A Toowoomba business group says construction of Inland Rail should start immediately, despite a long awaited flood report not being publicly released and the EIS process not being complete. TOOWOOMBA’s influential business body TSBE has made the stunning claim a study by world leading flood specialists has found Inland Rail plan’s – including those for […]
An average of 33 applications a day for special disaster grants has flooded into the state government over damage sustained in this year’s events. Since the start of year, 2666 applications have been received by the Rural Assistance Authority from 60 local government areas, including Lismore City, Clarence Valley, Richmond Valley, Tweed Shire, Kyogle and […]
There was plenty of community support for the open air judging of led steer cattle at Casino Beef Week this year and in spite of wet weather in the lead up to the one-of-a-kind event the rain held off while judging carried on. The Nicolls family’s stud Tookawhile Charolais, from Rukenvale via Kyogle, claimed the […]
Photos by Billy Jupp and supplied RAIN may have caused the second annual Ray White Dalby feature weaner and breeder sale to be postponed, but it did not dampen interest as steers reached $2435 a head. The peak of the sale was reached for a pen of 13 Droughtmaster steers, which weighed an average of […]
The Blue Heeler Hotel publicans Sam Smith and Corey Johns are interested to see what a new EV charging station will do for Kyuna’s tourism. Picture: Supplied More towns in Western Queensland will join the state’s ‘Electric Super Highway’ after it was announced an additional six electric vehicle charging stations would be built. The $1.08 […]
CSIRO is expecting to publicly release a new biodiversity calculator in July. Photo: CSIRO THE CSIRO has this month released an early version of a new biodiversity calculator, which aims to give producers an idea of how changes of land use are impacting the property’s biodiversity. LOOC-B (Look bee) is follow on from the organisation’s […]
THE Australian beef industry has been urged to “get its house in order” around timely decisions to sell livestock as Foot & Mouth Disease sweeps through the Indonesian archipelago. It is a month since FMD was discovered in Indonesia, following illegal trade in affected livestock with some local farmers and processors pointing the finger at […]
Newly-appointed Society of Precision Agriculture Australia president Philip Honey. THE helm of the Society of Precision Agriculture Australia (SPAA) is staying in Western Australia after Philip Honey took over from Frank D’Emden as president of the group last week. Mr Honey is well-known for his work as the smart farms co-ordinator with Stirlings to Coast […]
ABC TV’s Muster Dogs stars Lucifer and Annie were the star attractions at a Clermont aged care facility on Tuesday. Pictures: Supplied Residents at a Clermont aged care home were given a surprise visit by Muster Dogs champion handler Frank Finger and his Kelpie dogs Annie and Lucifer on Tuesday. Frank and his two four-legged […]
La Niña slowly weakening into winter but above average rainfall expected for eastern Australia The Bureau of Meteorology’s Winter 2022 Climate Outlook shows a slowly weakening La Niña is one climate factor influencing above average winter rainfall for most of central and eastern Australia in coming months. Parts of south-western Australia and south-western Tasmania are likely to have below average […]
Elders, Serpentine representative Josh Hynes (left) was on the rail with March Chalker, Waroona, before the Elders Boyanup store cattle sale where more than 1600 cattle were offered. A TOTAL of 1622 cattle were penned for buyers’ perusal at the Elders Boyanup store cattle sale last week, with a range of weights and quality to […]
The NAB Agribusiness Cattle Council of Australia Rising Champions Initiative has seen another seven future industry leaders successfully complete intensive training and mentoring in Canberra. One winner from each state celebrated the completion of their leadership training at a gala dinner in Canberra last night. This year the awards format has changed, moving from one […]