New Drought Assistance Loans Available

New Drought Assistance Loans Available

Drought-affected farmers across Queensland can now apply for assistance through a Drought Concessional Loan or a Drought Recovery Concessional Loan, following the announcement of the opening for the 2015-16 application round.

Gina’s Lighting Up Christmas

Gina’s Lighting Up Christmas

This year’s South Burnett Christmas Lights competition boasts one of the most generous prize pools in Queensland, thanks to the generosity of Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.

Farm Sold For $1.3m

Farm Sold For $1.3m

A 430ha farm fronting Barambah Creek at Silverleaf was sold at auction in Brisbane last Friday for $1.3 million.

Piggery Set To Double In Size

Piggery Set To Double In Size

A piggery on the Wondai Proston Road at Hivesville has been given approval to almost double its size from 2533 to 5000 standard pig units.

Corey’s A Cattle Ambassador

Corey’s A Cattle Ambassador

Kingaroy’s Corey Evans, from Jen-Daview Limousins, was named the 2015 Limousin Youth Ambassador at the annual Limousin Youth Camp held in Pittsworth at the weekend.

Uni Tests New Cooling Tower Technology

Uni Tests New Cooling Tower Technology

The State Government says new technology developed in Queensland promises to revolutionise the electricity industry, leading to a cheaper, more reliable source of energy in drought-affected areas.

Ambassadors To Help Police

Ambassadors To Help Police

Finalists in the 2015 Rural Ambassador competition are being sponsored to help spread the word about Queensland Police’s “Stock and Rural Crime” smart phone app.

KCCG Sees No Future For Mine

KCCG Sees No Future For Mine

Landholders living and farming near a proposed coal mine near Kingaroy say they are still concerned despite their recent meeting with Moreton Resources CEO Jason Elks.

ACCC Cracks Down On ‘Porkies’

ACCC Cracks Down On ‘Porkies’

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has investigated alleged misleading conduct in the pork industry arising from claims such as “free range”, “bred free range” and “bred outdoors”.

Kay Wins State Landcare Award

Kay Wins State Landcare Award

Kay Enkelmann, an employee at the Burnett Mary Regional Group’s Wondai office, has won the Australian Government Landcare Facilitator Award (Queensland) in this year’s Landcare Awards.