Rain boosts market at Silverdale
The biggest rise was export cows with most good quality cows making 245-260c/kg. Click to check the original article.
Queensland considers opera house-style yabby pots ban | Queensland Country Life
A Fisheries Queensland discussion paper says ” to achieve more national consistency and improved environmental outcomes from recreational yabby and redclaw fishing, Fisheries Queensland is committed to considering how a phase-out of opera house style traps could be best implemented in all Queensland waters”. Click to check the original article.
‘Where birds and a wild Englishman roamed’: The world’s first nature reserve granted listed status
Waterton Park in West Yorkshire was the ‘prototype for the modern nature reserve’, and has been rewarded by Historic England with protection. Annie Elwes tells the story of the man behind it. The world’s first nature reserve, Waterton Park in West Yorkshire, has been granted protection by Historic England with a Grade II listing. Upon […]
Angus cattle dominated at Cooma with $1480 top price for weaners | The Land
Top price in the weaner steer pens was $1480 paid for 15 Hazeldean-blood Angus weighing 400kg and sold on account of R and J Hain, Cooma, while WG and MD Hampson, Nimmitabel, sold 18 Hazeldean-blood Angus weighing 406kg for $1420, and HGS and JR Dixon, Shannons Flat, sold 11 Rosskin-blood Angus weighing 329kg for $1280. […]
Food security and national security: neither can be taken for granted
Australia’s food security should not be taken for granted. The Covid-19 pandemic shows what can go wrong with it during seismic strategic challenges. January’s empty supermarket shelves across Darwin, caused by flooding, illustrate the precarious nature of food security even in Australia. It is not guaranteed, but it’s critical to Australia’s national security, and increasingly, […]
Is Artificial Insemination economical for commercial beef breeding herds?
AI has been generating a lot of discussion lately – not just Artificial Intelligence (an oxymoron?) but also Artificial Insemination for beef breeding herds. We’ve had a number of clients implement an Artificial Insemination program with their heifers so, to get an understanding of the economics of the option, we analysed their data from the […]
A community effort is underway to stop the decline of Western Australia’s endangered black cockatoos. | Farm Weekly
Mr Ossinger said author, educator and environmentalist Simon Cherriman had already visited four primary schools in the area, including in Denmark Primary, Mt Barker Community College and Kwoorabup Nature School in Denmark, to work with students and the local men’s sheds to teach them the skills necessary to build the nesting boxes from recycled materials. […]
Valuation appeal deadline looms, Gregory MP warns
Deadline for objections to land valuations coming up Click to check the original article.
Rain devastates Downs sorghum in harvest window
Rain has caused severe damage to some ripe sorghum crops. Photo: Kerry McKenzie UP TO half the southern Queensland sorghum crop could be downgraded due to rain damage, and the situation will worsen if further rain falls in coming days. Rain coupled with overcast conditions over four consecutive days last week have caused some shelling […]
Stakeholders welcome $58.8m deal ensuring the ACT will meet its Murray-Darling Basin Plan obligations
A “bridging the gap” deal has been inked that will see the ACT deliver on its obligations to return 4.9 gigalitres of water a year to the environment. Click to check the original article.
Bird Flu jumps species in latest US episodes
REPORTS of humans contracting Avian Influenza (bird flu) via inflected cattle in the United States have again raised concerns about zoonotic diseases – those which can suddenly pass from one species to another. Bird flu infection in US dairy cows was first reported by the US Department of Agriculture in Texas and Kansas on March […]
Mandy Walker Wins 2024 WA Rural Women’s Award | Farm Weekly
The three WA Women’s Rural Award finalists were invited to Parliament House prior to the award ceremony. Pictured are Shelley Payne (left), Agricultural Region MLC, Mandy Walker, Jackie Jarvis, WA Agriculture and Food, Forestry and Small Business Minister, Sandra Carr, Agricultural Region MLC, Jay Page and Nicola Kelliher. Click to check the original article.