The Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO) is looking for donations from the public to help keep its rural suicide prevention and financial counselling programs running.
“It’s just a good, old-fashioned country show … people will come if you produce what they want, they are hungry for entertainment at the right price!”
Two Queensland MPs – members of the State Parliament’s Agriculture, Resources and Environment Committee – visited the South Burnett last week to gather views at firsthand about the government’s drought relief package.
The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) has welcomed news that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is starting legal proceedings against Coles supermarkets for alleged unconscionable conduct.
AgForce Queensland announced today it will host five separate industry events around Queensland in 2014 in place of its traditional State Conference.
The decision by Kingaroy Show organisers the re-launch their annual pork competition as the Queensland Pork and Bacon Carcase Classic – and to lift prize money – has paid dividends with a record 53 nominations being received.
A group of local beef producers has decided to get a helping hand from a number of experts to make some of the inevitably difficult decision making a little easier.
The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation (QDO) has applauded the news this week from farmer owned co-op Norco that the process for taking fresh milk from Australia and landing it into China has become simpler.
The agricultural sector now has easier and more interactive access to the Queensland Agricultural Land Audit results, with the launch of a new user-friendly web-based mapping platform named WALI.
Biosecurity Queensland and Toowoomba Regional Council have begun a hunt for exotic pest turtles following the recent discovery of Australia’s first Chinese stripe-necked turtle.
South Burnett dairy farmers angry about the state of their industry – and the impact of Coles and Woolworths on their livelihoods – found a sympathetic ear on Saturday from Queensland Senator Barry O’Sullivan.
The inaugural Queensland Agriculture Conference will be held in Brisbane on June 26.
There’s going to be a special emphasis on one of the South Burnett’s leading primary industries at this year’s Kingaroy Show … pork.
South Burnett farmers will have the opportunity next week to speak firsthand with a parliamentary delegation coming to the region to assess how helpful the State Government’s drought package has been.
The Australian peanut industry, already reeling from floods and drought, could face a bigger problem soon … a Free Trade Agreement with China.
The Maidenwell Bull Ride – the highlight of the big “Wombat Weekend” – attracted more than 400 people to the Maidenwell Hotel on Sunday night.
Farmers turned out in force on Saturday for a free barbecue turned on for them by Copper Country Motel owners Kerri and Nigel Southee
Federal Member for Wide Bay and Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss today encouraged eligible local farm businesses planning to apply for a Farm Finance Concessional Loan this financial year, to act urgently before applications close on April 30.
Kingaroy Town Hall was the place to be on Saturday night for an old-style Cabaret Ball, the perfect setting for the crowning of the 2014 Kingaroy Miss Showgirl.
The drought meant there was no prime beef competition – and no dairy cattle – but that didn’t stop everyone else having a great time at the 105th annual Nanango Show at the weekend.
