William Shakespeare wasn’t only the greatest playwright of our history, he was an avid ornithophile, a green man and a master of transposing the true power of Nature onto the page, says John Lewis-Stempel. Shakespeare was in love with Nature. When Dr Johnson praised the Bard as ‘the poet of nature’, he meant Shakespeare’s penetration […]
Gundagai vendors kept their reputation for good quality cattle at the annual weaner sale as the market held firm. Click to check the original article.
The incident is believed to be a murder-suicide. Click to check the original article.
In February, in the first ever refusal of a coal mine in Australia under national environmental law, Ms Plibersek blocked an application from the Clive Palmer-backed Central Queensland Coal Project to build two open-cut mines less than 10 kilometres from the Great Barrier Reef. Click to check the original article.
THE Federal Government is working towards monetising biodiversity, with its nature repair market currently going through parliament. While the market is little more than political discussion at this point, Beef Central has been looking into what it is and what it might mean for producers. The finer points of the market are still being worked […]
SOME of the largest and healthiest koala populations in Queensland can be found in regional areas co-existing with cattle grazing operations. This is not the sort of message that animal rights groups are likely to want the public to hear, particularly in a week when they have paid for a billboard in the regional capital […]
See who was out and about at the Northern Beef Producers Expo in Charters Towers on Friday. Click to check the original article.
A Western Downs property that is centrally located to both major feedlots and saleyards has sold for more than $4 million. Click to check the original article.
British-bred and European-cross steers and heifers were all of excellent quality at the Muchea cattle sale Click to check the original article.
Helen is the Toowoomba-based journalist who loves nothing better than covering anything horse sport related, however she covers all commodities and personality yarns. Over the years she has lived in Brisbane, Rockhampton, Longreach and Roma filing stories for the ‘bible of the bush’. Contact 0459 827414. Helen is the Toowoomba-based journalist who loves nothing better […]
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. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
The Market for steers remained firm across the board, whilst the heifer market was very tough, with little demand for light heifers. Click to check the original article.