Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth. Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor […]
Airseed Technologies aims to use drones to plant hundreds of thousands of trees at a fraction of the current manual cost. Click to check the original article.
Slaughter steers sold to 322c, average 316c, steers 500-600kg reached 329c, average 315c, steers 400-500kg sold to 436c, average 364c, steers 330-400kg reached 530c, average 395c, steers 280-330kg made 530c, average 462c, steers 200-280kg sold to 530c, average 452c, and steers under 200kg sold to 538c, average 452c. Click to check the original article.
Queensland farmers and contractors have won top titles in the national hay quality awards. Click to check the original article.
AFTER weeks of debate about the Federal Government’s response to the heightened threat of Foot and Mouth disease entering Australia, a senate inquiry into the country’s biosecurity responses has been called. The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee will head up the inquiry with a report due on the 10th of October. According […]
The first mention of the area we could find was a small article in the Brisbane Courier of September 26, 1923 entitled “Government Geologist’s Inspection” which reported one of two rich recent finds of silver-lead “at West Leichhardt River, outside Duchess in the Cloncurry region”. Click to check the original article.
That was a feat achieved by Chris Britnell at Teviot, west of Winton last week, which was marked with great fanfare by the Sorensen family with purple singlets for the shearing team complete with details of the years served, and stubbie coolers bearing the same message. Click to check the original article.
“I sought advice to determine if recommissioning Mica Creek was possible, and was advised by experts that it was not commercially or fiscally viable to restore. For that reason, we have not extended the lease on the site, and instead are exploring options to connect the North West to the National Electricity Market.” Click to […]
The body of a missing mountaineer who grew up new Cumnock has been located in K2 Click to check the original article.
Just months after Harry and Susan Glasson were assessing options to manage ongoing drought conditions at their Yaraka property Greenlaw, they’ve been among the sale toppers at the monthly weaner sale at Blackall. Click to check the original article.
Several Senate Republican colleagues joined Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., in introducing the Food and Energy Security Act, legislation that would prohibit the Biden administration from imposing regulations such as its proposed climate reporting rule if it would drive up food, energy or gas prices. Specifically, the bill would require federal financial and securities regulators to estimate the impact […]
Researchers in the University of Lethbridge’s Southern Alberta Genome Science Centre and its bioinformatics core are collaborating with scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to find viable solutions to mitigate Bovine Respiratory Disease — the most prominent feedlot cattle disease in North America — that is responsible for an estimated financial burden of $3 billion annually. The supported […]