$567,000 Expansion At Murgon Leather
Murgon Leather is set to receive a half a million dollar expansion, thanks to assistance from the Federal Government.
Farmers Take Stock After Storms
Over the past few years, the South Burnett Regional Council has had to organise both Drought Recovery and Flood Recovery barbecues and information sessions to help ease the pain of natural disasters in the area.
State Changes Tree Clearing Laws
New tree-clearing protections will take effect from Friday, March 9 after a number of reforms to existing laws were introduced in State Parliament on Thursday.
Valuations Issued For TRC Area
Land valuation notices have been issued by the Queensland Valuer-General for properties in the Toowoomba Regional Council area.
Farm Incomes ‘Returning To Trend’
The latest ABARES Agricultural Commodities report forecasts a dip in farm production and exports in 2017–18, before steady growth over the next five years.
Women Finalists Announced
Four finalists have been announced for the prestigious 2018 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.
India Doubles Chickpea Tariffs
The future of chickpeas in Queensland is looking bleaker following another hike in tariffs by the Indian government.
Windera Calf Sashed Grand Champ
A 12-month-old bull calf from the RSVP Droughtmasters Windera cattle stud was sashed Grand Champion Exhibit at the 33rd annual Droughtmaster Futurity Show held at Gatton Showgrounds on Saturday.
New Livestock Agency Opens In Murgon
The thought of entering a male dominated industry might deter some young women, but that’s certainly not the case for one of the new principals of TopX Murgon.
Farmers Miss Out On Power Savings
The announcement by the Queensland Competition Authority on Wednesday not to pass on network electricity price savings to farmers and other businesses on transitional and obsolete tariffs has been slammed as “a betrayal of rural and regional communities”.
Bega Profit Up 31pc
Bega Cheese – which bought out the Peanut Company of Australia in January – says it is well positioned to take advantage of growth opportunities in both the dairy and foods businesses.
Long Paddock Gets A Revamp
Farmers will have better access to climate data to help them make decisions about their properties thanks to a revamped website.
Photos Record Swickers’ Rebirth
South Burnett freelance photographer Denise Keelan has put together a special publication to record the devastating Swickers fire in 2016, and the phoenix-like recovery on the site.
Rain Couldn’t Stop Cooyar Show
Storm clouds towered over the arena – and some rain fell during the campdraft – but the 69th Cooyar Show went off almost without a hitch at the weekend.
Electricity Costs ‘Killing Irrigation’
The number of irrigating farm businesses in Queensland has fallen by more than 42 per cent since 2009-10 and high electricity costs are to blame, according to the Queensland Farmers Federation.
‘Roadmap’ To Improve Farm Statistics
The Federal Government is working to modernise the agricultural statistics system to improve the accuracy and quality of data.
Joyce Quits As Deputy PM
Member for New England Barnaby Joyce pulled the plug on his Cabinet career on Friday afternoon during a press conference in Armidale.
AgForce Calls For Action On Stock Routes
AgForce is calling on the State Government to “get on with the job” of reforming the State’s 2.6 million hectare stock route network.
Farmers Urged To Attend Conference
The Queensland Farmers’ Federation is encouraging farmers to book a ticket for next week’s Food Leaders Australia (FLA) Intensive Ag conference in Dalby.
Council Approves Two Piggery Expansions
The South Burnett Regional Council has given development approvals to two piggeries so they can more than triple their production from 11,700 standard pig units (SPU) to 42,250 SPU.
