State Waives $33.8m In Land Rent
More than 6000 farmers, businesses, tourism operators, and community and sports clubs, won’t have to pay State land rent for six months under a series of measures to protect Queensland businesses and jobs.
Experts Target Swine Fever In PNG
Australia has mobilised a team to help Papua New Guinea deal with an outbreak of African Swine Fever.
Drought Forums Go Online
Information about feeding and caring for livestock during drought is now being delivered online by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Calendar Competition On Again!
Queensland primary school-age students have been invited to submit drawings to illustrate a farm safety message for the 2021 Farm Safety calendar.
Dalby Bio-Refinery Reopens
United Petroleum’s Dalby Bio-Refinery has reopened to manufacture industrial grade ethanol to be used in hand sanitiser, hand wash and surface disinfectant products during the fight against COVID-19.
AgForce May Expand To Cane
AgForce Queensland may add a fourth commodity group – sugar cane – to its membership.
Cattle Demand Remains Strong
Murgon’s fortnightly cattle sale on Tuesday saw 650 head yarded, slightly down on the numbers at the last sale.
GRDC Releases Crop Trials Results
Grain growers now have access to the harvest results of the latest variety trials to help them make crop decisions.
BIEDO Reaches Out On Zoom
The regular quarterly Ag Network meetings for rural producers – organised by BIEDO – are going online due to the COVID-19 pandemic
‘Virtual’ Workshops To Discuss Prices
The Queensland Competition Authority will be holding “virtual consultations” with stakeholders in regards to its latest report on electricity prices in regional Queensland.
No Risk To Food Supply: ABARES
The latest ABARES report has confirmed Australia has one of the most secure food supplies in the world and is not at risk because of COVID-19.
Bega’s Label Win Upheld By Court
The Full Court of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by Kraft and Heinz in a long-running legal dispute with Bega Cheese over peanut butter packaging
Farmers Claim Firearms Win
Farmers excluded from gunshops under COVID-19 restrictions are claiming a victory after more changes have been made to a Queensland Health directive.
Song Project Aims To Lift Spirits
A virtual musical collaboration has been launched in a bid to better connect rural people during COVID-19.
Pest Moth In Bundaberg
The pest Fall Armyworm moth, first detected in the Torres Strait in January, has now made its way to the Bundaberg region.
Numbers Rise At Murgon Sale
Murgon agents yarded 700 head at Tuesday’s fortnightly cattle sale, an increase of 40 per cent on yarding figures a month ago.
Swine Fever Found In PNG
Biosecurity Queensland is accelerating critical preparedness activities following the detection of African swine fever in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea.
Visa Change To Help Farmers
Farm businesses and rural communities should benefit from the Federal Government’s move to extend working holiday visas amid the COVID-19 crisis, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said this week.
Weed Project Winds Up
A two-year program to treat weed infestations in the Barambah and Boonara creek catchments has wound up, with 70km of riverbanks treated.
Ekka Cancelled
For only the third time in its 143-year history, the Ekka has been cancelled … another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.
