SOME of the nation’s best-known commercial beef brand programs shared the major honours in the 2022 Sydney Show branded beef awards decided yesterday. Tamworth’s Jack’s Creek Wagyu secured the show’s 2022 branded beef grand championship with a crossbred Wagyu steer entry from the event’s open class, which scored 91.33 points. In total this year’s awards […]
AUSTRALIA’S national air carrier Qantas has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately, with countless delays, cancellations, lost luggage and reports of the company not showing much empathy in dealing with the issues. The cost of airfares has also been in the news, with prices expected to keep on increasing for the […]
Negotiations are continuing 631 hectare Central West property Kirribilli. Click to check the original article.
The Bourke abattoir. Image – LAWD. ONE of Australia’s largest meat processing companies will upgrade its smallstock facilities and expand operations at Bourke, with a $5 million grant from the NSW Government. The Bourke abattoir, which is primarily for goats, started operations earlier this month after being mothballed for almost three years. The $60 million […]
Jack Watkins considers the timeless brilliance of Thomas Gray’s ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.’ Jump down to read the full poem. Thomas Gray may no longer be the most famous name in British poetry, but if any lines of 18th-century verse still quoted in the 21st century can be expected to draw even the […]
Goulburn district property Hillview Park has an approved, but still to be constructed, 13 turbine windfarm. Click to check the original article.
Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week points the microphone towards the president of the Australian Cattle Veterinarians Association, Dr Tracy Sullivan. From her remote practise in Broome, WA, Tracy represents cattle vets across the country under the ACV banner. Tracy Sullivan In a wide ranging discussion, the pair explore the historic launch this […]
Organisers are gearing up for the 131st Katanning Agricultural Show next month and will be offering free gate entry. Click to check the original article.
Where will skyrocketing rural values land? PROMINENT Queensland cattleman Peter Hughes has been confirmed as a third member of a panel to delve into the the current state of play and outlook for the rural property market, at next Thursday’s Rural Press Club of Queensland lunch in Brisbane. Mr Hughes, his wife, Jane and family, have […]
Other buyers in this category included SM Higgins & Son, Frankland, which purchased two sires to a $5800 top and an average of $4950, while North Stirling Downs, Gnowanergup, averaged $4700 over two sires which topped at $5000 and Pendalup Graziers, Gnowangerup, secured three at a $3933 average and to a top of $4200. Click […]
A 98 hectare Scenic Rim horse property has sold at a Ray White Rural auction for $2.25 million. Click to check the original article.
An artist has been painting the town of Dirranbandi sepia, capturing its rich cotton and wool growing history in an eye-popping mural. Click to check the original article.