A FOOD rating system developed by a US university is coming in for criticism for ranking sugary, highly processed cereals among the “most healthful” food choices while relegating natural protein sources including chicken, eggs and beef among the lowest. The “Food Compass” was developed by a team of nutrition scientists at Tufts University, a private […]
More than 300 people from north Queensland to Tasmania are attending the 2023 Wilmot Field Day at the Ebor, NSW property today. A FIELD day focused on helping Australian livestock producers to capitalise on their soil carbon potential is underway today at the MacDoch Ag Group property Wilmot near Ebor NSW. Alasdair MacLeod opens the […]
There has been a gradual rise in WA’s home value index over the past 12 months. Click to check the original article.
Diversity and animal welfare top of the list for Jake Wolki with cattle, chickens, pigs and sheep on the farm all destined for their butcher shop and cafe. Click to check the original article.
Lockyer Valley farmer grows cotton after difficulty in sourcing seasonal workers. Click to check the original article.
Prices in the early goings of Wednesday’s sale were slightly lower than last week. Click to check the original article.
OUTSTANDING 3145 hectare (7771 acre) Macintyre Valley irrigation, dryland farming and grazing property Booberoi is slightly undulating coolibah, myall, belah floodplain country, with soft self-mulching black to chocolate soils, broken by some higher box country. Click to check the original article.
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 […]
Seven generations of the Medwin family have farmed at Black River in Tasmania’s north-west. Phil and Fiona Medwin are ensuring the tradition continues by adding flowers to the farm’s portfolio. Motor mechanics and the mining industry may sound like unlikely training grounds for flower farmers, but that is precisely the skill set Phil and Fiona […]
Some specialty crops are supported with climate and market risk management safeguards for growers. Click to check the original article.
Unfortunately, with wool buyers currently supporting very consistent specification wools, the degree of variation in fibre diameter, staple length and staple strength of WA wools tested increased in January, while they improved, remained the same or increased by a smaller margin in wools tested in Victoria, NSW and South Australia. Click to check the original […]
A penning of 363 steers ranged from 180 cents a kilogram to 402c/kg, which produced an average of 465c/kg. Click to check the original article.