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In the world of livestock farming, getting the hang of grazing management lingo can sometimes feel like deciphering a complex code. Terms like "DSE", "LSU", "AU", and "Stock Days per Hectare" might leave you scratching your head. But don't worry!...

Looking for a better way to manage your grazing operations and achieve your goals? If so, graze planning might be one of the things that you might want to look into or improve on. Find out more about graze planning...

Tom Archer is a grazier in southern Queensland who has been using MaiaGrazing, a grazing management software, for many years. In 2023, Archer Pastoral was granted Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) for the CO2 sequestered across their 3,851-hectare farm. In...

Are you a livestock producer looking to optimise your grazing management practices? Understanding your carrying capacity is crucial for maximising the productivity of your land and livestock. Watch our informative 30-minute MaiaGrazing LIVE webinar as we delve into the importance...

Dry times are common in Australia. With the more recently wet cycle now potentially shifting to a drier time, it can be challenging for livestock producers to maintain healthy grass cover and make informed decisions about grazing management and...

By Victoria Lawrance Matching stocking rate to carrying capacity (SR:CC) is a crucial aspect of grazing management, and a major driver behind improving the production, profitability and soil carbon of any grazing enterprise. Before we explore the theory behind this...

For our final blog post for 2022 we invited a very special grazier, Amanda Young, to share her thoughts on how her year went and what she’s looking forward to in 2023. Initially starting out as our customer, Amanda then...

300 up-and-coming producers gathered for the Young Beef Producers Forum, here's a wrap up of the event. By Sheeda Cheng, Head of Marketing  We recently had the pleasure of visiting Roma, a rural town in the Maranoa region in Queensland, Australia...

BY PETER RICHARDSON, CEO @ MaiaGrazing In a world where the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly apparent, I often see the finger pointed at livestock producers for the methane emissions of their grazing animals. Yet we now know...

Recently, we welcomed James Carmody, a software specialist, into our team. James leads the Product segment of our business and is already kicking goals. Introducing our first product blog post I'm excited to have the opportunity to engage with our...

Were you at Beef Australia this year? Here's a wrap up of our highlights from this week-long extravaganza. By Sheeda Cheng A Beefy Welcome Recently, we had the honour of sponsoring one of the biggest events on the cattle industry calendar, Beef...

Stuart Austin is the kind of grazier who likes to strike a balance. When it comes to the properties under Wilmot Cattle Co. - a duo of grass-fed beef farms nestled high in the stunning New England Tablelands in...

By Victoria Lawrence Every month, we will spotlight a grazing topic to share with our community such as mob grazing. This month’s contributor is Victoria Lawrence, a MaiaGrazing sales specialist based in Western Australia.  What is mob grazing? ‘Mob grazing’ is a...

Earlier this month, Anneliese Walker from our Customer Success team attended a popular Cornerstone Grazing workshop in Nebraska, USA on Management-intensive Grazing. Here, she shares her experience learning from Jim Gerrish and how she plans to adopt these strategies...

As temperatures drop, graziers need to adjust their grazing accordingly to not only ensure that they can extend the grazing season through the cold months, but also thrive beyond the frost. Watch Jim Gerrish, American GrazingLands Services, to learn...

By Colin Feilen We hosted Jim Gerrish from American GrazingLands again today on a very popular webinar, Paddock Design 101: Planned Grazing Fundamentals in collaboration with our Canadian friends, Foothills Forage & Grazing Association. In it, Jim covered the following:  Pasture sub-division: the “why” and “how”  Time...

By Col Feilen Early in May, we launched a new series called Champions of Grazing Innovation to celebrate those in the community who are charting their own course to success through AgTech innovation. We kicked Champions off with the prolific...

By Bart Davidson  It was an absolute pleasure for us here at MaiaGrazing to host Dallas Mount, CEO of RMC (Ranch Management Consultants/Ranching for Profit) today on a new webinar called Gaining Economic Leverage with Planned Grazing. In this educational session, Dallas opened with a great quote by Burke Teichert to encourage...

Watch the MaiaGrazing Annual Field Day 2020 Event hbspt.forms.create({target:".Belch-XaC8oSQ8YFZ0MzWNYy3i", portalId: "8302362",formId: "67de1b38-43f3-455b-97e8-dfddbee5e2cf",css: ""}); 400 farmers explore regenerative grazing methods at the MaiaGrazing Annual field day 2020 Graziers shared best practices with international experts at the "Grazing In Extremes" field day hosted by...

