A free workshop being held in Kingaroy on March 15 will help the South Burnett’s agricultural businesses achieve Fair Work compliance and manage employment risks better.
The Queensland Renewable Fuels Association has downplayed a recent article in Beef Central which suggested Queensland’s ethanol mandate could leave beef feeders exposed during times of grain shortages.
A breakthrough by CSIRO-led scientists has made the world’s strongest material more commercially viable, thanks to the humble soybean.
A new “agricultural network” in the South Burnett could come up with new ideas for improving the lives of local primary producers
Queensland dairy farmers are being urged to attend the upcoming Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Dairy Inquiry public forum being held in Toowoomba on Monday, February 6.
Queensland’s primary industries are still trending upwards despite large areas of the State still being drought-declared, the State Government said on Wednesday.
Monday’s alert by Workplace Health and Safety about a change in quad bike regulations from February 1 has caused some concern in the South Burnett community.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is inviting dairy farmers to participate in a series of public forums as part of its Dairy Inquiry.
Kraft’s peanut butter spreads – the destination for many of the peanuts processed in Kingaroy – have changed hands.
The Queensland Renewable Fuels Association has announced it will partner with Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise to help drive the growth of biofuels industries in the region.
South Burnett campdrafters and equestrians have found a better way to train their horses, thanks to an enterprising Kingaroy couple who’ve built up a herd of 40 North American bison on their property over the past three years.
The Peanut Company of Australia (PCA) is recalling a batch of its flavoured “Picky Picky Peanuts” brand flavoured peanuts because of an undeclared allergen.
An all-day training workshop will be held in Kingaroy next month for rural landholders wanting to learn about new ways to manage pest animals.
Applications have opened for a scholarship to assist first-year university students studying agriculture-related degrees.
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that employment in the Wide Bay-Burnett’s agriculture sector expanded by 15 per cent during the past year.
Farmers could be saving as much as $150 million a year in interest if banks weren’t so greedy, Member for Maranoa David Littleproud says.
Police are seeking help from the public to recover a thoroughbred gelding reported stolen a fortnight ago
Prawns will be on the menus of many families over the next few weeks, but people have been urged to only buy Queensland prawns.
Future log availability from Australia’s commercial plantations is forecast to decrease, according to a report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
Dairy industry observers were surprised on Thursday when Australian Dairy Farmers president David Basham announced he was stepping down from the role for three months “to pursue other interests”.
