Rodeo action at Emerald
Young rodeo stars will be out to make a name for themselves at Emerald. Click to check the original article.
Recruitment: ICMJ provides ideal window into meat and livestock industry careers
Latest listings on Jobs Central: Monogastric Business Unit Manager Australia – via Agricultural Appointments Livestock Manager, Opal Creek – Australian Country Choice Territory Sales Manager, Valmont irrigation – via Rimfire Resources Station Manager, Brickhouse Station – Harvest Road Property Manager, Western Downs Qld – Butler Grazing Business Development Manager, WA – via Rimfire Resources Station […]
Cattle backgrounding property sold before auction | Pictures
Versatile Inglewood property Carisbrooke has sold before its scheduled Ray White Rural auction. Click to check the original article.
Dubbo producers expecting big Spring after a wet start to 2022
AUTUMN feels like it has not existed in large parts of the eastern states, with torrential rain falling until May, followed by cold snaps and frosts. The weather has stalled a lot of agricultural activity in Southern Queensland and New South Wales, with hard to access paddocks making for late crop planting and slow cattle […]
Second shot at life, or pure science fiction? Either way, it's on our doorstep
Once the site is operational – a milestone said to be close – the company will start taking newcomers, but they’ll have to pay $150,000 to be indefinitely stored in liquid nitrogen. Click to check the original article.
WA processor V&V Walsh merges with Craig Mostyn Group
TWO of Western Australia’s best-known animal protein businesses have merged, bringing together a suite of pork, lamb and beef brands, plus seafood, rendering and protein trading businesses. The deal is being referred to in general terms as a merger, but in fact the Craig Mostyn Group has bought out the remaining 50 percent share in […]
Watch: Hughenden police charge three on drug offences | The North West Star
A 53-year-old woman was charged with three counts of possessing dangerous drugs, and one count each of supplying a dangerous drug, producing a dangerous drug, possessing tainted property and possessing property suspected for the purpose of committing drug offences. Click to check the original article.
Winton cracks up over whackiest new attraction | Queensland Country Life
The one-of-a-kind, stock whip cracking, hula hooping, outback Queensland acrobatic sisters S.T.Ruth and Rowdy have renovated the Winton property during the past six years, along with the company of their performing dogs and help from generous volunteers. Click to check the original article.
S2 Ep 18: New Federal Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt
The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on freshly-minted Federal Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt. Agriculture Minister Murray Watt In a wide-ranging discussion, the pair discuss jobs and the industry’s underlying labour shortage, biosecurity challenges including FMD and Lumpy Skin Disease, energy prices, livestock export trade and carbon emissions. Sen […]
Woolgrowers look to sell clip before final sale series at Western Wool Centre | Farm Weekly
On the first sale day last week, when the WWC market was strongest, wool buyers were prepared to pay premiums of 80-100 cents over the odds on high yielding, low VM Merino fleece, pieces and oddments, particularly at the broader end of the micron spectrum – 19.5 micron and above. Click to check the original […]
NSW DPI’s rice breeding relationship with growers ends after nearly a century | The Land
The biggest crop was recorded in the 1990s with 1.5 million tonnes harvested. Over the years as Australia’s oldest and most prominent rice breeding program, the DPI has developed 18 rice varieties, constituting over 95pc of the country’s rice crop. The latest release from the program, VO71, is being grown as part of this year’s […]
Inland Rail ‘primarily for domestic freight’ | Queensland Country Life
“The majority of goods transported on Inland Rail will be distributed locally by road from intermodal terminals such as Acacia Ridge and Bromelton, which are the origin or destination of the bulk of the forecast rail traffic on Inland Rail,” the statement reads. Click to check the original article.