Record livestock throughput cemented AuctionsPlus as Australia’s largest digital agricultural marketplace during 2021-22. The online marketing platform offered 898,747 head of commercial cattle and 4,677,638 sheep and lambs across the financial year ended June 30. NSW held onto the top listing state for both sheep and cattle, while Tasmania registered the largest increase in […]
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 […]
“While COVID-19 created so many unforseen challenges, including impacting supply chains crucial to farmers’ distribution channels, it also helped drive more than 70,000 Australians to move to the regions, which has helped shine another positive light on country life. Click to check the original article.
A SERIES of cold fronts and low pressure troughs swept across southern and south-eastern Australia during the week bringing thunderstorms, showers and damaging winds. Weekly rainfall totals above 100 mm were recorded in elevated areas in north-east Victoria, on the western slopes of ranges in south-east New South Wales, and in north-west Tasmania. The highest […]
This month’s resurgence in young cattle prices, as reflected in the EYCI graph below, raises the question: Is it early signs of a rally after the earlier spectacular falls, or is it a ‘dead cat bounce?’ Originating from the finance and stockmarket sector, the term, ‘Dead cat bounce’ describes a small, brief recovery in the […]
Will ship owners take on risks of moving grain from the Ukraine? Click to check the original article.
“The framework shows how adopting more of these practices should have a positive impact on soil properties like soil organic matter, nutrients and compaction, which in turn will help soil better perform functions needed to support a farm enterprise like water holding, nutrient cycling, disease suppression and resilience to weather extremes,” Dr Knox said. Click […]
Daryl Braithwaite will not play this evening’s Mount Isa Street Festival. Click to check the original article.
In 1969, 25-year-old Maryborough electrician, Leon Stevenson, moved to Mount Isa for six months to save a bit of money. He never left. In 1976 he bought into an electrical contracting business and a few months later, his accountant invited him to join the Mount Isa Rotary Club. Leon’s first rodeo saw him working with […]
A GROWING divergence of pricing is emerging in Australia’s carbon market, with nature-based and savanna burning projects demanding a clear premium over the rest. According the Jarden, the price of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) has dropped $1.25 over the past fortnight and is currently trading at $27.75 – $0.75 higher than 2022 low of […]
ICPA conference hears of delays in disabilities and learning difficulties being detected. Click to check the original article.
Students from Gunnedah High learnt plenty of useful information to take back to their own stud. Click to check the original article.