The South Burnett Regional Council, in conjunction with Biosecurity Queensland, is conducting another round of wild dog and pig baiting in the region next month, Natural Resources Portfolio chair Cr Kathy Duff told today’s Council meeting.
The Kingaroy Landcare Group will be holding a field walk later this month for farmers interested in improving pastures that have been sown on former cropping land.
Grain growers across the country are out in their paddocks counting mice, part of Australia’s first-ever mouse census.
Nanango Show Society president Les Schloss couldn’t be happier with this year’s show … the gate was well up, the weather was just brilliant, in fact “you couldn’t wish for a better day”.
Australian livestock producers can now sell their genetics or high-end single animals through a new online platform from Elders.
The award-winning – and controversial – anti-CSG movie “Frackman” will be screening at The Satellite Cinema in Kingaroy on May 11, if enough tickets are sold online beforehand.
This weekend’s Kilkivan Great Horse Ride is being dedicated to Fabian Webb who died in November last year.
Kumbia farmer Peter Howlett and BGA AgriServices agronomist Ian Crosthwaite feature in a new video which expounds the benefits of strip tillage.
Opposition spokesperson for agriculture Deb Frecklington is calling urgently on the State Government to continue funding for the “Mates Who Open Gates” counselling support service for farmers.
Queensland Farmers Federation CEO Dan Galligan has resigned after being at the helm of the organisation for more than six years.
The Burnett Mary Regional Group is looking for primary producers interested in becoming a part of several projects taking place over the next 15 months.
The University of Southern Queensland’s has joined a precision agriculture project which will offer PhD scholarships which will complement its “Future Farm” research.
A large crowd turned out at the Nanango Showgrounds on Saturday night to find out who would be sashed as this year’s Miss Nanango Showgirl
The world’s most popular herbicide, glyphosate, has been labelled as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by international researchers after a review of existing studies.
After a famine of campdrafts in recent years, South Burnett fans will soon be treated to a feast
The BGA Agriservices Goomeri lucerne hay competition was once again run as part of the 2015 Goomeri Show at the weekend.
Agriculture students have the opportunity to visit the northern Philippines in July to learn from local farmers as part of a study tour aimed at supporting up-and-coming growers and agronomists.
Goomeri’s 75th Show – and the Show Society’s 90th birthday – was celebrated in style on Saturday.
A national stored grain information hotline has been established by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) to support growers with pest control practices.
Prep students from four local schools gathered at the Kingaroy State High School’s farm area on Wednesday to learn more about rural life.
