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A Barkly icon hangs up his bootsThe value of grazed grass pastures2010 pastoral industry surveyWho's new in the zooIrrigated fodder productionTerritory conservation agreementsBiosecurity updatesWhat when and whereAround the trapsPastoral market update

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A Barkly icon hangs up his boots

After a whopping 23 going into 24 years on the Barkly, managers, Ross and Robyn Peatling of NAPCO’s Alexandria Station have decided to ‘hang up their Barkly boots’ and move south.

Growing up in the Queensland coastal town of Childers near Bundaberg, and being a son of a company accountant, Ross’s ‘rural’ experience was limited, but that didn’t stop him falling in love with the bush. After leaving school Ross enrolled at the Longreach Pastoral College in 1967. He then worked as a ringer for Hooker Pastoral Co. at ‘Strathdarr Station’ at Longreach before being transferred south to work on ‘Balarang’, a sheep and cattle station near Moree in New South Wales which was owned by the same company. He held a meeting with himself and decided that sheep were not for him and made the decision to try cattle.

The pull of the north was too strong and in 1972 Ross started work for Stanbroke Pastoral Company on ‘Stanbroke’ near Dajarra in North West Queensland and after 12 months was promoted to a head stockmen’s position. It was here that Ross met Robyn. Ross and Robyn continued on with Stanbroke and worked on ‘Fort Constantine’ at Cloncurry and ‘Havilah’ at Collinsville before leaving the company in 1979 after being offered the manager’s position at ‘Wondoola Station’ near Normanton in the Queensland gulf. After spending eight years in this position, Ross and Robyn then spent time on the Northern Territory properties of ‘Mount Bundy’, ‘Elsey’ and ‘Hodgson Downs’ before again heading south to take the position of Livestock Coordinator at ‘Gunnee Feedlot’ for Twynam Pastoral Company.

Unlike Ross, Robyn was a bush baby from day one. She was born while her parents were managing ‘Limbunya Station’ in the Northern Territory before moving back to Queensland. On their return to the Territory, Robyn’s family moved to ‘Newcastle Waters’, during which time Robyn spent ten years at boarding schools in Alice Springs and Charters Towers.

In 1991, Ross and Robyn were offered the manager’s position on NAPCO’s largest and oldest property Alexandria, located 350 km northeast of Tennant Creek and covering an area of 16116 km2 and this is where they have been ever since.

Over the years, both Ross and Robyn have continually made vital contributions to the local community and pastoral industry. Ross is a long-time serving member of the Barkly Research Advisory Committee (BRAC), was Branch Chairman and President of the Northern Territory Cattleman’s Association (NTCA) and was the Cattle Council of Australia representative for eight years. Robyn is a life member of the NT Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of Australia (NT ICPA) and has supported many local community events such as the biannual Barkly Ladies’ Day. Ross pays tribute to Robyn and her achievement in raising and educating their two sons on remote cattle stations and in “supporting me 110% in all of my positions”.

Ross and Robyn have two sons, Warwick and Richard. Both men have run camps on Alexandria.Robyn educated both boys through the SOTA system and her proudest achievement is that both sons now hold tertiary qualifications. Warwick has a Science Degree (Rural Technology) and Richard holds an Honours Degree (Agricultural Economics).

Ross’s passion and enthusiasm for sustainable beef production has seen several research trials conducted on Alexandria investigating heifer performance, nutritional value of native pastures, fire management and the effects of sustainable stocking rates, to name a few.


Ross and Robyn enjoying a bite to eat on Alexandria

The development of a world class composite breed on Alexandria has also been a big achievement for both people. Development of waters to assist with grazing pressures has also been implemented on the property. Approximately 60 bores have been drilled on Alex on their watch.

NAPCO is highly regarded for its sustainable approach to cattle production and Ross has ensured these principles are adhered to in the everyday tasks carried out on the station. His knowledge of sustainable stocking rate management, wet season spelling, low stress stock handling and animal welfare ensures that the cattle are content and in good physical health, and promotes long term sustainability of the native pastures through maintaining and improving land condition.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Ross for his constant support and advice and wish Ross and Robyn all the best in their move south. We hope to soon see them back in the district for a visit!


