New winter crop varieties give growers more choice
New wheat varieties for 2023 include RGT Waugh, LongReach Scotch, Brumby, Jillaroo, Kingston, LongReach Anvil CL Plus and Reilly. Click to check the original article.
Five breathtakingly pretty country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
Our weekly look at the best houses to come to the market via Country Life includes an effortlessly charming village home in Buckinghamshire. North Somerset — £2.25 million A classic Regency house which has been beautifully restored throughout following an extensive programme including the outbuildings, cottage, and grounds. There are five bedrooms, three reception rooms […]
In search of a mutant snowdrop
Charles Quest-Ritson tells the tale of a snowdrop that proved a painfully elusive wintry delight. The Book of Ecclesiastes reminds us that for everything there is a season — a time to be born and a time to die. Gardeners know that there is a time to sow and a time to reap. January is […]
Katter's Pell tribute: 'Read the room Bob'
Katter's Pell tribute: 'Read the room Bob' Click to check the original article.
Chapel of St Peter on the Wall, Essex: ‘The deepest living root of the church in Britain’
Our 21st century Grand Tour of Britain moves on to an ancient church in Essex: the Chapel of St Peter on the Wall. In the middle of the 7th century, King Sigebert of the East Saxons was converted to Christianity by his friend King Oswy of Northumbria, who sent Cedd, a monk from Lindisfarne, as […]
Leuchie: The house and garden where the 1960s meet the 1690s
A Modernist home created during the 1960s within the walled garden of a historic house stylishly blends the contemporary and the historical. Mary Miers reports; photographs by Paul Highnam for Country Life. Cloistered in the walled garden at Leuchie near North Berwick — the home of Sir Hew and Lady Dalrymple and family — is one […]
Results and photos from 2023 GSSM | The Land
On the mat at the 2023 Great Southern Supreme Merino show in Canberra A good roll call of leading Merino and Poll Merino studs attended the 2023 GSSM in Canberra, where 186 ewes and rams were subjected to scrutiny by the judges. Results for superfine wool classes judged by Brett Picker, Bigga Champion August-shorn Merino […]
Blackall Boyz smash out a win in Alpha ICPA cricket comp
The first Saturday of the year is always the much loved and anticipated Alpha ICPA cricket day. Click to check the original article.
Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association accolade for WA professor | Farm Weekly
Professor Pannell, co-cirector of the Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy at UWA, is a prodigious producer of published research, a highly active and engaged public policy analyst and communicator, and an accomplished teacher, mentor and academic administrator. Click to check the original article.
Enter the Farm Weekly/Nutrien Ag Solutions ‘merch’ comp | Farm Weekly
Nutrien Ag Solutions, Geraldton branch team members Sam Goddard (left), merchandise transport/warehousing, Jesse Rowe, graduate agronomist, Scott Piper, merchandise manager, Darren Shepley, merchandise account manager and Laura Husbands, sales support/administration and special visitor, Nutrien Livestocks Mid West and pastoral agent Richard Keachs chocolate Labrador, Ruby. This could well be the team (excluding Ruby) you will […]
Vaughan Johnson, former Member for Gregory, passes away suddenly | North Queensland Register
According to the Queensland Parliament Former Members website, Vaughan was a member, Quilpie Hospital Board 1980-1989; deputy chairman, 1983-1989; member, Quilpie Pony Club and level II pony club instructor; former member, Quilpie Lions Club; president, Quilpie Rugby League, 1977-1979 and 1986; president, Western Rugby League, 1977-1984 ; member, Board of Directors, Toowoomba and South West […]
Vaughan Johnson, former Member for Gregory, passes away suddenly | Queensland Country Life
Much of his parliamentary career was spent in opposition, hence the long list of shadow ministries in his citation, including for Aboriginal and Islander Policy, State Development and Small Business, Police and Corrective Services, Indigenous Affairs, Sport, and as parliamentary secretary for western Queensland. Click to check the original article.