Dahlias set to thrive in bumper season
Jen Foster is running guided tours of her farm at Penrose. Click to check the original article.
Calling all Muster Dog fans, it's on tonight
If you were a fan of the first ABC Muster Dogs series, then you won’t want to miss the second series starting tonight featuring border collies instead of kelpies and a bloke from North Queensland. Click to check the original article.
Scotland’s sweet secrets: The estates that lit up the market north of the border last year
The number of estates for sale in Scotland increased last year and, while fewer sold overall, the market saw an increase in private transactions, says Penny Churchill As Strutt & Parker’s head of farms and estates for Scotland, Robert McCulloch is accustomed to keeping his ear to the ground. His latest analysis of the arcane […]
This Week in Agribusiness, January 13, 2023
Part 1 Mike Pearson kicks off the show with a conversation with Eric Snodgrass, Atmospheric Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions about how the weather is shaping up for this year and right now. Part 2 Chris Robinson, Robinson Ag Marketing, joins Mike to discuss the markets. Then a look at the WASDE report released by the […]
Why does BBC Radio 4 broadcast ‘the pips’ at the top of the hour?
The Greenwich Time Signal has been an ubiquitous part of BBC Radio for a century, but few know what it really is and where it came from In September 17, 2008, anyone listening to the BBC’s local and national radio stations could have been forgiven for thinking they had woken up in an alternate reality. […]
Towri Growers Market: supporting local farmers in Scenic Rim | Queensland Country Life
At the newly-established Towi Growers Market in SEQ producers include many known, loved, highly respected and awarded names including: Tommerup Dairy Farm, Towri Sheep Cheeses, Valley Pride Produce, Harry’s Paddock, The Black Bee Apiary, Baney Creek Vineyard, the chefs from Embers Woodfire, The Lingering Baker. Picture: Supplied Click to check the original article.
10-year celebrations kick off for Gate 2 Plate competition
10-year celebrations kick off for Gate 2 Plate competition Click to check the original article.
Where art meets biology: How Anne Wright has bred some of the world’s most covetable snowdrops
At Dryad Nursery near York, botanical artist Anne Wright has been breeding some highly collectable snowdrops, writes Mary Keen. Photographs by Clive Nichols. The rarification of snowdrops continues. Unusual snowdrops with hints of gold or splashes of green make very high prices, but big business has not yet cottoned onto producing these collectors’ treasures. It’s […]
Dunkeld House Hotel review: A piece of Outlander filming history
Once the summer residence of the 7th Duke of Atholl, Dunkeld House has now established itself as the latest location on the set-jetting map, says Agnes Stamp. Growing up in Scotland in the 1990s, I clearly remember the powerful effect Mel Gibson’s historically dubious film (but what a score) had when it hit the screens […]
Gowns on the Downs returns to support worthy charity | Queensland Country Life
Away from day jobs as agronomists, biosecurity officers, or work for major agriculture companies, the Darling Downs Young Ag Professionals is busy preparing to host the second Gowns on the Downs Charity Ball in Dalby with proceeds to be donated to Aussie Helpers. Click to check the original article.
Grain Producers Australia Challenges Biosecurity Levy Proposal | Farm Weekly
“If they want to continue calling it a levy, even though the funding is going into consolidated government revenue with no transparency or accountability and producers are not the only beneficiaries, they’re choosing to deepen divisions with the agricultural sector,” he said. Click to check the original article.
Prices up to 50c/kg increase at Kempsey Regional Saleyards | The Land
These heavy feeders topped at 342.2c, with the average price being 316c – most sales in the 310 – 340c range. Kempsey-based Warren and Donna Patterson’s prize-winning Euro cross feeders, 466kg, sold for 338c, while Ken and Beryl McCarthy, also from Kempsey, sold Angus steers, averaging 434kg, that topped the feeder section at 342c, along […]