SHAREHOLDERS investing in some of Australia’s largest listed companies exposed to our livestock industries are responding to the elevated level of concern over Foot & Mouth Disease risk. Both Elders and the Australian Agricultural Co share prices have fallen over the past three weeks, as FMD concerns have risen, and analysts have connected the two. […]
WA business wins Best Overall Expert dealer in Australia award Click to check the original article.
Loretta Skinner, Colinton, sold Charbray steer calves for $1070 and heifers for $800. Glenys Hanton, Kilcoy, sold Droughtmaster steer calves for $1040. Alberton Investments, Bald Hills, sold Santa steers for $1910 and Santa weaners, with males making $1400 and heifers $1360. Click to check the original article.
Stamp duty creates about 20 per cent of the upfront cost of moving house, and for a full-time worker who earns the average wage in Western Australia and saves 15pc of their income, stamp duty adds 2.6 years to the time required to save a 20pc deposit for a house, the report said. Click to […]
Gas motorists could become deserted on Outback Queensland roads with the removal of Mount Isa’s only LPG bowser. Click to check the original article.
The 1747 hectare Western Downs property Pinora West is estimated to fatten 400 to 450 steers. Click to check the original article.
“The arrogance and ignorance of this attitude is truly breathtaking. We in the north pay more, and in many parts we can’t make a mobile phone call. Our children’s schooling is hampered by slow internet. We have unsealed roads that isolate communities for months in the wet season. But despite all of this, through sheer […]
Check out all the action from the first day of Ekka 2022. Click to check the original article.
“This region represents half of Australia’s land mass, is home to 1.3 million people – 16 per cent of those being Indigenous – it produces more than 94 per cent of Australia’s bananas, 93 per cent of Australia’s mangoes, 12.5 million beef cattle and makes up 90 per cent of Australia’s live cattle exports, but […]
Samantha Campbell (nee Walton) has worked for regional and rural publications across News South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory and is currently the senior journalist at the North West Star in Mount Isa. Sam enjoys family life on their cattle station with her husband and two kids and competes in local campdraft and rodeo […]
