The gross value of Australian farm production is forecast to increase by 8.3 per cent to a record $63.8 billion in 2016-17, easing slightly to $61.3 billion the following year.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington is pushing to have the South Burnett drought-declared following a failed wet season.
Biosecurity Queensland has quarantined a property at St George following the death of about 80 cattle from anthrax.
South Burnett property owners can register their unwanted agricultural and veterinary chemicals for Agsafe’s ChemClear collection, which is hitting the road in June.
Farmers who are being affected by the extended dry season have been encouraged to apply for drought assistance.
Toowoomba Mayor Paul Antonio has called on the Federal Government for a solid forward-funding commitment to build the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail line in the upcoming 2017-18 Budget.
The Fair Work Ombudsman is urging horticulture businesses to be vigilant when engaging workers from labour-hire companies.
Former Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader Jeff Seeney announced in Parliament on Thursday he will not be re-contesting the seat of Callide at the next State Election.
A National Party campaign to get more Federal Government facilities on the ground in rural and regional areas was launched on Wednesday … but residents only have nine days to make a submission.
Queensland dairy farmers are urging consumers to lobby their State MPs to support a “Fair Milk Price” logo law in Parliament.
The organisers of the 68th Cooyar Show may have taken a gamble by dropping the ring events this year, but spectators were rewarded with a almost non-stop action in the main arena.
Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien has reminded employers who wish to claim the 15 per cent tax “backpacker” rate for their working holiday staff that they must first register with the Australian Taxation Office to be eligible.
Farmers … would your property pass a Fair Work inspection or audit? Are you confident you’re meeting all your legal obligations under the Fair Work Act and awards?
Electricity prices look set to rise again, with small business bills expected to increase by 1.5 per cent, household bills by 1.7 per cent, and farmers and irrigators by up to 1.9 per cent
Durong grazier – and former Q&A panellist – Georgie Somerset has been appointed to the Board of the ABC.
The unwillingness of banks to offer their agribusiness customers the same offset facilities they offer home loan customers has angered Member for Maranoa David Littleproud.
The first shipment of live beef cattle from Australia arrived in China on Tuesday.
A two-week heatwave that struck the South Burnett earlier this month has claimed a casualty: a big slice of the region’s 2017 grape harvest.
Summer-planted crops may be feeling the heat in the South Burnett but the news about winter crops should have some farmers smiling.
Improvements to the delivery of the Farm Household Allowance payment will benefit South Burnett farmers in need, Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien says.
