What it's really like being an editor
QCL’s Lucy Kinbacher wraps up the 2022 year. Click to check the original article.
How a single dollar turned into a popular whisky distillery
A farming background and an urge to do more with the produce has led Corowa’s Dean Druce into the business of making whisky. Click to check the original article.
Funding to fight pests in far west | The Land
The Fencing Biosecure Production Zones and Pest Knockout Grant program supports landholders to manage pests and biosecurity threats by offering incentives to construct exclusion zone fencing, implement best-practice grazing management and coordinated control of invasive species, including feral pigs and wild dogs. Click to check the original article.
Winners of 2022 College Aggies Online scholarship announced
Students from Oklahoma State University and Auburn University took home the top prizes in the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2022 College Aggies Online scholarship program. Participants reached more than 8.5 million people online and in their local communities over the course of the nine-week competition. More than $18,000 was awarded in scholarships to students and clubs. […]
We talk in dollars, but what about time?
Some days I feel bad for my 11-year-old daughter. She has had to sit through several marketing schools in the last year. She regularly must sit in silence and wait while I have a conversation about Sell/Buy cattle marketing with someone. I quickly get over this feeling when I see her lightbulb come on and […]
Country Life's top 10 property stories of 2022
From castles and cottages to manor houses and an entire peninsula of a Scottish island, enjoy our pick of the year’s property. Gilling Castle made our top 10. A delightful Georgian cottage for sale in the quintessential English village where ‘The Holiday’ was filmed Our top property article of the year was actually published a […]
Farm Progress America, December 23, 2022
Max Armstrong reports that fruit, nut and vegetable costs could be going up for 2023, according to Tanner Ehmke, lead economist, dairy and specialty crops, CoBank. He points out with the Colorado River system under pressure could cause more land to be fallowed. The two largest Western reservoirs now contain just 25% of usual supply. […]
Meat Institute donation provides 200,000 meals to Feeding America
The North American Meat Institute has announced a holiday season donation to Feeding America that will provide 200,000 meals for families facing hunger. The donation is made possible through Meat Institute sponsors’ generous support, including through sponsorship of the Protein PACT for the People, Animals and Climate of Tomorrow. Through the Protein PACT, the Meat Institute has […]
Meat Institute donation provides 20,000 meals to Feeding America
The North American Meat Institute has announced a holiday season donation to Feeding America that will provide 200,000 meals for families facing hunger. The donation is made possible through Meat Institute sponsors’ generous support, including through sponsorship of the Protein PACT for the People, Animals and Climate of Tomorrow. Through the Protein PACT, the Meat Institute has […]
Big final trading week of the year
4776 bales were offered on the last Western Wool Centre trading day of the year. Click to check the original article.
Five stunning stretches of land for sale in Scotland, from mountains and woodland to a coastal estate
If you’ve ever dreamed of owning thousands of acres of pristine Highlands, you’ve come to the right place. Loch Ness — £1,450,000 There’s more than 1,100 acres of land on offer at this Invernessshire property located just above Loch Ness, not far from the fabulously-named Drumnadrochit, the town that’s the location of the Loch Ness […]
Energy transition turbocharge jumping the gun
Key and confronting recommendations in a government report from the NSW Agriculture Commissioner have been put in a drawer, while NSW Treasurer and energy minister Matt Kean turbocharges his way forward with the renewable energy transition, according to NSW Farmers. Click to check the original article.