Our columnist Agromenes turns away from his usual focus to take a look at the Dry January movement. It’s fair to say, er, that he’s against it. Dry January is an abomination. It’s a Puritan hangover deriving from the belief that all enjoyment should be punished. Bah! Humbug! Agromenes is firmly orthodox: great festivals should […]
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 […]
“Inland areas continued to see rises in residential land as purchasers sought more affordable housing options near regional centres, with commercial and industrial land increases also occurring with escalating demand and constrained supply,” Ms Dale said. Click to check the original article.
A North Queensland council has made a generous donation towards providing accommodation for ‘priority’ residents Click to check the original article.
Sam Kekovich heads up MLA’s latest summer lamb ad campaign. Photo: MLA AUSTRALIAN Lamb and Meat & Livestock Australia have released this year’s summer lamb ad, targeting the ever-widening generation gap between Australians of all ages. From stubborn baby boomers and delusional millennials to vain gen Zs and neglected gen Xs, each generation has become […]
Database engineering, cattle operations management, saleyards operations, livestock buying, meat sales, retail sales, livestock agency, workplace health and safety and R&D project management are among the interesting and diverse career path choices available in Beef Central’s popular AgJobs Central recruitment platform this week. There has been a surge of listings since we left for our […]
Jigsaw Farms owners Mark Wootton and Eve Kantor on their property in Western Victoria. Photo: supplied Jigsaw Farms This is part of an AgCarbon Central series of profiles on producers doing interesting environmental and carbon work. Today’s article is on Jigsaw Farms, which has been carbon neutral 2011. WHILE Victorian-based Jigsaw Farms were one […]
Alumina giant Alcoa will close an aging Perth refinery and slash hundreds of jobs. Click to check the original article.
Wally Rea confirmed Campdraft Central Association had been incorporated. Click to check the original article.
TROUGHS and associated upper level systems generated widespread rainfall across much of eastern, central and northern Australia during the week. With heavy to locally intense rainfall in some areas of eastern and northern Australia. During the week heavy rainfall resulted in Flood Warnings for south-east and central Queensland extending into north-east New South Wales and […]
Labor’s Food and Grocery Code of Conduct Review launched 100 days ago and spruiked by agriculture minister Murray Watt as Labor’s action against supermarket price gouging still lacks a reviewer to start its work, Nationals leader David Littleproud said in a statement today. David Littleproud Mr Littleproud said Labor had wasted 100 days of a […]
RAIN is the big driving factor in a sharp lift in values in Eastern Australian beef processor direct consignment offers this week, as the industry returns to work after the holiday break. Many over the hooks offers have lifted 25-60c/kg since closing offers seen in 2023, as the impact of a surprisingly wet December-January take […]