The peak national body representing Australian agriculture says tonight’s Federal Budget has brought little change for Australian farmers – and the little change there has been is simply a re-diversion of funds from one government-funded project to another.
The State Government will act to help drought-stricken graziers by temporarily opening up selected properties and National Park land with previous grazing history for emergency agistment.
BlazeAid volunteers have completed work on half the 100 farms that registered for assistance after the January floods.
Seasonal and market factors deflating beef cattle prices over the last week has highlighted the need for flexible policy arrangements that will support Queensland farmers, Agforce said today.
The RACQ has accused fuel retailers in regional Queensland of ripping off consumers and reaping bigger margins as fuel prices dropped in Brisbane last month.
The Firearms Amnesty has ended but Queenslanders can still surrender small arms ammunition anonymously.
Growing The Burnett Inc has started a 10-week training course for budding horticulturalists
The Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) will gain funding to assist landholders in areas hard-hit by flooding caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald.
Agriculture Minister John McVeigh has called on feedlotters, backgrounders and grass fatteners to rally behind graziers whose properties have been affected by Bovine Johne’s Disease (BJD).
Category C and D disaster assistance has been extended to all producers in the Toowoomba Regional Council area.
“It was the best show we have ever had! Everything was just excellent … and the gate was way up on previous years!”
You’ve probably never heard of a Belgian Bantam … but there were 266 of them in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Forget a pen and paper … a smartphone and a new app are all graziers are going to need to determine stocking rates and carrying capacity in any paddock.
The Burnett Mary Regional Group , in conjunction with the Federal Government’s Caring For Our Country program, has organised free half-day, one-on-one consultation sessions for growers impacted by this year’s floods.
‘Resoundingly successful” … this is how Nanango Show Society president Les Schloss has described the 104th annual Nanango Show.
Nineteen-year-old Stephanie Walker was named Miss Kingaroy Showgirl at the annual Kingaroy Show Ball
The Stuart River Bridge near Proston fully re-opened to traffic last Friday … and no one is more happy than the nearby Smithfield Feedlot.
The Mayor’s Red Earth South Burnett Flood Appeal has approved its first round of applications to assist primary producers.
Plant pathologist Mal Ryley – familiar to many South Burnett sorghum and peanut growers – has won the prestigious Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) award for excellence in grain communications in the northern region.
A flood recovery barbecue at Booubyjan Hall – originally set down for March 1 but delayed by, you guessed it, the weather – has been rescheduled for this Friday (April 19).