We have great admiration for the resilience, strength and adaptability of our farmers in challenging times, but as impact of these recent fires has shown, good management cannot always protect from the extremes of nature. People are in need...

What is the definition of rotational grazing? Simply put, rotational grazing is any grazing regime that involves the rotation of grazing animals through 2 or more pastures, which are then allowed to rest for any given period. The rise of...

We can’t manage what we can’t measure, and I’ll bet every grazier reading this has some measure of their Livestock Inventory, if for no other reason than that you have to for the taxman! End of year reporting compliance...

https://youtu.be/lo-5t1Upy1o   Watch the MaiaGrazing Annual Field Day 2020 Event Attended by 400 Graziers hbspt.forms.create({target:".Belch-XaC8oSQ8YFZ0MzWNYy3i", portalId: "8302362",formId: "67de1b38-43f3-455b-97e8-dfddbee5e2cf",css: ""}); David McLean from RCS explores decisions and the ones you can’t afford NOT to make David's presentation explored the psychology of decision making and how confidence...

https://youtu.be/5m92QDjAuJY   Watch the MaiaGrazing Annual Field Day 2020 Event Attended by 400 Graziers hbspt.forms.create({target:".Belch-XaC8oSQ8YFZ0MzWNYy3i", portalId: "8302362",formId: "67de1b38-43f3-455b-97e8-dfddbee5e2cf",css: ""}); “Droughts are inevitable …being ready is a choice” – Bart Davidson from MaiaGrazing shares his philosophy on drought management Bart addressed the inevitability of drought early...

https://youtu.be/xhS_onjALP0   Watch the MaiaGrazing Annual Field Day 2020 Event Attended by 400 Graziers hbspt.forms.create({target:".Belch-XaC8oSQ8YFZ0MzWNYy3i", portalId: "8302362",formId: "67de1b38-43f3-455b-97e8-dfddbee5e2cf",css: ""}); Kit Pharo - Ranching should be Profita-BULL, Enjoya-BULL and Sustaina-BULL Kit Pharo is a prolific speaker with his ‘Herd Quitter’ seminars. He coined the term to...

The Grazier vs the Stockman Grass is the primary resource that livestock producers must leverage in raising animals for sale, and grass production and stocking rate are the most influential variables on profitability. Successful graziers like to think of themselves...

Two game changing grazing management methods In grazing management, the two most valuable processes increase control of variables and use feedback loops for better decision making. They are setting grazing plans and forecasting stocking rate, the results are game changing...

The top 20% of farms are three times more profitable than the rest. The profit gap can be attributed to one seemingly obvious factor; leading farms make better decisions. Whether this seems too simple or too vague, it’s the...

There are few of us on farms that actively want to sit down and plan, we would far rather do. As there is always so much on the list needing attention. So why is it that those who start...

Farm management is not easy. It can be stressful, and it often feels like the farm is running us, rather than us controlling it. Ask yourself the following questions: Do you lie awake at night stressing about running out...

Grazing Charts are an Essential Planning Tool For any Grazing Business A grazing chart is simply the visual representation of animals moving through the property over time. Days on the x axis and groups of paddocks on the y-axis, colors...

What are the 'must have' grazing management software features? There are some critical areas that any recordkeeping and planning system must perform in order to turn your time investment into objective data you can use to make decisions about the...

So what does Stocking Rate & Carrying Capacity mean when I think I know but maybe don’t? Stocking rate is a measure of the stock carried (per area, per time period, per unit rainfall), while carrying capacity is the ability...

By Bart Davidson, MaiaGrazing Ag Consultant Bushfires and drought are similar in that they don’t just happen randomly overnight, conditions change, factors line up and it becomes reality. The consequences of drought and bushfire for farming businesses and landscapes can...

Bart Davidson of MaiaGrazing gives his view on decision-making in dry times. NSW, Australia, is 100% drought declared and many farming families are currently faced with devastating decisions and are looking for effective grazing management strategies to help them cope....

Get insight from MaiaGrazing client Pat Thompson from Durham Bison Ranch. "We chose MaiaGrazing to help streamline the grazing planning process and to have a platform that everyone could look at wherever they were. That was just a small bit...