Ross and Robyn Peatling with their two sons, Richard and Warwick

The value of grazed grass pastures in the Tennant Creek regionDionne Walsh, Rangeland Program Manager and

Arthur Cameron, Principal Pastures Extension Agronomist, Pastoral Production

The value of a standing pasture will depend on the dry matter yield (biomass), and the amount of pasture which can safely be eaten by animals (utilisation rate) and still leave cover to allow regrowth the next wet season and to prevent erosion and soil loss. There will be a range of values. In the Tennant Creek region, the value of a kilogram of feed consumed by livestock is equivalent to the value of a kilogram of good quality hay at $0.30 per kilogram ($300 per tonne).

In the Tennant Creek region, spinifex country typically has dry matter (DM) yields ranging from 800 kg/ha to about 1,100 kg/ha. The safe utilisation rate on these pastures is only 5%, so the amount consumed would be 40 and 55 kg, giving these pastures a value of $12 to $17 per hectare.

Red soils in the central and southern parts of the Barkly can grow slightly better pastures including ribbon grass (Chrysopogon fallax), kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) with soft spinifex (Triodia pungens). These pastures typically have yields of 1,000 to 2,400 kg DM/ha and a safe utilisation rate of 10%, so the amount consumed would be between 100 and 240 kg at a value of $30 to $72 per hectare.

The biggest yielding native pastures are generally found on the black soils and include Mitchell grasses (Astrebla species), Flinders grasses (Iseilema species), ribbon grass (Chrysopogon fallax) and curly bluegrass (Dichanthium fecundum). Dry matter yields typically range from 800 to 2,200 kg/ha with safe utilisation rates of 20%. A pasture with 2,000 kg dry matter per hectare and a safe utilisation rate of 20% provides feed valued at $120 per hectare.

Pasture information for the Barkly regionPasture type Grass yield

Kg DM/haSafe utilisation

rate %Value of

grass close$/ha

Spinifex on northern Barkly red soils

1,000 5 15

Moderate value pastures on southern Barkly red earths

2,000 10 60

Black soil pastures—central to southern Barkly

1,800 20 108

Black soil pastures—northern Barkly

2,000 20 120

More information about important pasture types in the Tennant Creek region can be found in the Barkly Land Condition Guide: http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Content/File/p/annualreport0506/GLM_Barkly_web_june11.pdf

2010 NT pastoral industry survey shows ongoing development and intensification of management

Trisha Cowley, Pastoral Production Officer, Katherine

The 2010 NT pastoral industry survey report is now available—online and in hard copy. It follows on from the 2004 pastoral industry survey, which was widely used as a planning and benchmarking tool. The survey seeks to document cattle and land management practices in order to monitor industry changes and identify industry needs. Between March 2011 and February 2012, 127 cattle producers were interviewed across the Territory, generally over several cups of tea! While the initial aim was to finish


Enjoying a feed of Mitchell grass

surveying by mid-2011, the suspension of live cattle exports led to the suspension of surveying. With industry reeling, DPIF staff didn’t start surveying again until September in 2011, and still focussed on capturing practices of the 2010 calendar year. Questions regarding development plans and challenges and issues facing cattle producers were undoubtedly affected by the export suspension, which left a legacy of uncertainty and a decline in industry confidence.

What’s in the report? You will find the percentage of producers carrying out different cattle and land management practices, as well percentage of cattle under different management practices. Some of the topics covered include:

o infrastructure developmento turnoff and market o cattle management practices o animal healtho grazing land management practiceso weeds, pest animalso improved pastures and hayo producer attitudes about the challenges of managing pastoral businesses.

The report breaks the results down into the regions of the NT (see Table 1). Separate reports are due to be released soon for each region. The following is a snapshot of the report.

