QRIC’s chief steward for thoroughbreds, Josh Adams travelled out from Brisbane to Ilfracombe in the central west on Thursday, to meet with club representatives, trainers, jockeys and track curators, and said it had been a great opportunity to look them in the eye and say how important racing was, not just to country areas, but […]
Thinking of upgrading your seeding equipment? Get in early with your order. Click to check the original article.
Rams with finer wool qualities were well sought after. Click to check the original article.
Trespassing into an overgrown garden set botanical illustrator Miles Hadfield on a quest for horticultural conservation. Today, many of our most magnificent grounds owe their survival to his efforts, finds Katherine Cole. It was an otherwise ordinary day in 1962 when, following a tip-off from a local newspaper article, botanical illustrator and writer Miles Hadfield […]
Photo: RodeoHouston Facebook WITH Beef Central’s study tour of the world’s largest cattle producing country scheduled in just over three months, it is worth taking a look at why one meat Australian industry leader is an organiser of the event. Tickets are still open for the tour, which is starting in Chicago and finishing in […]
For all the great activities we equate with the warmer months, the threat of bushfires lives deeply in the psyche of Australians, particularly in rural and regional communities. Yet again, we have witnessed its savage nature, as multiple fires have wreaked havoc across regional Queensland. It is yet another stark example of the challenging circumstances […]
A SURGE in spot cottonseed prices has seen feedlots step away from the white fuzzy stuff in favour of cheaper alternative for the summer months. Cottonseed for prompt delivery to feedlots in southern Queensland is now quoted at $720 per tonne, up from around $600/t in August, with unprecedented demand from China for cottonseed, coupled […]
The prominent 65-year-old grazier died when the four-seat Robinson R44 Raven II helicopter, he was operating struck a single aerial wire while reportedly looking for straggling cattle on his property at Bingegang, about 60 km south-east of Middlemount, on April 4, earlier this year. Click to check the original article.
It’s hoped an official field will encourage doctors to become country GPs. Click to check the original article.
Police are investigating the theft of diesel from a rural property in the Riverina region. Click to check the original article.
In their final livestock markets wrap for the year, regular markets commentators, RMA’s Chris Howie and Ep3’s Matt Dalgleish face the big questions: Are we at or near the bottom of the cattle and sheep price cycle? What impact will the forecast drier summer have on supply and demand? What are the main drivers heading int0 […]
The risk of another mass fish kill in the Darling River over summer is very high. Click to check the original article.