No one hopes that the South Burnett is facing another super wet summer, but just in case, the Burnett Mary Regional Group is holding an irrigation and floodplain planning information day next month at Mondure.
Kingaroy’s first mid-week markets – held in O’Neill Square on Thursday morning – have been hailed a success.
A public information session about the draft Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2013 will be held at Murgon Town Hall nest week.
Waste water from the coal seam gas industry will be used to help “drought-proof” agricultural producers near Chinchilla.
The State Government has strengthened Queensland’s stock laws in a bid to stamp out cattle stealing.
About 500 pigs have died in a fire that broke out at a piggery on the Mundubbera-Durong Road just before noon today.
The State Government says new nature conservation legislation passed tonight will help save business about $50 million a year.
The South Burnett Pest Advisory Committee is calling for nominations from motivated landholders interested in representing their local area.
Biosecurity Queensland has identified another cattle herd in central Queensland infected with Bovine Johne’s Disease (BJD).
The State Government says it has listened to requests from mining companies to deliver faster, more efficient approvals for coal and mineral exploration.
Two new soybean varieties – Richmond and Hayman – are expected to provide growers with improved grain quality, durability and yields.
Farmers who were affected by the floods earlier this year must finalise their applications for natural disaster assistance by the end of next month.
The Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Organisation says Coles supermarket consumers deserve to know about revelations in the media that the supermarket giant deployed a full arsenal of “PR media tactics and spin” to stem the bad publicity resulting from its decision to slash the price of its store-brand milk to $1 per litre.
Queensland women have been encouraged to get their nominations in by October 31 for the 2014 Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) Rural Women’s Award.
The Peanut Company of Australia has recorded a net loss of $8.12 million for the year ended March 31 despite revenue increasing by more than 11 per cent.
Peanut Company of Australia shareholders today voted to approve the “debt-for-equity” swap which will see the National Australia Bank secure up to a 40 per cent stake in the company in return for writing off $31.2 million of debt.
The grass-fed beef business launched earlier this year by Crownthorpe graziers Brett and Simone Greer has proven so popular that the couple have decided to open a butcher shop in Murgon.
“Best practice” tree planting that considers more than just the carbon in trees is needed if the full benefits of trees in the landscape are to be realised by farmers, landholders, and the community, according to the CSIRO.
Queensland cotton grower Joanne Grainger has been re-elected president of the Queensland Farmers’ Federation.
A mix of local growers, industry reps, researchers and councillors gathered at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Research Station in Kingaroy on Wednesday to explore the future of crop production in the South Burnett.