Regional differences reported in the 2010 NT pastoral surveyRegion Number of

properties surveyed

Average property size (km2)

Average herd size (head)

Average number of staff

Alice Springs 31 3,799 5,800 6Barkly 13 6,653 36,000 27Katherine 63 2,232 11,000 8Top End 20 497 3,600 5NT-wide 127 2,794 11,000 9

Infrastructure development

Based on producer estimates, 85% of the surveyed area was utilised for grazing purposes, 4% was classified as not yet developed, another 8% was classified as unproductive and the remainder was not classified. The average property size was 2794 km2, down from 3122 km2 in 2004. This may be due to surveying a different sample of properties, but potentially reflects property subdivisions that occurred between surveys. Private businesses owned more properties and land area than corporate companies, but companies ran the largest percentage of cattle, reflecting their greater presence in premier cattle country in the Barkly region and the Victoria River district in the Katherine region.

Data on infrastructure development, changes in carrying capacity suggest that while a moderate investment in development occurred between the surveys, producers did not realise the increases in carrying capacity that they had anticipated. In 2004 producers predicted a 29% increase in carrying capacity by 2009 and a 54% increase by 2014, based on their plans for infrastructure development. Producer estimates in the 2010 survey suggested that there was only a 10% increase in adult equivalents across the NT between 2004 and 2010, lower than anticipated. 67% of producers carried out water point development and 48% carried out paddock subdivision during 2009 and 2010. This reflected the development intentions captured in the 2004 survey where 80% of producers stated an intention to develop water points and 60% to subdivide paddocks.

Interestingly, there were no major differences in number of paddocks, paddock sizes or number of waters between the surveys, despite the planned and stated infrastructure development. Although Barkly producers did report a higher number of waters per property in 2010 compared to 2004.

On average producers spent $200,000 per property on capital development over 2009 and 2010. This equated to $21 per adult equivalent (AE) run. Capital expenditure per property was highest in the Barkly region, no doubt related to larger property sizes. Capital expenditure per adult equivalent run was


highest in the Top End at $49/AE, however, suggesting the greatest intensity of development occurred there.

Producers remained confident about further development potential, predicting a 17% increase in carrying capacity by 2015 and a 25% increase by 2020 in the 2010 survey, driven largely by Barkly and Katherine producer estimates. Crude indicators of watered area (dividing the grazed area by the number of water points) suggest that there is greater development potential in the Katherine and Barkly regions compared to other regions regarding water point development.

Markets

Live export remained a major market for NT producers over both survey periods, with an estimated 57% of turnoff going to live export in 2010. The only significant change was an increase in the percentage of producers sending cattle to abattoirs, from 38% in 2004 to 55% in 2010. This no doubt reflected the change in cull cow markets as a result of Indonesia enforcing the 350 kg weight limit in early 2010.

Breeder management

There was some evidence of increased intensification of breeder management between the survey periods. In 2010 there were more producers carrying out three rounds of mustering, pregnancy testing, segregating breeders based on pregnancy status, weighing heifers prior to joining, and culling empty heifers after joining. The most significant change was the percentage of producers individually identifying animals for performance recording purposes, which doubled. A moderate number of Barkly and Alice Springs producers used electronic identification tags (EID) in 2004 as this was required when transporting cattle interstate, but very few producers in the Top End and Katherine regions used the tags. In 2010, 47% of producers in the Katherine region and 64% in the Top End reported individually identifying cattle for management purposes, which represented an 89% and 94% increase, respectively.

Bulls

The average reported bull percentage decreased from 4.3% in 2004 to 3.6% in 2010. There was no change in semen testing of bulls prior to purchase (43% of properties), suggesting that this had not led to lowered bull numbers. There was an increase in the percentage of producers breeding their own bulls, from 24% in 2004 to 36% in 2010.

