Trudy takes the reins at the clearing yards
Growing up in a family with cattle properties in the Woolooga and Eidsvold districts has certainly helped Trudy Whitaker shape her career in the rural industry. Click to check the original article.
Orange Scented Rice Cake Recipe
Writer and photographer Saghar Setareh takes readers on a foodie adventure around the eastern Mediterranean. There is something universal about cooking rice in milk that translates to instant comfort — a soothing embrace that goes beyond borders and cultures and unifies them in silky sweetness. People everywhere make some form of rice pudding. Some more […]
US Marines, Indo Armed Forces, ADF train disaster response in Northern Territory | The North West Star
Commander Headquarters Northern Command, Captain Mitchell Livingstone, Royal Australian Navy, said the three participating partners would hone their disaster relief skills across a series of scenarios, including the loss of essential services to a fictional remote community. Click to check the original article.
Teens to face court over series of offences after alleged early morning joyride in Mount Isa | The North West Star
Police say they received multiple calls in relation to the Ford Ranger allegedly driving dangerously throughout several Mount Isa suburbs, conducting burnouts, fishtails, mounting a median strip, driving on the wrong side of the road at speed, and in one instance, police said, making deliberate physical contact with a marked police vehicle. Click to check […]
Angus PTIC heifers 500kg make $2040/head on AuctionsPlus | Queensland Country Life
From Wantabadgery, NSW, a line of 140 Poll Hereford heifers aged seven to eight months and weighing 221kg returned $900/head, or 407c/kg lwt. A line of 140 brothers to those heifers from the same vendor weighed 227kg and returned $1050/head, or 461c/kg lwt. Click to check the original article.
Regions forgotten in Labor's budget
Australia is a vast country, yet Labor’s focus seems fixated on a very narrow slice of Australia: Liberal senator Slade Brockman. Click to check the original article.
Bos Taurus breeds come out on top at the Roma show
The cattle section at the Roma show was well supported by studs from around the Maranoa and Western Downs districts, as well as several school cattle teams. Click to check the original article.
GrainCorp shares show signs of a recovery
An “excellent all-round performance” by GrainCorp in the first-half sent share prices soaring. Click to check the original article.
Good buying opportunities for dairy and beef steers and heifers in May
The Elders South West team are putting together a store sale and a feeder sale this month. Click to check the original article.
Embracing Country Living with a Diverse Family of Animals in Strath Creek
Lisa Mack and Paul Roberts have transformed a property in Central Victoria’s Strath Creek, where they keep at least two of every animal they own. What happens when a horticulturist meets a market gardener? Why, they fall in love and live happily ever after, of course. No, well, yes … eremophila, acacia, grasses, banksia and […]
A Family’s Move to Myanbah
A restored 19th-century homestead in the NSW New England region has become the ideal place for Jess and Hamish Webb to raise their three young children. There are some dare-devil moves going on in the front yard at Myanbah as Jess and Hamish Webb’s sons Walter, aged five, and Angus, three years, enjoy the cool of the […]
Calls for independent inquiry into Menindee fish deaths
Water Minister Rose Jackson has called for an independent inquiry in a bid to stop further fish deaths in Menindee lakes Click to check the original article.