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All aboard the beef bus
CSIRO Livestock Industries scientists are taking to the road this week in order to learn more about the commercial beef production systems in Central Queensland.
Twenty scientists based in Rockhampton, Brisbane and Armidale are joining a three-day beef production awareness tour in order to gain a better understanding of how beef producers run their properties.
"The scientists will learn the day-to-day issues that are important to the property managers," said Dr Bob Hunter Officer-In-Charge of CSIRO Livestock Industries' JM Rendel Laboratory in Rockhampton.
"We aim to increase the interaction between scientists and industry so that our scientists have greater insight into how their technologies will be adopted on farms."
The scientists will visit a commercial beef production property, a feedlot, a cattle stud and a mixed farm that produces both beef and cotton.
"Our scientists come from diverse backgrounds - Europe, the USA, Asia, New Zealand and Australian cities," Dr Hunter said. "Many have not had the opportunity to be exposed to life on a beef production property or rural towns."
Dr Hunter said the concept of the beef awareness tour had drawn an enthusiastic response from CSIRO scientists. The tour was first suggested by science staff following a visit to the Rendel Laboratories by beef producers last year.
"Our staff wanted to go and look at beef production systems first-hand, so they could ensure their research was targeted in a way that best served beef producers," Dr Hunter said.
"The tour will also give scientists a better appreciation of how rural communities work, socially and economically."
The scientists will also talk to school children in Moura, Central Queensland, about life as a scientist and careers in beef research.
The tour commences from Rockhampton on 12 October. Properties will be visited in the areas of Duaringa, Blackwater, Emerald and Moura.
CSIRO Livestock Industries scientists are taking to the road this week in order to learn more about the commercial beef production systems in Central Queensland.
Twenty scientists based in Rockhampton, Brisbane and Armidale are joining a three-day beef production awareness tour in order to gain a better understanding of how beef producers run their properties.
"The scientists will learn the day-to-day issues that are important to the property managers," said Dr Bob Hunter Officer-In-Charge of CSIRO Livestock Industries' JM Rendel Laboratory in Rockhampton.
"We aim to increase the interaction between scientists and industry so that our scientists have greater insight into how their technologies will be adopted on farms."
The scientists will visit a commercial beef production property, a feedlot, a cattle stud and a mixed farm that produces both beef and cotton.
"Our scientists come from diverse backgrounds - Europe, the USA, Asia, New Zealand and Australian cities," Dr Hunter said. "Many have not had the opportunity to be exposed to life on a beef production property or rural towns."
Dr Hunter said the concept of the beef awareness tour had drawn an enthusiastic response from CSIRO scientists. The tour was first suggested by science staff following a visit to the Rendel Laboratories by beef producers last year.
"Our staff wanted to go and look at beef production systems first-hand, so they could ensure their research was targeted in a way that best served beef producers," Dr Hunter said.
"The tour will also give scientists a better appreciation of how rural communities work, socially and economically."
The scientists will also talk to school children in Moura, Central Queensland, about life as a scientist and careers in beef research.
The tour commences from Rockhampton on 12 October. Properties will be visited in the areas of Duaringa, Blackwater, Emerald and Moura.