Farm Production Stable At $60bn
The value of Australia’s farm production is forecast to remain relatively unchanged in 2018-19 at $60 billion despite the drought in Queensland and NSW.
The value of Australia’s farm production is forecast to remain relatively unchanged in 2018-19 at $60 billion despite the drought in Queensland and NSW.
Farmers can now access up to $2 million in low-interest loans, double the previous limit of $1 million.
The State Government is offering a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the current strawberry contamination incident.
Landholders and mining companies have a new avenue to resolve disputes with the appointment of Queensland’s first Land Access Ombudsman.
AgForce says Queensland school students will be the big losers from a State Government decision to cut funding for its hands-on agricultural education program.
Queensland Police have begun an investigation into the contamination of strawberries in Queensland.
Cattle prices at the fortnightly Murgon cattle sales have stayed fairly firm over the past month despite dry conditions, but eased slightly for some descriptions at the most recent sale.
Federal Senator Bridget McKenzie made a flying visit to the Burnett on Friday to meet irrigators who rely on the quickly depleting Boondooma Dam.
South Burnett Regional Council has reminded drought-affected graziers to apply for a permit before grazing their stock along roadsides.
South Burnett persimmon growers may welcome a new trade agreement finalised this week with Thailand.
Parents and children from Kingaroy Kindy have thrown their weight behind the “South Burnett Food For Farmers” appeal being held in conjunction with Nanango Lions Club.
South Burnett businessman Sonie Crumpton has been named as a national finalist in Syngenta Australia’s prestigious annual Growth Awards.
Milk processor Parmalat has supported a proposal by the Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation that a 10 cents per litre “drought levy” be added to supermarket milk prices to help support farmers.
A record number of stud beef entries, the return of the bull ride, gleaming trucks … the 101st Wondai Show had it all at the weekend.
Emerging female leaders who want to “create impact, innovate and make a difference” to rural and regional Australia have been encouraged to apply to the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.
The Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation is calling for a 10 cents per litre “drought levy” to be added to the price of milk at supermarkets.
The LNP has accused the State Government of “sitting on its hands” despite more than 180 properties in the tick-free zone now tick-infested.
Federal Agriculture Minister and Member for Maranoa David Littleproud says Labor’s true colours have been exposed by its State Conference voting at the weekend to ban all live exports.
Visitors to Wooroolin now have the opportunity to see a piece of the South Burnett’s peanut farming industry up close following the installation of an historic Stolzenberg thresher next to the South Burnett Rail Trail.
The Bureau of Meteorology released its 2018 Spring Outlook on Thursday which shows warmer and drier-than-average conditions are expected across many parts of Australia in the next three months.