Sporting opportunity with quality cattle country
Warruga has an estimated carrying capacity of 150 breeders or equivalents and handy access to a sporting complex. Click to check the original article.
Four new research projects could reduce methane emissions by 20-30pc
RESEARCHERS are working on projects that could reduce methane emissions in Australia’s $14.6 billion beef cattle industry by as much as 30 percent. Professor Ben Hayes from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation said the four projects at The University of Queensland each had the potential to reduce methane emissions in livestock […]
La Nina gone by Feb, but more flooding pain to come
Record rainfall, heatwaves and cyclones: a look at the past month, and what’s to come. Click to check the original article.
Research led by agronomist Loretta Serafin, examines the benefits of sowing sorghum earlier than previously advocated | The Land
Accurate seed placement into moisture at three to four centimetres depth, firmed via press wheels, and when aiming for 3.5t/ha or higher solid row configuration with rows 50 to 100cm wide, the advocated sowing rate is to target 50,000 plants established per hectare. Click to check the original article.
Six truly magnificent country homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
Our pick of the houses to hit the market via Country Life this week includes a Cornish home with a clifftop location and a house by the Thames with a music room that must be seen. This wonderful East Tytherley home is for sale. Hampshire — £6,500,000 A gorgeous country house so well-fitted to its location […]
How to train a disobedient dog
Some dogs quickly pick up the basics of training — yet somehow only respond seven or eight times out of ten. If that sounds like you, help is at hand: expert trainer Ben Randall explains how to train a disobedient dog. As much as we adore our dogs, those of us who own them have to […]
Climate change given as reason for Qld stand-alone fire fighting department | Queensland Country Life
“Where we are going is a Rural Fire Service that has a Chief Officer, a separate and empowering Rural Fire Service Act, a separate Rural Fire Service budget, a Rural Fires board, and the autonomy to choose the number of regions and districts that are needed to service the brigades. Click to check the original […]
350 years in the architectural evolution of Lincoln’s Inn, from 1672 to 2022: ‘Self-consciously Gothic, constitutional and English’
In the second of two articles, John Goodall examines the architectural development of Lincoln’s Inn from the late 17th century to the present day. On the afternoon of February 29, 1672, Charles II and a glittering company of courtiers were honourably received at Lincoln’s Inn. The occasion was proudly described in the society’s administrative chronicle, […]
Faces from the 2022 Dalby Rugby Races
See who was spotted at the Dalby Rugby Races. Click to check the original article.
Scribing in the copy paper, party line era
I’ve been told that this week marks my 10th anniversary of working for the company that publishes this masthead and its sister publication, the Queensland Country Life. Click to check the original article.
Santa weaner steers sell for $1760 at Laidley | Queensland Country Life
Boyd Laycock, Kilcoy, sold a line of Angus cross backgrounder steers for $1950. Metcalf Farms, Gatton, sold a line of Santa weaner steers for $1760. Rodney Kanofski, Calvert, sold Charbray weaners, with steers making $1700 and heifers $1310. Matthew Smith, Anduramba, sold Charbray weaner steers for $1750. Click to check the original article.
Teen girl seriously injured, two others walk away from ATV rollover
The 14-year-old was one of three females riding in the ATV when it rolled near Tamworth. Click to check the original article.