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.
The Nanango Showgrounds were a hive of activity on Friday in preparation for Saturday’s 105th annual Nanango Show.
The State Government is seeking feedback on its draft Beef Industry Action Plan which aims to encourage the doubling of Queensland’s beef production by 2040.
A major program is underway in Queensland to bolster the State’s capacity to respond to any future outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott is currently in Asia, leading a delegation to expand trade talks in the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington got up close and personal with some very raw prawns today while announcing a review of the State’s aquaculture industry.
The State Government is searching for a new home for northern hairy-nosed wombats, with locations for a third colony being investigated to help boost populations of the endangered animal — one of the world’s rarest species.
South Burnett landholders are being urged to keep an eye out for parthenium, especially along river banks and on flood plains, after seed was potentially spread during last year’s floods.
A second group of Federal Government-funded trainees are at the midway point of their eight-week training at Growing The Burnett’s Red Earth Meadows farm at Memerambi.
The rain has come too late to save most of the peanut crops planted around the South Burnett, and in some cases has frustrated farmers’ ambitions to bale their crops for hay.
The State Government has launched a schools-based competition, Bug Attack, aimed at getting students hooked on agriculture.
The State Government said today it will slash up to $50 million a year in red tape by introducing a risk-based approach to native plant protection.
Deputy Premier and Member for Callide Jeff Seeney has reminded South Burnett residents that the State Government is seeking submissions from the community on changes to leasehold land regulations.
AgForce Queensland today welcomed Teys Australia’s introduction of a premium for certified pasturefed beef.
The State Government has allocated $750,000 to assist local councils upgrade stock routes.
Twelve students from Years 9 to 12 represented Murgon State High Cattle Team at the Murgon Show this year.
Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd has reminded Federal Parliament of the plight of the cattle industry in Queensland – and called on the government to buy up struggling farms – in the House of Representatives on Monday night.
Four community groups have been successful in the latest round of funding from the Mayor’s Red Earth South Burnett Community Appeal.
