Chatfield's new era breaking stud sale records
Robert Flute and Sharon West have begun a new legacy of Brahman breeding on their Charters Towers property Click to check the original article.
Charters Towers’ 150 years will be celebrated in a new book detailing the area’s rich history | Queensland Country Life
“We’ve got a conga line of major projects in Charters Towers moving into the next 14 years. We’ve got the Singapore military project with another township of three to five thousand people built in Greenvale, the Burdekin Weir, the Copperstring Project which runs right through Charters Towers, and the Big Rocks Weir,” Cr Beveridge said. […]
Land Insight with Robbie Sefton: Time for tough questions on phone, internet provisions | The Land
It has come at a time, too, when the federal government has commenced consultation with the telecommunications industry and the community over the future of the Universal Service Obligation (USO), a longstanding requirement that ensures all Australians can access fixed phone services and payphones, regardless of where they live. Click to check the original article.
A 28-bedroom 'mini-Versailles' has come up for sale in the heart of Kent's commuter belt
There’s more than a touch of French fancy on display at Oxon Hoath, a sprawling home with glorious gardens and grounds near near Sevenoaks. Bringing Gallic charm to rural Kent, Oxon Hoath is a château-style manor house at the heart of 74-acre grounds near Sevenoaks © Savills A chateau you can commute from? No, you […]
This Week in Agribusiness, November 18, 2023
Max Armstrong talks about turkey prices and shares the top turkey producing states in the U.S. This week on “In the cab with Pioneer”, Luke Lilja, Ridott, Illinois, where he grows corn, soybean, and wheat. In 2022 he received 1st place in the National Corn Growers Corn Yield Contest, and he talks about what […]
Curious Questions: How do you make the perfect slice of toast?
Jonathan Self is toast-mad. He comes from a long line of people who are also toast-mad. So who better to ask about how to make the perfect slice of toast? Challah bread, toasted, lightly buttered with a smoked salmon, caper and ground-pepper topping and a squirt of lemon juice (my maternal grandmother). Thin wholemeal bread […]
Brangus Australia’s 60th anniversary dinner in Rockhampton | Queensland Country Life
During his speech, past president Bruce Burnham of Bimbadeen Brangus, Eidsvold, recalled how his love affair with Brangus cattle started in 1954 and how his mother was not too keen on them because “anything with Brahman in it was considered inferior”. Click to check the original article.
Roma Cup patrons take to the turf in their thousands | Queensland Country Life
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. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
Yearling beef steers make $1008 at Boyanup | Farm Weekly
Nutrien Livestock, Bridgetown agent Ben Cooper (left), with clients Natalie Clynch and Les Brookes, Yornup, before the Nutrien Livestock store cattle sale at Boyanup. The Brookes calves topped both the weaner steer and heifer markets with their steers selling for $1082. Click to check the original article.
The Garden at Standen Barn, Kent: A garden that ties together house and landscape
Formal elements have provided firm foundations in the garden at Standen Barn, near Biddenden, Kent — the home of Prof Roland Rosner and Prof Denise Lievesley. But it is also a garden that is planted for wildlife and surrounded by newly established woodland, reports Tiffany Daneff. Photographs by Jason Ingram. A garden often has to […]
Sesame spicing up Queensland crop options
Sesame trials in Northern Australia are showing promising results, with potential to be used within cotton or cane rotations. Click to check the original article.
Italy bans lab-grown meat
Italy has become the first European country to ban the production and imports of lab-grown meat. Click to check the original article.