{"id":82677,"date":"2014-09-25T01:43:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T15:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=82677"},"modified":"2020-11-23T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T06:46:37","slug":"farmers-explore-pathways-to-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/09\/25\/farmers-explore-pathways-to-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Explore Pathways To Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_82679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82679\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-82679\" title=\"20140924 Kingaroy Field Day \" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ag economist Caroline Harris, from Ironpot, with Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, AgForce regional manager (south-east) Sarah Due and Agriculture Minister John McVeigh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 25, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett primary producers had the opportunity to quiz Agriculture Minister John McVeigh and Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps at an all-day industry field day held in Kingaroy on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop was organised by\u00a0Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington to provide an opportunity for local primary producers to &#8220;explore pathways to more profitable production&#8221; in the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>The packed room of producers was briefed by industry experts and researchers at the J Bjelke-Petersen Research Station on topics as varied as climate outlook, value-adding sorghum, rural succession planning, salinity trends and wild dog baiting.<\/p>\n<p>QRAA representative Les Canning explained loans available under the State Government&#8217;s\u00a0Primary Industry Productivity Enhancement (PIPE) scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministers answered questions from the floor, as well as being available for one-on-one private chats with producers.<\/p>\n<p>A delegation of cattle producers met with Mr McVeigh to press their concerns over issues linked to the maintenance of the tick line through the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p><em>PS. During one of the talks, DAFF entomologist Hugh Brier briefly mentioned research being carried out elsewhere in Australia on a new &#8220;natural&#8221; beetle repellent for pulse crops &#8230; butterfly pee. What he didn&#8217;t explain &#8211; and we&#8217;re still wondering &#8211; is how, exactly, does one capture butterfly pee?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/09\/rail-trail-project-ticks-off-local-farmers\/\">Rail Trail Project Ticks Off Local Farmers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_82680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82680\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-82680\" title=\"20140924 Kingaroy Field Day \" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graeme Wicks, Tingoora; Carolyn Barlow James, Cushnie; Agriculture Minister John McVeigh; Joe Jessen, Tingoora; and Tony Scanlan, Brigooda &#8230; the local primary producers had an opportunity to put their concerns about maintenance of the tick line directly to the Minister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_82678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82678\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-82678\" title=\"20140924 Kingaroy Field Day\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucerne grower Rob Haack, Brooklands, with Kym McIntyre (DAFF Toowoomba) and Michael Benham (DAFF Kingaroy)\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_82681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82681\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-82681\" title=\"20140924 Kingaroy Field Day \" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20140924ministers3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-82681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Andrew Borrell (QAAFI), GRDC Northern Region manager Sharon O&#8217;Keeffe, and South Burnett AgForce president Carolyn Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett primary producers had the opportunity to quiz Agriculture Minister John McVeigh and Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps at an all-day industry field day held in Kingaroy on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":82679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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