Grain lobby groups call for competition
More ports means less distance grain has to travel. Click to check the original article.
Mort & Co throws weight behind ‘Boy from Oz’ musical at the Empire Theatre | Queensland Country Life
“Our partnering with one of Toowoomba’s greatest assets, The Empire Theatre, and the inspiring story of Peter Allen, born and bred in the Australian Outback and his meteoric rise to fame is certainly a show worthy of the support of regional Queensland,” marketing and communications manager, Marita Ramia said. Click to check the original article.
Target for Indigenous health equality set for 2031
“We want to achieve the highest level of health for everyone and without prejudice,” North West HHS Executive Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Christine Mann said. Click to check the original article.
Period products free at TAFE campuses
TAFE Queensland will provide free period products on campuses across the state to remove period stigma, and make sure students can continue to attend classes. Click to check the original article.
Connolly singles out cost recovery plan at live export conference
Escalating government cost recovery fees due to be imposed on Australia’s live export industry were singled out by Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association president David Connolly in a no-holds-barred address at the annual live export industry conference in Darwin. Click to check the original article.
Texas: Higher calf prices projected for 2023
Drought conditions in Texas and throughout the U.S. continue to take a toll on cattle numbers, with higher calf prices and less beef production projected for 2023, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service livestock economist. “Most of the country is in some form of drought,” said Extension Economist David Anderson, Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics, […]
Australia’s volunteers are the heart and soul of our nation, Joy Beames says | The Land
To address this decline, we must work with our communities to support the well-being of our current volunteers while promoting volunteering opportunities and highlighting the benefits of voluntary work. These can include expanding an individual’s social network, improving their sense of community, and improving their health and well-being. Click to check the original article.
Buyer beware: Scams, drought, other factors affecting hay sales
Livestock owners who plan to purchase hay over the next few months need to make careful, informed decisions to protect their animals, especially when purchasing hay from out of state. Buyers should be aware that the drought has significantly impacted forage quality this year. Low hay yields resulted in many producers baling up failed crops […]
September beef exports are lower compared to 2021
Last week USDA-ERS published the meat international trade data for September. There was a noticeable decline in September beef exports, totaling 275.78 million pounds or 5.7% lower year over year. September beef imports totaling 258.33 million pounds were 9% below year-ago levels. Declines in beef exports and imports were expected. Related: Achieving hybrid vigor through crossbreeding, composites […]
Is there a corn price and dry distiller grain price relationship?
Corn price and Dry Distiller’s Grains tend to move in the same direction. There are years where this is the exception, including 2017 and 2020. When examining weekly Kansas City corn price data and 10% Dry Distillers Grain price data from May 2006 to March 2022, the correlation between the two prices series is 0.86, […]
Ag lender survey: Interest rate volatility is top concern in 2023
The top concern facing agricultural lenders going into 2023 is interest rate volatility, according to the 2022 Agricultural Lender Survey report produced jointly by the American Bankers Association and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, more commonly known as Farmer Mac. Survey results showed nearly half of respondents (49.0%) ranked interest rate volatility among their top […]
The great mushroom bonanza: ‘A walk down the lane has become an exotic passing parade of the edible and the damnably, deadly beautiful’
The weather we’ve had this autumn means that mushrooms have mushroomed — and award-winning Nature writer John Lewis-Stempel is delighted. Foreigners have always been rude about our weather. Gauis Tacitus (AD56–120) set the pattern, describing the climate of these isles as ‘pretty foul, with frequent rain and fog’. Wet and warm, in other words, just like […]