Alma remains on the market | Pictures
Queensland/NSW border property Alma remains on the market after being passed in at auction. Click to check the original article.
Community water desalination trial for the Shires of Merredin, Katanning and Dumbleyung | Farm Weekly
Shire of Merredin councillor Renee Manning (left), Shire of Katanning executive manager infrastructure and assets Sam Bryce, Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan, Shire of Katanning councillor John Goodheart and Shire of Dumbleyung chief executive Gavin Treasure at the announcement of a desalination trial to improve rural and regional water security. Click to check the […]
Agriculture students encouraged to apply for scholarship
Young agriculture students from the Katherine region can now apply for a $12,000 scholarship. Click to check the original article.
Droughtmaster cows make $3200 at Biggenden
The meatworks, store sale and integrated female sale last Thursday saw a yarding 1910 head. Click to check the original article.
Carbon farming panel proves benefits of Western Australian Carbon Farming and Land Restoration Program | Farm Weekly
Forum participants heard from David Martin, who has an integrated biodiversity revegetation at Weelhamby Farm, at Perenjori, which has a strong focus on perennial pastures, pulse grazing and multi-species cropping, as well as David Somerville who has undertaken a biodiversity project at Nannup Truffle Farm. Click to check the original article.
Huge crowd flocks to 2022 Flyers Ball in Longreach | Queensland Country Life
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 […]
'I witnessed a quad bike accident and it shook me to my core'
October 11 marks one year since it became mandatory for new quad bikes sold in Australia to be fitted with an operator protection device. Click to check the original article.
Update on cereal rust protection helping farmers
Understanding crop disease is no easy task. Click to check the original article.
Online volume down 12pc as weather impacts
Cattle throughput continues to ride the rainfall rollercoaster, with numbers offered in AuctionsPlus weekly commercial cattle sales decreasing 12% this week, to 17,446 head – up 3% on the corresponding week last year. Numbers out of Queensland made up for lost time during a clear week, with a 17% increase, while NSW cattle stayed home, […]
Wildflower meadows are the most labour-intensive gardening you’ll ever do
Gardener and writer Mary Keen shares her thoughts on gardening’s answer to herding cats: trying to get a wildflower meadow to behave. Meadows have a mind of their own. This summer, my little patch of un-lawn — roughly the size of a tennis court — has become a thicket of wild carrot. Last August, by […]
Muan Feedlot the biggest sale fitter at RBWS
Meet the team who fitted the most bulls at this year’s Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale. Click to check the original article.
The Great Tower at Dover Castle: Power, prestige and plumbing
Jack Watkins looks at the story and impact of The Great Tower at Dover Castle, the imposing creation of Henry II that still stands strong almost 900 years later. Whether the Norman Conquest of England was, as maintained by those notable authorities W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman in 1066 And All That, ‘a […]