Member for Maranoa, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud, has raised Australian farmers’ concerns about sudden hikes in import tariffs for pulses – including mung beans and chickpeas – during his trade visit to India.
The Baiada chicken abattoir near Ipswich shut down on Friday, five months after management announced it had cancelled all contracts with chicken farmers in south-east Queensland.
South Burnett farmer Brian Tessmann has been re-elected president of the Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO), a role he has held since 2009.
The six-month outlook for several of the South Burnett’s key agricultural crops looks positive, according to DAF’s latest AgTrends report.
ABC Radio is launching a new weekday current affairs program aimed at rural and regional listeners.
Police Minister Mark Ryan has accused the LNP of being “in disarray” over Queensland gun laws.
Member for Maranoa, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud, left Australia on Sunday to lead a trade delegation to India.
Coolabunia saleyards will be operated by AAM Investment Group after the South Burnett Regional Council accepted the company’s tender at its meeting last Wednesday.
Kingaroy-based Bean Growers Australia has successfully applied to have a liquidator appointed to pulse marketer Blue Ribbon Group which has reported debts of more than $11 million.
BlazeAid volunteers began work in the South Burnett at the weekend to assist rural families hit by the Boxing Day storms.
The postponed road inspection tour by the Mundubbera to Jandowae Roads Working Group (RWG) went ahead successfully on Tuesday.
Bega Cheese has informed the ASX that it now owns more than 93 per cent of the shares in the Peanut Company of Australia and will proceed to full ownership through compulsory acquisition.
Did you know that your house – and, in fact, everyone else’s house in the South Burnett – moved about seven centimetres this year?
LNP Member for Maranoa David Littleproud has been appointed the new Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources.
Bega Cheese has advised the ASX that its unconditional takeover offer for all of the shares in the Peanut Company of Australia Limited is “progressing well”.
AgForce has invited State Government Ministers to visit farms in regional Queensland to gain a better understanding of the importance of agriculture and how their decisions influence the lives and livelihoods of primary producers.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced her new Ministry on Monday, with several major changes including a new face at the helm of a renamed Agriculture portfolio.
The Bureau of Meteorology has upgraded its ENSO Outlook to forecast a La Niña event this summer, but predicts it will be weak and short-lived.
Just under 1000 cattle were yarded for Murgon’s second last sale for 2017 last week, an increase of more than 10 per cent on the previous fortnightly sale.
Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie has been elected Deputy Leader of The Nationals, replacing NSW’s Fiona Nash who lost her Senate position after being caught up in the dual citizenship saga.