Supplementation

Fewer producers were supplementing cattle in 2010 (80%) compared to 2004 (92%). Dry season supplementation was more common than wet season supplementation across both surveys, with 80% and 62% of producers supplementing across the Barkly, Katherine and Top End regions in 2010, respectively. Those who supplemented in the wet season supplemented a greater proportion of their stock, with 49% of stock on the surveyed Barkly, Katherine and Top End properties supplemented during the 2010 dry and 42% supplemented during the Wet. Producers in the Katherine and Top End regions had the highest reliance on supplementation. Conversely, Alice Springs producers carried out the least supplementation, with 30% of producers feeding for part of the year, and another 26% supplementing all year.

Staff

On the surveyed properties, 566 seasonal staff and 585 permanent staff were employed in 2010, suggesting that approximately 2100 staff were employed by pastoral properties in NT in 2010, based on having surveyed 54% of enterprises.

This is only a taste of NT-wide survey results. If you want to learn more about particular practices, email [email protected] for a hard copy or grab it online at:


http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Content/File/p/pi/PastoralSurvey/NT%20Wide.pdf

Who’s new in the zooThe Department of Land Resource Management has a new face in Tennant Creek. Meg Humphrys joins Daniel Steel as a District Weeds Officer for the Barkly region.

Says Meg, “I was born and bred in the southern suburbs of Adelaide but never really liked the city lifestyle. At the end of year 12, I was looking for an escape from the city and found a governess/nanny job on a cattle station north of Alice Springs. I was there for half a year and it was great to get a taste of the outback lifestyle. After that I got another position on a different station as a bit of an all-rounder. I helped in the house, with the kids and in the cattle yards before they sent me down to their other station where I mainly worked in the station store.

“After my year around Alice it was time to go to university. I travelled to Albury-Wodonga in New South Wales to study a Bachelor in Environmental Science and Management at Charles Sturt University. At the end of my first year I came back up to the NT and volunteered with the Department of Primary Industry in Tennant Creek and Katherine for three weeks before working at the Barkly Homestead for three months to save to go on a university exchange in the United States.

“Halfway through second year I flew to Europe for a month before I went on to the USA. It was amazing to see how different the farming systems were in Europe, so much diversity in a small space. In the USA I caught a train across the top of the country near the border with Canada and it was great to see how the landscape of the country changed from city to a wide barren landscape, then mountains and trees. I studied at Oregon State University for eight months then went to Canada to volunteer with different universities and departments in British Columbia for three months.

“Once back in Australia I had another year and a half of university to go. I enrolled in a Certificate IV Conservation and Land Management at the local TAFE in Thurgoona NSW and did that one day a week for a year to give me more practical skills for my profession. To complete my last year I needed to do an internship for three months somewhere so I went to Alice Springs again as I like the area and I knew my future job prospects would be better up there. After completing my internship I worked at the Alice Springs Desert Park as a tour guide for three months before getting the position here in Tennant Creek as a District Weeds Officer.” Meg can be contacted on 08 8962 4322 or [email protected]


2014 Tennant Creek & District Show cattle sectionFriday 1 July

Classes

1. Pen of 2 bulls2. Single local bull3. Pen of 2 mature breeding cows4. Pen of 2 heifers 180–250 kg5. Pen of 2 heifers 250–350 kg6. Pen of 2 heifers 350–450 kg7. Pen of 2 steers 180–250 kg8. Pen of 2 steers 250–350 kg9. Pen of 2 mickeys 180–250 kg10. Led calf

Keep your eye out for nomination forms that will be sent out in the coming months.For more information please contact Jane Douglas on 08 8962 4483

Irrigated fodder production in the Tennant Creek regionArthur Cameron, Principal Pastures Extension Agronomist, Pastoral Production, Darwin

There has been recent renewed interest in growing fodder under irrigation in the Tennant Creek region.

A preliminary evaluation of irrigated fodder species was conducted on Helen Springs Station between 1999 and 2001 by Stanbroke Pastoral Company and Departmental staff.

The demonstration consisted of ten single irrigated strips of forages and an unirrigated strip of Flinders grass (Table 1 below). Three fertiliser treatments were laid out across the forage strips, and a control strip was not fertilised.

