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Hancock confirms purchase of two blue-ribbon Packhorse grazing properties

Cattle on Packhorse Pastoral’s Roma district aggregations   GINA Rinehart’s Hancock Pastoral has confirmed the purchase of two of three premium southern Queensland/Northern NSW grazing properties put to market last December by Packhorse Pastoral Co. Hancock has secured Packhorse’s 10,029 ha Moolan Downs aggregation southeast of Roma and 8371ha Ottley Station, 50km west of Inverell […]

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Online listings fall 21pc, supporting limited price recovery

This line of 219 Droughtmaster steers 6-12 months averaging 298kg from Cloncurry, Northwest Queensland returned $1170 or 393c/kg on Friday.   CATTLE listings on AuctionsPlus totalled 14,917 head this week – down 21 percent on the previous week. Principally responsible was a 48pc reduction in offerings out of Queensland. The reduced offering supported higher prices […]

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Where to see Britain’s last remaining wild orchids, by the ‘orchid thief’ who risked prison to save these beautiful plants

The enchantingly beautiful native orchid is, tragically, one of Britain’s most endangered wildflowers, but it’s still possible to see them if you look in the right places, says Ben Jacob, author of The Orchid Outlaw. Britain’s orchids are in decline — some are seeing a gradual slide towards extinction and others a recent population collapse. […]

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