250 offers to govt's first round of voluntary water buybacks
The offers totalled more than twice as much water as the tender called for. Click to check the original article.
Kangaroos could hold a key to emission reduction | The Land
AWS colleague Dr Melanie Edwards who did much of the research and modelling, found removing livestock greater than one year old from regions with already heavy kangaroo populations such as in New South Wales (Bourke-Brewarrina, Cobar, and Far West) and Queensland (Far Southwest) could abate about 785,000 tonnes of CO2e, or about 2.4 per cent […]
Productivity Commission backs Murray-Darling Basin Plan rewrite | Farm Weekly
“Basin communities, on the other hand, have witnessed the lasting and devastating effects of buybacks. They’ve seen the jobs lost and families leaving town, leaving schools struggling with declining enrolments, shops shutting up, and essential services disappearing.” Click to check the original article.
Productivity Commission backs Murray-Darling Basin Plan rewrite | The Land
“Basin communities, on the other hand, have witnessed the lasting and devastating effects of buybacks. They’ve seen the jobs lost and families leaving town, leaving schools struggling with declining enrolments, shops shutting up, and essential services disappearing.” Click to check the original article.
Productivity Commission backs Murray-Darling Basin Plan rewrite | Queensland Country Life
“Basin communities, on the other hand, have witnessed the lasting and devastating effects of buybacks. They’ve seen the jobs lost and families leaving town, leaving schools struggling with declining enrolments, shops shutting up, and essential services disappearing.” Click to check the original article.
NCBA, Purdue Extension to host Indiana BQA training programs
The Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) training and certification program will be offered in 17 Indiana counties this November. In partnership with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), Purdue Extension will host events to provide producers with key industry insights and the option to complete their voluntary BQA certification. The trainings and certification opportunities will take […]
Republican Reps urge Speaker to pass farm bill
Newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson has been on the job for five days. His colleagues are already pushing him to do more. On Friday, 60 House Republicans sent him an open letter calling for the swift passage of a new farm bill. They say the letter was intended to highlight the critical importance of federal […]
Study finds moderate cattle grazing has no effect on sage grouse nests
Sage grouse and cows can coexist on the same land without declines in greater sage grouse nest success or insect abundance, according to a 10-year University of Idaho study. In fact, according to the research, there are upshots for grouse living side-by-side with cows. “Nesting success doesn’t seem to be affected by low to moderate […]
Fiona Marshall with The Weekly Times
Grain grower Fiona Marshall from NSW talks with The Weekly Times at the NFF conference in Canberra. Click to check the original article.
U.S. Meat Export Federation to honor Branstad, Westman
Terry Branstad, former U.S. ambassador to China and longtime governor of Iowa, has been selected to receive the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s Michael J. Mansfield Award. USMEF established this award in recognition of the U.S. Senate majority leader and ambassador to Japan whose five decades of government service advanced U.S. trade relations throughout the world. […]
Strong online support for first Mountview Charolais female on-property sale
Strong online support for first Mountview Charolais female on-property sale Click to check the original article.
Strong online support for first Mountview Charolais on-property female sale
Online bidders underpinned a successful result for the Bebbington family’s first on-property female sale on Saturday, which saw at least 87 per cent of lots sold online. Click to check the original article.