Beef Profit Partnership Case Studies
Beef Profit Partnership Case Studies - Beef CRC - Beef Genetic Technologies
| On the following pages we highlight the impact that the Beef CRC’s Beef Profit Partnerships are having on the profitability of Australian and New Zealand farmers. Beef producers are a pretty innovative bunch of people. Often needing to find new ways to survive in the face of droughts, floods, falling commodity prices and locusts. It seems it is a constant struggle for some farmers just to stay on the land. So that is why it is so refreshing to hear from producers who are staring adversity in the face and winning. They’ve figured out that to make a buck at the end of the day, they have to focus on the things that make a real difference. There is no point sitting back and waiting for someone to offer you top dollar for your cattle. It may never happen. Instead, try to focus on the other factors in your business that affect profit. That’s what makes the BPPs work so well. You could spend a lot of time and money doing things that, at the end of the day, won’t make one ounce of difference to your bottom line. The BPPs help producers focus on the things that do matter. The cattle producers featured in the following case studies are all measuring, monitoring and evaluating current practices and setting new goals today so as to improve their profitability tommorow. |
| Increase throughput by reducing herd age |
 Murray Haigh has been a member of CQ BEEF ‘Mackenzie River' Beef Profit partnership’ group for the past four years.He joined with the aim of finding out whether the decisions he was making about his business were having a positive impact. |
| Read more about Murray Haigh's story |
| NZ farmers look across the ditch |
 There is no doubt New Zealand punches well above its weight when it comes to sheep and wool production. Although that has meant that beef has taken a back seat, the tide is beginning to turn. Progressive farmers like John Wauchop from Tokomaru Bay who are attempting to put New Zealand beef production on the map |
| Read more about John Wauchop's story |
| From cynic to convert |
 When Jean and Harley Webb realized that, like most farmers, they are price takers, they decided to do something about it. They soon began to look at their production.“We joined the Beef Profit Partnership in the hope they would be able to help us do things better and cheaper," said Mr Webb. |
| Read more about the Webb's story |
| Spring calving saves money |
 Understanding more about the financial aspects of her business was what prompted Margaret Gilmour to join her local Beef Profit Partnership group.“The BPP concentrates on the practical things you can do to improve the financial viability of your business,” she said. |
| Read more about Margaret Gilmour's story |
| High performance pasture - risky, but worth it |
 Uncovering a potential problem which could reduce the fertility of his herd by 10 per cent is one of the reasons why Roger Zuill is thankful he is a part of a Beef Profit Partnership.“Pestivirus has become a focus of the group recently. I had volunteered to have some cattle tested for pestivrius so the group could compare different management regimes," he said. "The results showed that 10 per cent of my herd could be infertile due to the disease.” |
| Read more about Roger Zuill's story |
| Increase stocking rate by improving pasture |
 “If you have a thirst for knowledge, a Beef Profit Partnership is a great place to be.”That’s according to Nick Moyle, from Pathfinder Angus in Victoria who has been a member of the Hamilton BPP for the past two years. “Every decision we make has to be a profitable one," he said. "And the group process involved in the BPP ensures that happens.” |
| Read more about Nick Moyle's story |