Table 1: forages sownCultivar Scientific nameCavalcade Centrosema pascuorumMaldonado Macroptilium gracileMilgara blue pea Clitoria ternateaSequel Medicago sativaJarra finger grass Digitaria milanjianaJumbo forage sorghum Sorghum spNutrifeed pearl millet Pennisetum glaucumRed Flinders grass Iseilema vaginiflorumSilk sorghum Sorghum spSugargraze forage sorghum Sorghum sp

The plots were sown on 10 and 11 February 1999. Only five of the forages established. The plant populations and yields from the two harvests are presented in Table 2.

Table 2: Plant populations and harvest yields 1999Cultivar Plant

population(plants/m2)

Harvest 128/4/99

(tonnes/ha)

Harvest 216/6/99

(tonnes/ha)

Total yield(tones/ha)

Jumbo 4 10.1 1.7 11.8Sugargraze 10 8.9 1.6 10.5Nutrifeed 11 7.2 1.1 8.3Silk 2 5.1 D* 5.1Milgara 14 1.9 D* 1.9

*Plots damaged by grasshoppers

All of the plots were replanted in the first week of December 1999. Establishment was acceptable for all except jarra, maldonado and red Flinders grass.

The plots were irrigated by subsurface dripper irrigation. Fertilisers were applied in the irrigation water in 2000. The harvest yields for 2000 and 2001 are presented in Table 3.


Irrigated fodder production

Table 3: Yields of dry matter at harvest dates and total yields (tonnes/ha)Cultivar Yield at harvest date Total

yield19/01/00 23/03/00 25/05/00 26/07/00 04/10/00 17/01/01Sugargraze 11.0 3.1 2.9 9.0 9.9 35.7Jumbo 8.9 2.8 2.6 3.3 6.0 5.4 29.0Silk 8.6 3.6 2.4 6.6 7.0 28.2Milgara 5.0e 1.9 1.6 1.9 10.3eSequel 1.3 2.0 4.1 7.3Nutrifeed 3.5 3.0 6.5Cavalcade 2.4 2.4

*Yield data for milgara in March was lost. Yield was estimated at 5 tonnes/ha.

Results and discussion

Wallabies and grasshoppers can cause significant damage to forages.

The forage sorghum lines produced high forage yields. Sugargraze is a sweet sorghum line and is more palatable than jumbo and silk. Milgara was the best legume in this demonstration.

As plant growth slows June to August, planting in August will allow establishment before temperatures get too hot in October. Opportunistic harvests can be carried out during breaks in the wet season, with a final harvest in June.

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES

Barkly rangeland management course

An interactive course developed for station staff to enhance their skills and knowledge in the area of


Evaulation of irrigated fodder species on Helen Springs Station

land and production system management in the Barkly region

What: 1½-2 day course covering: pasture species;

dynamics and management; weed management and

poisonous plants; animal nutrition; biodiversity

Where: On-station

Available dates (tentative): February–May,

days on request from stations

For more information about BRMC or to organise a course on your station, please contact:

Jane Douglas phone 08 8962 4483Helen McMillan phone 08 8962 4493Pastoral Technical Officer fax 08 8962 4480

DPIF, Tennant [email protected]

[email protected]

www.dpif.nt.gov.au

Territory conservation agreementsJon Hodgetts, Territory Natural Resource Management Regional Coordinator, Tablelands region

In 2011, Territory Natural Resource Management (TNRM) introduced Territory Conservation Agreements (TCAs) to assist landholders in protecting areas of conservation value on their properties. TCAs are voluntary (and as such are not covenants, nor recorded on a property title) with terms worked out between landholders and TNRM over a ten year contract. These agreements are based on a management plan designed to protect the environmental values of significant sites, while remaining consistent with the broader management goals for the property. TCAs encourage multiple-use strategies which can demonstrate production benefits as well as delivering conservation outcomes. Furthermore, management actions can be modified in response to changing conditions at the specified site during the period of the agreement.


