Transforming a barn into a wedding venue, accommodation — or both — can be a nice little earner, finds Arabella Youens. As a way of generating income for country-house owners, all-singing, all-dancing party barns have mushroomed in popularity over the past 20 years. Tom and Clarissa Astor moved into Merriscourt, a 17th-century Cotswold farmhouse in 500 acres […]
Boosting the presence in of the defence force in central Queensland would provide maximum capability gains for Australia’s forces while remaining substantially out of range for the most likely enemy long-range weapon systems. Click to check the original article.
Three factors are crucial for on-farm decision making after floods subside. Click to check the original article.
“Gladstone’s deep-water, dual-lane port is very well suited to naval operations,” he said. “Slightly further north, Port Alma’s unsurpassed ability to handle large quantities of Class 1 explosives means it could easily resupply Australian and allied forces in a location that’s close to, but not in, potentially contested zones,” Cr Burnett said. Click to check […]
Lots of free firewood will come in handy for the chilly winters on your high country hobby farm. Click to check the original article.
“The main reason RWS is commercially viable is that it goes all the way through the supply chain, from the farm, to ourselves as exporters, to the processors, as in scourer and top maker, to the spinner, the fabric maker, the garment manufacturer – each part of the chain has to be accredited for RWS. […]
When Ken and Ruth decided to leave the Lockyer Valley for the Darling Downs, they had two prerequisites. Click to check the original article.
Yes, there was a lot of talk about the challenges – Luke Bowen, well-known from his days as the CEO of the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association, now working for the NT government on agriculture and fisheries issues, talked about the likelihood of disease blow-ins from countries to Australia’s north, federal cost recovery imposts and the […]
If it’s good enough for Ned, it’s good enough for the farm. At this year’s Henty Machinery Field Days, the antique farming exhibit celebrated a unique tool. Click to check the original article.
You can help save the planet if you eat the right meat says outgoing WA Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan. Click to check the original article.
There have been some big prices at the Dalby Australian Stock Horse this weekend. Click to check the original article.
Yet there does not seem to be anywhere near the level of coverage from the mainstream media that should be expected of a disaster of this magnitude. By way of comparison, the summer bushfires of 2019-20 seemed to lead the news on a nightly basis, which galvanised the nation to help those that had lost […]