Property tours unveiled

The tour program features in full and half-day programs.

Historic Glenmore Homestead will open for a half day on Monday, May 4, hosting Lowline and Lowline- cross cattle.

Also hosting a half-day will be Roxborough, just north of Rockhampton, on Wednesday, May 6.

Roxborough is a spectacular 3657-hectare large scale cropping enterprise that features innovative water harvesting and storage.

Full day tours will take in Calliope Station/Voewood on Monday, May 4.

Visitors will view the quality of the Calliope Station commercial Bos Indicus cattle and hear about their breeding objectives.

There will be a demonstration of the Skyboss drone and an iPhone app IHerd.

Nearby Voewood is a 9105ha property carrying Brangus and Brahman cattle, a combination of stud and commercial stock, and this property has practical facilities to carry out artificial insemination and embryo programs and import semen from the best American bloodlines.

Belmont Research Station will open on Tuesday, May 5.

The tour will provide the opportunity to hear about ground-breaking research using technology to infer animal behaviours such as date, time and location of calving, onset of oestrus, formation of mating groups, the determination of methane emissions and water utilisation in rangelands.

Melrose will welcome guests on Tuesday, May 5.

Melrose is an award-winning 7000ha property and one of the best examples of sustainable pasture management in the region. Guests will see how these systems on speargrass country can be used to optimise the production of breeding and finishing stock.

The Old Station and Langmorn will be open on Wednesday, May 6.

The Creed Grazing Company operates as a working Brahman cattle enterprise and a successful tourism business, and visitors will see demonstrations of technology and receive practical information from the hosts.

Kaiuroo's open day will be Wednesday, May 6, and visitors will have the option of touring the property by helicopter. Kaiuroo is a highly productive stud and organic commercial beef breeding, irrigation and dryland cropping enterprise on the Mackenzie River.

Oaklands will open on Thursday, May 7.

It forms part of a family aggregation which encompasses breeding and finishing certified organic cattle. Visitors will be guided through the company's property developments and given the chance to see certified organic beef.

Old Bombandy is open on Friday, May 8.

Again, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy a scenic helicopter flight to this premier Wagyu property that will allow guests to preview some of central Queensland's best cattle country. Experience a working cattle station that is highly focused on having premium genetics and productive pastures to optimise profitability.

Berrigurra will open on Friday, May 8. The 9300 ha Berrigurra runs a Belmont Red composite herd of more than 800 breeders and followers. The Berrigurra herd is regarded as being in the top 10 percent nationally with 92pc weaning rates consistently achieved.