Bert and Dean ready for love on the new season of Farmer Wants a Wife
Meet Kandanga’s Dean Blanckensee and Wamuran’s Bert Harris, the Queensland contingent of FWAW. Click to check the original article.
Wake up rural Australia, 3G is closing and you need to prepare
Farmers should ask questions and seek help before the 3G network shutdown. Click to check the original article.
Runaway sheep sheds fleece after three years 'on the lam'
The wether was discovered loitering at the Woodstock commons. Click to check the original article.
K5X Angus Stud shines at Longreach bull sale | North Queensland Register
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. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you’ve got a story idea for me. Based at […]
Road network groaning under funding pressure
Asking for more money to fix bitumen roads is a no-win solution, argue country councillors. Perhaps drivers should increase their tolerance to dirt? Click to check the original article.
King Ranch announces strategic investment in Cobalt Cattle
HOUSTON – King Ranch, Inc. announced today that it has acquired a 50% stake in Cobalt Cattle, the nation’s fourth-largest cattle feeding operation with six feedyards in Colorado, Kansas and Texas. “We are excited about this opportunity and what it means for King Ranch’s long-term commitment to the beef industry,” said Robert Hodgen, CEO of […]
NASS discontinues select 2024 data collection programs and reports
The U.S Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has announced it is canceling the July Cattle report and discontinuing the Cotton Objective Yield Survey, as well as all County Estimates for Crops and Livestock beginning with the 2024 production year. The agency said in making the announcement that the decision to discontinue these […]
Guidance criteria released for grazing on public lands during FMD outbreak
WASHINGTON – Managing livestock grazing on federal public lands in a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak will pose unique challenges for ranchers and animal health officials. That is why the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) received USDA National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (NADPRP) funding to work with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and other […]
Ohio announces availability of $14m in meat processing funding
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik recently announced the availability of funding to support Ohio livestock and poultry producers with improvements and expansions to meat processing services. “The need for meat processing services is significant, and it’s our job to ensure that Ohio companies have […]
The history behind London’s latest power-station conversion
Much like the iconic Battersea, The Powerhouse also finds it identity in its previous life as a power station that kept London’s underground running. Europe had never before seen a power station like the one in London’s Lots Road. Dubbed the Chelsea Monster, it was a giant of a steel-frame building, made with almost 6,000 […]
MU center projects a dip in farm income
Another decline in net farm income is projected for the Show-Me State, according to the Spring 2024 Missouri Farm Income Outlook released by the University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center. The report offers a state-level glimpse at projected farm financial indicators, including farm receipts, production expenses and other components that affect net […]
Farm Progress America, April 9, 2024
Mike Pearson takes a look at recent European Union farmer protests there. 2024 is a big election year in the European Union. Ahead of the elections, European farmers have been staging protests over a number of issues. They have ranged from declining commodity prices to climbing input prices to objections over proposed environmental regulations. Those […]