Major commercial outfit spend almost $1m at RBWS
One beef operation almost spent $1 million securing Brahman bulls at this week’s Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale. Click to check the original article.
Man fined after clearing national park to muster stray cattle
The court heard the man also used a bulldozer to clear trees, soil, grass and rocks to create a track just over a kilometre long into the national park from his neighbouring property. Click to check the original article.
Brahman breeders youth committee launched at Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale
A group of Brahman breeders have formed a committee for young people enthusiastic about the breed. Click to check the original article.
Volunteers needed for Great Northern Clean Up
A barbecue will be provided for volunteers at 9:45am at Tom O’Hara Park. Click to check the original article.
High altitude Mount Emby makes $7964/acre | Video
High altitude 402 hectare New England property Mount Emby has sold for the equivalent of $7964/acre. Click to check the original article.
Explainer: why the EU is heavily regulating livestock emissions
Ireland has joined the list of countries to introduce controversial agricultural emissions legislation. Photo: Irish Farmers’ Federation AS THE European Union continues its attempts to lead the world in limiting the impact of climate change, its regulations have really started to hit the local livestock industry of late. Countries have passed several new pieces of […]
Aussie farmers lament the huge waste of fruits because they are “slightly unattractive”
Aussie farmers are in the middle of mourning “a terrible waste” of produce, with truckloads of healthy oranges being dumped in “graveyards” around the country. About 1500 semi trailers full of – what may seem to the untrained eye – perfectly fine oranges have been dumped at sites around the nation, while orange orchards filled […]
Fresh Biological wool harvesting research has begun for the AWI and University of Adelaide
The AWI and the University of Adelaide work together to undergo research on biological defleecing Click to check the original article.
Mount Isa Mayor voices opposition to decriminalising public intoxication
Mayor Danielle Slade said whatever was being done currently, wasn’t working. Click to check the original article.
New system retrofits diesel engines to run on 90 per cent hydrogen
The Hydrogen-Diesel Direct Injection Dual-Fuel System has been developed by a team from the UNSW Engine Research Laboratory led by Professor Shawn Kook (right), and including Xinyu Liu (back left) and Jinxin Yang (front left). Engineers from UNSW Sydney have successfully converted a diesel engine to run as a hydrogen-diesel hybrid engine – reducing CO2 emissions […]
Negotiations continue on Corella | Video
Negotiations are continuing on the quality 518 hectare Manilla property Corella. Click to check the original article.
7 ag stories you may have missed
Did you get behind in your ag news this week? Don’t worry! We’ve got what you need in this week’s collection of headlines from the past week to fill you in. 1. Traffic on the Mississippi River may come to a halt, if Mother Nature has her way. A logjam of more than 100 ships, […]