Prominent beef industry identity John Hall, widely regarded as the forefather of today’s national meat and livestock trading language, passed away following a short illness on 15 May. He was 81. Mr Hall was best known for steering AUSMeat (the Authority for Uniform Specification of Meat and Livestock) as chief executive for eight formative years […]
Louisa Kiely A LOBBY group, formed by soil carbon aggregators, is keen to put its industry in front of the new Federal Government – pitching itself as a big part of the solution to slowing climate change. The weekend’s election has been a big talking point at the Carbon Farmers of Australia conference in Albury […]
“For one night only, the Mount Isa community will get their chance to come together, support a great cause and have a whole heap of fun. Tickets are already selling fast, and I encourage everyone to pull out their finger and jump online to secure theirs, because once their sold out, the event won’t be […]
A total of 1277 head were yarded at the Mareeba saleyards on Tuesday. Click to check the original article.
A fertiliser company has been fined $250,000 over a tragedy that occurred at its factory. Click to check the original article.
A well-known Galloway stud is introducing ‘riggit’ coloured Galloways to their operation through a New Zealand joint venture. Click to check the original article.
Reseachers work with three populations of ryegrass with reduced sensitivity to cinmethylin. Click to check the original article.
The year has seen a fresh start for fraudsters and scam artists, seeing another spike in COVID-19 scams and text-based cons. ACM has compiled a list of current scams identified on sites such as scamwatch.gov.au, cyber.gov.au and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s website dedicated to informing people about fraudulent and dishonest activities. BE WARY: […]
Phase 3 had been allocated $2.75 million to build 18 sites at Charters Towers, Hughenden, Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Mount Isa, Goondiwindi, Stanthorpe, Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Blackall, Emerald, Dingo, Charleville, Roma, Miles, Kingaroy and Esk. Click to check the original article.
A STRONG cold front moved over the south-east Australia on the 17th, bringing rainfall to western Tasmania. A north-west cloudband stretched across the continent, from the Pilbara, WA, to the New South Wales Mid-North Coast, bringing rainfall and isolated showers to some areas. More rainfall affected coastal and inland parts of Queensland and New South […]
The sprawling 8788 hectare Kopyje Station in NSW’s north west has sold to a Forbes grazier for $5.2 million, the equivalent of $239 an acre. Click to check the original article.
A YEAR on from the infamous JBS cyber attack, what has agribusiness learned about digital security? While the company’s South American operations were less affected, JBS businesses in Australia and the United States were paralysed by the 30 May 2021 cyber breach. Australian processing operations were closed for a week, before JBS paid a A$14.2m […]