“The UOW medical program already has a strong rural focus with at least 56 per cent of its students having a rural background, and 70 per cent of students completing a year-long rural clinical placement, in communities including Milton/Ulladulla, Forbes, Mudgee, Grafton, Lismore, Griffith, Broken Hill, and elsewhere,” Professor McLaughlin said. Click to check the […]
This annual event showcases the latest research, technology, market development and management innovations to improve the productivity and profitability of the grains industry. Click to check the original article.
Summer crop planting of either sorghum or dryland cotton is ongoing, making use of the recent rains. Click to check the original article.
Nerang is an outstanding 386 hectare property featuring fertile black soils and a creek frontage. Click to check the original article.
Mr Cook’s comments were in response to a 21 page report by the North Eastern Wheatbelt Region of Councils (NEWROC), which represents the seven shires of Koorda, Mt Marshall, Mukinbudin, Nungarin, Trayning, Wyalkatchem and Dowerin, which are home to more than 400,000 sheep. Click to check the original article.
Parafield Olives comprises of a highly productive 214 hectare property with an award winning 24ha olive grove. Click to check the original article.
Statewide biosecurity training announced to prepare the agricultural sector. Click to check the original article.
In well-packed, covered corn silage piles, the fermentation process to preserve the silage will be complete after about three weeks. This means that most of this year’s silage crop is ready to feed to cattle. While ranchers may be able to calculate the input costs or the price of selling the corn silage to another […]
An open day at the school at the end of November, exploring the 42-acre agricultural plot on site that’s home to cattle, sheep, goats and chickens, as well as paddocks for cropping, an orchard, a washdown bay for biosecurity purposes, and a new purpose-built agriculture classroom, was attended by over 100 people from the community. […]
After two decades, an iconic pit stop between Cairns and Karumba has recently changed hands. Click to check the original article.
Strategies and designs of pens discussed at containment feeding workshop. Click to check the original article.
Gregor Heard is ACM’s national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during […]