Funding of up to $50,000 is available over the ten years and depending on the management plan agreed upon, may cover material costs of infrastructure, fund chemical herbicide sufficient for a specified number of treatments or costs arising from the hire of equipment necessary to implement conservation plans. Furthermore, establishing a TCA does not necessarily mean precluding stock access to the area since TCAs specifically seek to demonstrate the benefits of integrated approaches to conservation including multiple land uses.

For further information or to register an Expression of Interest, please contact Jon Hodgetts who, having left Barkly Landcare and Conservation Association (BLCA) is now TNRM’s Regional Coordinator for the Tablelands region. Jon can now be reached at [email protected] or on 08 8951 9207.

Above right: Naomi Wilson (BLCA), Angus Duguid (DLRM) and Ross Peatling (NAPCO) discuss the Barkly’s first proposed TCA site at Alexandria in 2011

Will you be brave and shave?

Well, one of our Pastoral Production girls in Tennant Creek is!

Helen McMillan will be participating in next year’s World’s Greatest Shave, held from 13–16 March 2014. She is going to take on the clippers and hope to raise some money for the Leukaemia Foundation. But all that hair is not going to waste; she will be donating her no longer needed locks to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program, where it will be made into a wig for those who have lost their hair from cancer treatment. So if you wish to show your support, head on over to her page or drop into the Tennant Creek DPIF office to pledge a donation. The greatest donation will have the honour of wielding the clippers! My page: http://bit.ly/1bcz0Th


Biosecurity updates

Animal Biosecurity Branch

NT Waybills

Waybills must be correctly filled in by completing all sections and boxes, ensuring you print clearly.Please remember that both the origin and destination details must be correct, writing just a town or place such as Darwin or KNX and leaving the PIC out is not acceptable.

Origin Destination

Property name Property name

PIC(Property

Identification Code)

PIC(Property

Identification Code)

NT PICs: use the NT PIC Search database, http://pic.primaryindustry.nt.gov.au/National PIC registers using your NLIS account, https://www.nlis.mla.com.au/ Search the PIC registerNOTE: Post pink copies to the Regional Livestock Biosecurity Officer within 28 days


NT Waybills—pink copies

Have you recently sent your pink copies in to your Regional Livestock Biosecurity Officer?It is a mandatory requirement for cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, camelids (including camels, alpacas and llamas), deer and pig owners to complete a waybill whenever stock is moved outside the boundaries of a property.

Pink copies must be sent within 28 daysIt is an offence under the livestock regulations to not complete a waybill correctly and may incur a penalty of up to $14,100 and $7,050 for not submitting the pink waybill copies to the Registrar within 28 days following completion.NT PICs: use the NT PIC Search database, http://pic.primaryindustry.nt.gov.au/National PIC registers using your NLIS account, https://www.nlis.mla.com.au/ Search the PIC registerNOTE: Post pink copies within 28 days to Regional Livestock Biosecurity Officer

Darwin region Katherine region Tennant Creek region Alice Springs regionIan Doddrell (RLBO) Greg Scott (RLBO) Tom Haines (RLBO) Greg Crawford (RLBO)Animal Biosecurity, DPIFGPO Box 3000Darwin NT 0801

Animal Biosecurity, DPIFPO Box 1346Katherine NT 0851

Animal Biosecurity, DPIFPO Box 159Tennant Creek NT 0861

Animal Biosecurity, DPIFPO Box 8760Alice Springs NT 0871



Brands in the NTBranding cattle and horses is a clear way of identifying ownership of stock, and can also play an important role in disease control programs and chemical residue trace back programs. This is important to both consumers and producers, to maintain confidence in the safety and integrity of livestock products.

The Northern Territory Livestock Act and Regulations uses a three-letter brand system where one letter must be the letter ‘T’ and a distinctive (symbol) brand system.It is compulsory to brand cattle before they are moved off a property or are sold (unless they are less than eight months of age). Brands can be used on horses, buffalo and camel but it is not compulsory.

