Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you’ve got a story idea for me. Based at […]
Speaking at the Goat Meat Production field day held at Craig and Jo Stewart’s property Buena Vista, Collie, NSW DPI livestock genetics research officer and Measured Goats project lead Dr Tom Granleese has a PhD in quantitative genetics and his background is in breeding values in cattle, but sees no reason why goat producers can’t […]
This trial comes as the Queensland Supermarket Pricing Select Committee (Parliamentary Inquiry) extended the submission period until Friday, April.19 and a recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed Australians consumed less fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and dairy and favoured cheaper, packaged foods like cereals and convenience foods. Click to check the original article.
Arabella Youens takes a look at the aptly-named Beach Haven, in the heart of one of North Cornwall’s most popular spots. If you are are house hunting in Cornwall, there is a general rule of thumb: the further you go down the A30, the further your money will stretch. Our recent look at the dramatic […]
The Proserpine grazier of Breadalbane Plains has gone from a relatively new operation in the stud game, with 150 of his own bulls, to being at the top of the heap, to purchasing 720 head (consisting of breeding sires, the entire female herd, young sire aspirants, imported and frozen embryos and all IVF progeny) for […]
Cattle were drawn from Monto, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Murgon, Kilkivain, Tiaro, Maryborough, Hervey Bay, Childers, Bundaberg, Rosedale, Miriam Vale, Calliope, Proston, Gin Gin, Lowmead and Woolooga Click to check the original article.
Bowness youngster wins the Pope Cup. Click to check the original article.
While in Germany, Dr Azam’s will visit the University of Bonn, which is renowned as a leading research institute in agricultural engineering globally, collaborating with the agricultural machinery industry and conducting field-based research using state-of-the-art machinery technology. Click to check the original article.
Global red meat processor JBS plans to invest around R$150 million to double the production capacity of its plant near Campo Grande, in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul region. The move comes as Brazil’s export capacity surges this year. The company said the expansion, generating 2300 new jobs, would make the plant the largest beef […]
Martha Lindstad and Robert James, ‘Karalee’. Enngonia farm managers Martha Lindstad and Robert James have set out to build more drought resilience into ‘Karalee’, a rangeland grazing operation and part of the SLM Group. Martha and Robert joined the RCS Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Program in 2022 to better manage their grazing and prepare […]
Rain delays some cotton harvests, quality and yield may be hit. Click to check the original article.
An attempt to bring a touch of gaucho chic to Dorset doesn’t go well for our columnist. My grandmother was born under the wide skies of the Argentinian Pampas, on an estancia that belonged to her father; he’d made, lost and made a fortune, as only Victorians could, by investing in cattle and land. Back […]