Goulburn to celebrate innovation in agriculture
RDASI is hosting the ‘Innovation in Ag’ Conference and Gala Dinner at Goulburn on November 25. Click to check the original article.
Flood crisis helpers need volunteers through BlazeAid
Frontline community charities smashed by back-to-back years of natural disasters are begging fellow Aussies to donate not just money – but muscle. “Unheard of” non-stop demand caused by fires and floods, combined with spiralling running costs and the coming bushfire season, means that grassroots response organisations are “screaming out for volunteers”, according to BlazeAid CEO […]
This Week in Agribusiness, Nov. 12, 2022
Max was in western Kentucky and talked to Derek Driscoll about intercropping corn and soybeans. Tommy Grisafi, Advance Trading, joins Mike at the desk to talk markets, including recent movements and CPI numbers, the November WASDE and what it delivered, basis levels and transportation impacts, dollar value, soybean exports, South American production, cattle markets, and […]
What sort of man is King Charles III, and what sort of king will he be?
A brilliant conversationalist, a cracking host and, surprisingly, an excellent actor, Charles III genuinely cares for people and strives to make a difference to their lives. Anna Tyzack speaks to some of those who have crossed his path. It was a still life — glistening mackerel, fishing net, a knife and a board — and […]
A hotel where you can sleep in the room that Anne Boleyn shared with Henry VIII
A few miles from Bristol lies Thornbury Castle, a creation that’s been a beautiful place to stay for half a millennium — though the guests today are tourists rather than the Tudor royal household. A little while ago on a trip to Lacock — the National Trust-owned village in Wiltshire — I came across a […]
150 years of racing celebrated at Mt Perry as the ‘Jocks Plate’ strips-off | Queensland Country Life
With more than 20 years working in the media, Brad is an award-winning photographer, video, and digital story teller who loves reporting from the field and meeting the characters country Queensland. With more than 20 years working in the media, Brad is an award-winning photographer, video, and digital story teller who loves reporting from the […]
Quirindi steps up for the silo art trail | The Land
Keeping the perspective of his silo subjects is solved by technology, simply using projectors, ‘scribble lines’ on the silos, which Mr Ryan superimposes his images by computer and, finally, grid squares. He said the silo has lines about 60 centimetres apart and provides a pattern to keep a perspective with. The paint he uses is […]
10 things I wish I’d known about doing up old houses before I started, by Country Life’s interiors guru Giles Kime
Country Life’s executive editor and resident interiors expert Giles Kime shares the lessons he’s learnt from the experience of dragging a succession of houses into the 21st-century. In 2021 we bought our fourth house in little over two decades. Each of them has presented its own set of challenges. The first was a tired south […]
Commercial growers flock to genomics | The Land
Miss Bradley said in the past financial year, Sheep Genetics reported more than 140 flock profiles and as of June 2022, with the counts of genomic tests used in each of the main evaluations including MerinoSelect with 221,000, Lambplan Maternal with 45,400, and Lambplan Terminal with 64,500. Click to check the original article.
Charolais weaner steers sell for $1950 at Laidley | Queensland Country Life
Copley Gully, Kilcoy, sold lines of Angus, Droughtmaster and Brahman weaner steers for $1980, $1860 and $1780. LC Livestock, Rosewood, sold lines of Droughtmaster and Euro weaner steers for $1940, $1860 and $1840. The Tillack family, Woodlands, sold Charolais weaner steers for $1950. Neville Hoger, Ropeley, sold Charolais steer calves, six months, for $1840. Click […]
Why city people want a selfie from farmers
A South Burnett farm marketing workshop will teach producers how they can increase sales as food culture evolves. Click to check the original article.
SOCIAL SCENE: 'Super shedders' on display at sundowner
Under the setting sun, visitors were able to view the ‘super shedder’ SheepMasters on display. Click to check the original article.