Farmers Share Their Drought Wisdom
Round 3 of the Federal Government’s Drought Resilience Leaders mentoring program has opened nationally for applications.
Round 3 of the Federal Government’s Drought Resilience Leaders mentoring program has opened nationally for applications.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a minor flood warning for the Stuart and Boyne rivers on Friday afternoon.
Bega Cheese – the parent company of Kingaroy-based PCA – has reported a major boost in profit and revenue in its half-year results, despite COVID-19 disruptions.
A program which aims to develop leadership skills has fostered an unusual friendship between a Coolabunia dairy farmer and a Torres Strait Islander changemaker.
Murgon’s fortnightly combined agents Fat and Store Sale on Tuesday, February 22, saw 1100 head yarded for buyers.
A planned 40 per cent fee rise at the Coolabunia Saleyards has been deferred until next financial year.
A truck driver suffered head injuries – and more than 100 pigs died – when a B-Double rolled on the Bunya Highway on Monday afternoon.
The combined Darling Downs / South Burnett area is one of 23 regions across Australia included in a new drought resilience program backed by the CSIRO, the Federal Government and State Governments.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a Flood Watch alert on Tuesday afternoon for minor to major flooding in a number of rivers.
South Burnett Regional Council is urging landowners to take advantage of the range of equipment available to assist in their weed control efforts.
A funeral service was held in Kingaroy on Thursday for long-serving Kingaroy Shire Councillor Les Lind, 89, who died last week after a long illness.
Landholders in the Goomeri region – inundated during the January floods – are pressing for flood warning gauges to be installed to give them an alert before the next disaster strikes.
LNP Senator Susan McDonald has accused unions of “treason” for “actively sabotaging attempts to source desperately needed workers to pick crops”.
Former GrainCorp senior executive Nigel Hart has been appointed managing director of the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
Farmers can now get paid if they share their soil data with the Federal Government.
The Federal Government has agreed to to pay the remaining $600 million to fix Paradise Dam.
Agents yarded 1050 for the fortnightly Murgon Fat & Store sale on Tuesday, Fedbruary 8.
For the next four months a small group of volunteers will be toiling away for free to help farmers repair their fences and yards, damaged by the recent floods.
Dairy farmers have until February 20 to apply for grants under the latest round of Woolworths’ Dairy Innovation fund.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has described Tuesday’s announcement that Paradise Dam’s wall will be restored to its original height as “a political stunt”.