Prowl the wilds of Dartmoor at night and you just might stumble upon Limax cinereoniger, the world’s largest land slug. Jack Watkins gets a closer look. Short of re-enacting a scene from The Hound of the Baskervilles, you might think there is little reason for prowling the wilds of Dartmoor at night. A naturalist wouldn’t […]
Check out all the photos from their special day. Click to check the original article.
Thomas Hardy’s depictions of a fictional Wessex and his own dear Dorset are more accurate than they may at first appear, says Susan Owens. We feel a frisson when a real place plays a key part in a novel. The Cobb at Lyme Regis will always be associated with silly Louisa Musgrove and her tumble […]
Austin Curowther is enjoying a hands-on approach to his Brangus herd. Click to check the original article.
Musquee de Provence pumpkin vines carry flattened, rounded fruit with deeply lobed ribs and glossy skin ripening from green to terracotta. Click to check the original article.
Womblebank Cattle Co. claimed second prize in the best pen of steers, selling their Santa Gertrudis cross steers for $2300/head to Brodie Cattle Co, with Glen Humphries and Neville Harland rounding out the placings with their Charolais cross steers, which sold for $2280/head to the Harris family and also won the people’s choice steers. Click […]
It helps to keep your spending under control and within your means. Many businesses and people work on the theory that if there is money in the bank, it is available to be spent. Having a budget shows you how many months that money may need to last until the next pay cheque or income […]
Mount Isa Show is up and running for another year. Click to check the original article.
A South Australian farmer has become the first woman to grab a spot in a male dominated sports team and her success is growing. Click to check the original article.
Quality Charbray steers from Grant Gericke, Mundubbera, made 632c/kg ($2285) and 716c ($2191 and $2119). Charbray steers from John and Joan Falconer, Widgee, made 722c ($2061). RJ and JE Baker, Kia Ora, sold Charolais cross steers for 618c ($2112). Simmental cross steers from Trent Stanton made 718c ($1899 and $1839). Droughtmaster steers from Fitzgerald and […]
There are no halters and no fitting chutes. Just pens of fat cattle straight from the feedyard, and a judge with an eye for beef carcass traits on the hoof and on the rail. It’s Beef Empire Day in Garden City, Kan., and it’s a unique celebration of the cattle feeding industry in the state […]
Queensland farmers will slash chickpea plantings by 37pc, amounting to a reduction of more than 100,000 hectares, ABARES is forecasting. Instead, farmers will plant more wheat with the planted area tipped to climb to 885,000 hectares, the largest in more than a decade. Click to check the original article.