EASTER is typically a key decision-making point for North Queensland producers in terms of cattle stocking/trading and buying or selling property. Roger Hill Independent property valuer and market observer Roger Hill recently became a partner at Preston Rowe Paterson, setting up the valuation company’s first regional office in North Queensland together with Brennan Leggett. In […]
Plenty of practical knowledge was shared with growers at Pasturama Click to check the original article.
Save Eungella secretary Mandy Tennent raised a number of concerns including the deforestation of around 1000ha of prime agricultural land, generational farms, rain forest and wildlife corridors, the impact on headwaters for both the Burdekin and Pioneer river catchments, the permanent change to the area’s hydrology, the impact on the area’s 27 threatened endemic species, […]
Mike Pearson tells us how drones continue to find uses on farms. Yamaha was the first to develop a commercialized drone for spraying and scouting but as technology has improved and costs have declined, many other companies are producing drones and the continue to find uses on farms. Earlier this year, Purdue University found 30 […]
In the coming months, we will be looking more closely at crop conditions and production around the world, as these will have a big impact on the pricing environment. Click to check the original article.
Bingham’s Melcombe in Dorset is a ‘real gem’, say agents, and is so quiet you won’t hear ‘a car door slamming’. Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd (1874) was his first of many novels to be set in the fictional county of Wessex. A broader interpretation has taken the area to include all of […]
Fall armyworm has impacted early oats plantings with experts now concerned for more cereal crops. Click to check the original article.
The couple began selling direct to customers about 12 months ago. Click to check the original article.
SALEYARDS infrastructure owner/operator Regional Livestock Exchanges (RLX) has completed deals to purchase the Mortlake and Yass saleyards facilities in Victoria and southern NSW. The new sites (Western Victoria Livestock Exchange – in Victoria’s Western Districts near Mortlake, and South-Eastern Livestock Exchange, between the NSW Southern Tablelands and Southwest slopes near Yass), came under RLX’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
The biggest rise was export cows with most good quality cows making 245-260c/kg. Click to check the original article.