Wine Expert Picks South Burnett’s Best Drops
Australian wine expert Rob Geddes has nominated five South Burnett wines as being amongst Australia’s best in the 30th edition of his soon-to-be-released Australian Wine Vintages.
Teys Installs Unique Recycling Plant
A plant currently currently being commissioned at Teys Brothers Murgon to remove salt from waste water could have implications for the burgeoning coal seam gas industry.
QRAA To Visit Blackbutt, Goomeri
Flood-affected primary producers, business owners and non-profit organisations in the South Burnett have been urged to book an appointment to meet with the Queensland Rural Adjustment Authority’s regional Client Liaison Officer to discuss the assistance available for their flood recovery efforts.
MP Urges Graziers To Watch For BJD
Queensland producers have been urged to check the disease status of bulls from interstate, with the bull-buying season about to get underway
Scientists Probe Hendra Link
To Horses Resting Under Trees
Queensland scientists are reviewing past cases of Hendra virus cases to better understand why some horses become infected and others don’t.
Cattlemen Bring Home Ekka Success
South Burnett competitors have cleaned up at the Brisbane Exhibition, especially in the hotly contested Prime Beef competition.
$12m Green Grants Program Unveiled
Community groups across the Nanango electorate have been invited to put in a bid to share in $12 million available through the State Government’s new “Everyone’s Environment” grants program.
Burnett Elected AgForce President
Emerald grain and beef producer Ian Burnett has been elected president of rural lobby group AgForce.
MP Announces Job Cuts In Agriculture
About 200 “head office” jobs will be cut from the Department of Agriculture – and more jobs will be lost in regional areas – the State Government confirmed today.
AgForce Unveils $10,000 Bursary
One of Queensland’s most respected agricultural industry advocates has been remembered with the announcement of the Peter Kenny Bursary in Brisbane last night at the Queensland Red Meat Awards.
Making Hay In The Sunshine
Farmers gathered at Ngaire and Ashley Louis’s lucerne property at Moffatdale for a field day
Frontline Staff A Priority,
Says Agriculture Minister
Kingaroy’s Bjelke-Petersen Research Centre won’t be immune from the need to rein back spending
Agriculture Minister To Visit
Local graziers, farmers and industry representatives will be given the opportunity to meet with State Agriculture Minister John McVeigh when he visits the South Burnett on Thursday.
NFF Calls For Roll-Over Bars On Quad Bikes
The National Farmers’ Federation has is called for a greater emphasis on quad bike safety to address the ever-increasing number of fatalities on Australian farms.
Camel Visitors Trek From Afar
Queensland’s first ever Camel Field Day is being hailed a huge success by organisers after about 400 people turned up to enjoy the event held at Bindanoon camel farm at Blackbutt on Saturday.
GRDC Joins Year Of The Farmer Campaign
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Australian Year of Farmer have entered into a partnership to help promote farm awareness in the general community.
Work Starts On 30-Year Plan For Agriculture
The Queensland Government will begin consultations on a 30-year strategic plan for agriculture as part of a “Six Month Action Plan” announced today.
Vaccines Combine To Create New Bird Diseases
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have shown that two different veterinary vaccines – used simultaneously to control the same condition in chickens – have combined to produce new infectious viruses, prompting action from Australia’s veterinary medicines regulator.
Carbon Tax Will ‘Cripple Regional Qld’
Queensland Agriculture Minister John McVeigh slammed Federal Labor’s carbon tax today saying it would cripple regional Queensland by driving up the cost of doing business and potentially kill off local industries and jobs across the State.
PCA Records $6.4m Loss
The Kingaroy-based Peanut Company of Australia has recorded a loss of $6.4 million
