Agriculture Minister John McVeigh is urging producers affected by drought to begin sourcing molasses and putting other measures in place now to deal with an expected El Nino weather pattern in the coming months.
South Burnett farmers have been invited to attend a free Soil Nutrition Forum which will be held in Kingaroy on July 16.
Back in 1989, Graham and Melody Black bought a little farm machinery business in Kingaroy … it was “very, very small”.
People who use the Proston Rural Water Supply Scheme may soon carry the full operating costs of the scheme if a proposal to separate it from the rest of the region’s water supply scheme “pool” is accepted.
Judges had a tough job on Saturday selecting the entrants who’ll be representing the South Burnett at the Brisbane Exhibition in August.
The latest round of drought information meetings held in the South Burnett to assist local farmers wound up this week.
St Mary’s Catholic School at Laidley has sent another truckload of hay bales to Cloyna to help local farmers through its “Rural Connect” project.
Growing the Burnett, Kingaroy Landcare, South Burnett Grazing network and the Burnett Mary Regional Group are joining forces to present a free film night for farmers this Sunday.
A semi-trailer load of popcorn destined for Kingaroy has ended up spilled along the side off a suburban street after an incident at Dalby on Friday.
AgForce delegates and members from throughout south-east Queensland converged on Kingaroy this week for a regional general meeting.
A three-year $1.2 million program announced today aims to encourage growers to get Australian Certified Organic certification.
The State Government says it has “restored balance” over competing land uses with the new Regional Planning Interests Act 2014.
The State Government will put $800,000 towards a research project aimed at producing smaller, more productive avocado trees Agriculture Minister John McVeigh said today.
Just outside Kingaroy a boutique horse stud is breeding a very special type of quarter horse … so special that there’s no one else in Australia, or the southern hemisphere for that matter, doing anything similar.
The National PigGas Extension Program will be holding a workshop in Kingaroy on July 1 to explain the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative and opportunities for pig producers.
A new series of drought information sessions have been scheduled to be held throughout the South Burnett later this month.
Tuesday was graduation day at Growing The Burnett’s Red Earth Meadows farm at Memerambi.
Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott has told Federal Parliament he’s not sure if the Federal and State drought packages are enough to help support Queensland primary producers hit by drought.
The Grains Research and Development Corporation is seeking applications from people interested in becoming a non-executive director.
Biosecurity Queensland is managing a new Hendra virus case in the Beenleigh area after a positive test result was received late last night.
