The national Animal Welfare Task Group (ATWG) is seeking the views of horse owners, livestock transporters and other interested stakeholders on proposed changes to the national standards for equine transport on land.
There’s twice as many exhibits for visitors to browse – and probably drool over – this weekend than at a regular Kingaroy & District Vintage Machinery Club rally!
South Burnett Regional Council has received disaster recovery and resilience funding, and is asking the community to suggest key areas where it could be spent.
South Burnett Regional Council has issued a Weed Biosecurity Alert after an outbreak of Fireweed was detected for the first time in the South Burnett.
Applications are now open for the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, which celebrates the leadership of women involved in rural industries and communities.
The Wide Bay Public Health Unit is urging residents who work with animals to get vaccinated against Q Fever.
The Bureau of Meteorology has formally declared what has been tipped for several weeks … a third La Niña is now under way in the Pacific Ocean.
A proposal to extend National Park access to beekeepers until 2044 has been supported by local MP Deb Frecklington, but she has questioned why a deadline is needed at all.
The BlazeAid volunteers who have been working on South Burnett properties since February this year have now packed up camp and left Murgon.
Primary producers and businesses affected by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth and last year’s November/December floods have been granted extra time to apply for Extraordinary Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has urged the State Government to extend the deadlines for Disaster Assistance Grants.
ABARES’ September quarter Agricultural Commodities Report has predicted agricultural export earnings will climb to a record $70.3 billion for 2022-23, almost 50 per cent more than 10 years ago, even after accounting for inflation.
Two young people from Mongolia are spearheading a potential new source of labour for Australian farmers.
The old saying that ‘mud brings money’ turned out to be true at Saturday’s Bunya Droughtmaster Bull Sale.
The Bureau of Meteorology may be forecasting a wetter-than-usual summer but it’s never too early to start planning for the next drought.
Kingaroy’s recent BaconFest has received a big rap in State Parliament.
Bega Cheese’s annual results, released to the ASX late last week, reveal a drop in statutory profit of almost $54 million during 2021-22 despite a healthy 45 per cent increase in revenue.
Kingaroy’s Plenty Foods will upgrade its oil processing facilities in 2023 after the State Government agreed to underwrite almost a third of the estimated $690,000 cost.
Agents yarded 570 head at Murgon Saleyards on Tuesday for the fortnightly Fat And Store Sale, where all descriptions sold to dearer rates.
The Aussie Angus and Brangus Bull Sale held at Coolabunia’s saleyards on Saturday generated top prices for quality cattle.