A brand is registered to a person or company for use on a nominated NT property only. Under no circumstances are these brands to be used in any other state or territory. This means the branding iron can be used only by the registered owner (or their representative) on the registered Northern Territory property as stated on NT brand certificate/s. It does not restrict branded cattle being agisted on other properties. To brand on a NT property not registered with the Registrar is an infringement of the Livestock Act and Regulations and is an offence that incurs a penalty.

Go to www.nt.gov.au/d/animalhealth, Brands in the NT or contact your RLBO for assistance.

Animal Biosecurity BranchUpon sale of a property—brand/s & PIC

While the sale of a property may include the stock, the brand cannot be sold to the new owners.

1. If an agreement is made in the sale contract to transfer the brand to the new owners, an application to Transfer Brand must be lodged with the Registrar, or

2. If the owner no longer wishes to use the brand, it may be cancelled. An application for Cancellation of Brand must be lodged with the Registrar, or

3. If the registered owner of the brand wishes to keep the brand, but move it to a new property, a Request to Change of Run must be lodged with the Registrar, together with original certificate/s for amending.

Brands are not transferred automatically by a property sale or by a willPIC is permanently registered to a parcel of land. Upon sale of a property which has a PIC registered, the new owners must complete an Update your Property details form and return it for processing.

If livestock are no longer being kept on the property, then the new owner should notify the RLBO so that the PIC can be disbanded.

If the property is not registered with a PIC, and has livestock on the property, the new owner is required to complete a PIC Registration form and return it for processing.

Go to www.nt.gov.au/d/animalhealth, Brands in the NT or contact your RLBO for assistance.

Darwin region Katherine region Tennant Creek region Alice Springs regionIan Doddrell (RLBO) Greg Scott (RLBO) Tom Haines (RLBO) Greg Crawford (RLBO)Phone 08 8999 2030 Phone 08 8973 9754 Phone 08 8962 4458 Phone 08 8951 8125


What When & WhereMarch

27–28 NT Cattleman's Assoc 30th AGM & Industry Conference, Gala Dinner, Ladies’ Luncheon

Darwin

April

18–20 Daly Waters, B&S / Sunday Ute Show & Rodeo

19–20 Aileron Bush Weekend, Aileron

Daly Waters

Aileron

May

2–4

5

17

Daly WatersCampdraft & Rodeo

Alice Springs Cup

Tennant Turf ClubSt Pats & Tennant Creek Cup

17 Katherine Cup, Katherine Turf Club

Daly Waters

Alice Springs

Tennant Creek

Katherine

Around the trapsHave you taken a good photo? Send it into [email protected]

Right: Phillip Creek Station aftersome needed rain. Very green!(photos by Sandy Warby)

top left & bottom right: Helen Springs Station

had a great start to 2014 with over 18inches of rain falling

to early February. (photos by Chris Towne)

bottom left: Brunette Downshad some good rainover the last couple of weeks.(photo by Emma Sauer)


Barkly House staff list

Barkly HouseFirst Floor, 99 Paterson StPO Box 159, Tennant Creek, NT, 0861Fax 08 8962 4480

Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries

Regional management

Executive Officer Helen Kempe 08 8962 4484Administration Officer Skye-Lea Ries 08 8962 4488

Animal health

Regional Stock Inspector Thomas Haines 08 8962 4458M: 0401 113 445

Stock Inspector Greg Maguire 08 8962 4492M: 0457 517 347

Pastoral production

Pastoral Production Officer Casey Collier 08 8962 4493Pastoral Production Officer Jane Douglas 08 8962 4483Pastoral Production Officer Helen McMillan 08 8962 4486

Barkly Landcare & Conservation Association

Landcare Facilitator TBA 08 8962 4494

Sustainable Farm Practices NT

Caring for our Country Facilitator Drew Gracie 08 8962 4487


If undeliverable, please return to:

Department of Primary Industry & Fisheries

PO Box 159TENNANT CREEK NT 0861

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