Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
Master Distiller Rick Prosser creates rum inspired by the cane fields and farms that surround his business, and it is proving a winner with audiences here and afar. Click to check the original article.
A big roll-up is expected at the Cobber Working Dog Challenge Trial and Sale, at Carcoar, with a massive $50,000 in prize money. Click to check the original article.
Members of the nation’s two largest railway unions held conflicting votes on a key labor pact, muddying efforts by the Biden administration to avoid a strike when the labor peace agreement ends next month. The SMART Transportation division, the largest railway union under the tentative agreement with more than 37,000 members, narrowly rejected the deal […]
Glencairn is the quintessential dryland farming and grazing enterprise with additional income. Click to check the original article.
Winter is coming and hay inventories are low. Given the current situation it can come as a relief to just find hay to purchase. In 2022 many of us in Oklahoma find ourselves making hay purchases from out of state that are not the typical harvested forages we use in Oklahoma. Regardless of the hay […]
The latest Cattle on Feed report pegs November 1 feedlot inventory at 11.706 million head, 98.0 percent of last year and the second consecutive monthly year over year decrease. The 12-month moving average of feedlot totals, which shows the average feedlot total for the previous year, peaked in September 2022 (Table 1). Feedlot inventories are expected to […]
Natasha Hulse has turned her love of nature into beautiful fabrics. Amelia Thorpe takes a look at her latest idea. Bespoke fabric artist Natasha Hulse is known for her dramatic three-dimensional botanical designs using handcrafted and painted appliqué, upholstered on to furniture to create bespoke pieces — her striking headboards for Kit Kemp’s bedroom designs […]
Max Armstrong notes it was 75 years ago that a turkey was presented to the President which signals the start of the Thanksgiving season. Max shares some key stats about major turkey producers in the United States. The leader is Minnesota provides 18% of the birds produced followed by North Carolina, Arkansas, Indiana and Missouri […]
Australian grain producers have highlighted the value of the industry to Federal MPs in Canberra. Click to check the original article.
The multi-vendor sale attracted buyers from across the state. Click to check the original article.
Some paddocks are doing well and others have struggled from a dry June-July on this Mid West property. Click to check the original article.