Bentinck Island artist set for Paris exhibition
An Indigenous North West Queensland artist who died in 2015 is being honoured with a prestigious exhibition in the great world city of arts and culture, Paris. Click to check the original article.
Towers competitor claims Mount Isa campdraft hat trick
The annual four-day Mount Isa campdraft was held last weekend, with 1400 first round nominations being received. Click to check the original article.
Buy From The Bush offers to create FMD video for Qantas
All sectors of regional Australia are aiming to help protect the country from the threat of FMD. Click to check the original article.
Charbray steers sell for $1795 at Laidley | Queensland Country Life
Trent McDonald, Stockyard Creek, sold Droughtmaster steers for $1440. Warren Goltz, Mt Sylvia, sold Brahman vealers for $1290. Michalex Rural, Rockmount, sold Hereford cross calves for $1240. Ron Monro, Mt Tarampa, sold Brahman vealer heifers for $990. Click to check the original article.
Boom time for Gwydir wetlands
It’s boom time in the Gwydir Wetlands with the first large-scale colonial nesting waterbird breeding event in 10 years. Click to check the original article.
Drought streak marches toward two years
The recording-setting length of U.S. drought continues to expand, with more than 40% of the country in drought, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture meteorologist Brad Rippey. The current drought period has nearly reached a two-year mark at 93 consecutive weeks. Click to check the original article.
Applied Reproductive strategies in beef cattle workshop planned
The Beef Reproduction Task Force and Texas A&M University will host the 2022 Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Workshop in San Antonio, Texas, on Aug. 30-31. The meeting will be hosted at the Westin San Antonio Riverwalk, 420 S Market Street, San Antonio, Texas. The meeting has a long history of providing the latest […]
DNA Testing to Improve the Accuracy of Selection
This article is intended for registered, seedstock breeders in the purebred sector of cow-calf production. As we approach the time of year that spring calving operations will be weaning, selection decisions will be made regarding how many heifers should be developed as replacements, for marketing or culled. Likewise, which bulls should be developed as potential […]
Smaller Beef Export Markets Growing
U.S. beef exports increased 2.1 percent year over year in May, contributing to a 5.9 percent year over year increase for the first five months of the year. Beef exports are growing more slowly so far this year, but the increase is on top of record exports in 2021. Forecasts suggest that total beef exports for […]
Beef exports set new records in May; pork exports reach 2022 high
U.S. beef exports set new volume and value records in May, topping $1 billion for the fourth time this year, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation. While pork exports were well below last year’s large totals, shipments were the largest of 2022 in both volume and value. […]
The Duchess of Cornwall’s rescue dogs adorn a royal frontispiece like you’ve never seen before
The Duchess of Cornwall has guest-edited the upcoming 13 July 2022 issue of Country Life magazine — and on the famous frontispiece page she suggested a lovely break from tradition… even if it stil features ‘Girls in Pearls’. Country Life’s frontispiece page — famously known as the ‘Girls in Pearls’ — has been part of the […]
Farm Progress America, July 11, 2022
Max Armstrong reports that major farm and industry groups have written to the White House to work with the International Longshore Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association to help avoid any port disruptions on the West Coast. The peak shipping season is ahead, and cargo flows are going to be at all-time highs pressuring […]