready for sale at the 11th annual NT Droughtmaster Sale held in Tennant

Creek on 19 April.

(L to R) Casey Collier (DoR), Skye

Ries (DoR), Namoi Wilson (BLCA)

and Hannah Jewell (Westgold

Resources) get glammed up for the

Tennant Creek Races in May

(L to R) George Scott, Lake Nash Station,

Peter & Jane Hughes (Georgina Pastoral Co)

& Greg Maguire (DoR) at the Droughtmaster

Bull Sale held in Tennant Creek on April 19.

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What, When & Where

JUNE

Campdraft / Rodeo 12 June Camooweal, QLD

Races 2 June Adelaide River

Cloncurry Show 15-17 June Cloncurry, QLD

Katherine ASH campdraft 16-17 June

ABC Brunette Downs Races 21-24 June ABC Race Club "Brunette Downs"

Mt Isa Show 22-24 June Mt Isa

JULY

Alice Springs Show 6 July Alice Springs

Avon Downs Annual Cricket Match

7-8 July Avon Downs

Cloncurry Campdraft & Stockmen’s Challenge

12-15 July Cloncurry

Tennant Creek Show including Cattle Section

13 July Tennant Creek Showgrounds

Tennant Creek Show Rodeo 13 July pm Tennant Creek Rodeo Grounds

Tennant Creek Show Gymkhana, Challenge

14 July Tennant Creek Saddle Horse Club

Barkly Beef Dinner 14 July Civic Hall Tennant Creek

Kununurra Show 13-14 July Kununurra Showgrounds

Katherine Show 20 July Katherine

Darwin Show 27 July Darwin

AUGUST

Kidman Springs Field Day 1 August Kidman Springs Research Station

Darwin Cup Picnic Day Races 6 August Darwin

Pussycat Campdraft, Gymkhana, Murranji Challenge

10-12 August Pussycat

Katherine Nixon Xing Campdraft 23-26 August Katherine

Camooweal Drovers Festival 24-26 August Camooweal

Adelaide River Races 25 August Adelaide River

Your event not listed here? Please let us know!!

Contact: Casey Collier

Casey.collier@nt.gov.au Ph: 8962 4493 PO Box 159

TENNANT CREEK NT 0861

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BARKLY HOUSE- STAFF LIST

BARKLY HOUSE First Floor, 99 Paterson St

PO Box 159, Tennant Creek, NT, 0861 Fax: (08) 8962 4480

Department of Resources

Regional Management

Executive Officer Helen Kempe 08 8962 4484 Administration Officer Skye-Lea Ries 08 8962 4488 Animal Health Regional Stock Inspector (ON LEAVE-) Ted Martin 08 8962 4490 A/Regional Stock Inspector Thomas Haines 08 8962 4458

M: 0401 113 445 Stock Inspector Greg Maguire 08 8962 4492 M: 0457 517 347 Pastoral Production Pastoral Production Technical Officer Casey Collier 08 8962 4493 Pastoral Production Technical Officer Jane Douglas 08 8962 4483

Barkly Landcare & Conservation Association

Landcare Facilitator Naomi Wilson 08 8962 4494 Project Officer Thomas Grounds 08 8962 4479 Project Officer Jon Hodgetts 08 8962 4485

Sustainable Farm Practices NT

Caring for our Country Facilitator Drew Gracie 08 8962 4487

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AUSTRALIA

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PO Box 159 TENNANT CREEK NT 0861