Gina Hancock’s wagyu cattle plans for the South Burnett are pressing ahead, with the first full-blood bulls already grazing on a property outside Kumbia, guests at the Mayor’s Charity Breakfast were told on Tuesday morning.
History will be made this month when a Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 747-8 freighter lands at Wellcamp Airport and then flies back to Hong Kong.
BMRG are running a workshop to show farmers how to get the best out of red cropping soils
Cattle producers have been asked to comment on the Bovine Johne’s Disease Framework Document, the final step in the national BJD Review process.
Kingaroy hosted a flying visit on Sunday by some of the world’s leading peanut breeding researchers, in Australia for a major conference in Brisbane.
Researchers are urging farmers to help monitor rabbit numbers during the impending release of a new virus
Despite drought, climate change, international conflicts, interest rate uncertainty and the Chinese downturn, apparently Australia actually has a pretty rosy future.
People living downstream of dams will receive clearer and more timely information about dam releases following an independent review by the Inspector-General of Emergency Management (IGEM) Iain MacKenzie.
Organisers of the 2016 South Burnett Community Leadership Program are hoping a few more men will put up their hands to take part in the innovative two-part program next year.
Say hello to this little guy, who not only cleans up after cattle, he also improves soil health
A Federal Government-run scholarship program that supports students studying agriculture-related degrees at university is now taking applications for 2016.
Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation president Brian Tessmann has welcomed news that a bipartisan agreement has been reached on the China Free Trade Agreement.
The use of insecticides containing fenthion in Queensland is now illegal following the end of the official “phase out” period.
The Kingaroy Stock & Rural Crime Investigation Squad is investigating incidents in the Gayndah area where fences appear to have been deliberately damaged, allowing stock to escape.
Member for Flynn Ken O’Dowd has refused to take part in what he calls “a fake debate” over the China Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington – the Shadow Minister for Agriculture – has welcomed news this week that consultations about the new tick line regulations are finally underway.
The controversial “control” zone between tick-free and ticky areas will be scrapped, the State Govt. says
The Upper Brisbane River catchment has received a “D” on a Healthy Waterways report card released by the State Government this week.
A South Burnett Online reader asked us earlier this week about the National Broadband Network and how it will affect him, so we have put together some information which may be of help.
Telecommunication infrastructure is keeping regional Queensland in the dark ages, costing farmers millions of dollars in lost productivity, according to a recent survey.
