A nation of wasters
Households across Australia are buckling under the pressure of a cost-of-living crisis but new research from Compare the Market has revealed more than two-thirds...
Dams can go renewable
Tens of thousands of small-scale hydro energy storage sites could be built from Australia’s farm dams, supporting the uptake of reliable, low-carbon power systems...
Party time at Mount Perry
The tiny town of Mount Perry in the North Burnett region will come alive this November with two back-to-back weekends of fabulous events.
It may...
Australian farm fertiliser outlook: a recovery in demand and application rates
Improved affordability of agricultural fertiliser is set to prompt recovery in demand and application rates by farmers next season, Rabobank says in a recently-released...
Simply the best!
Truro Sherlock S188 (P) has been crowned the champion of champions interbreed bull at the 2023 Royal Queensland Show.
It completes a stellar year of...
Lachlan adds to his herd
Young Hereford breeder Lachlan Bacon, Ownaview Herefords, Upper Freestone won Most Potential Breeder at the Herefords Queensland Youth Association Show (HQYA), adding a Te-Angie...
Shifting market dynamics in the red meat industry heighten Herefords’ importance
Shifting market dynamics in the red meat industry have heightened the importance of infusing British breeds through tropically-adapted cattle in central and northern Queensland.
Herefords...
Feel good flying
A cancer diagnosis in 2009 gave Yolande Woods the push she needed to fulfil her lifelong goal of obtaining her private pilot’s licence.
Now...
Paddock to Palate success
The Morgan family’s The Grove Shorthorns has won the 100 day HGP free export class in the hotly-contested 2023 RNA Paddock to Palate competition.
Indeed,...
Proud moment for Harrison
Harrison Lehman of Alpha has been named the 2023 Queensland Rural Ambassador winner.
Representing the Central Highlands sub-chamber and Alpha Show Society, the 24-year-old currently...
NIOA Texas impresses in Ekka debut
An imposing young poll bull described as “one of the best produced” by NIOA Santa Gertrudis has been labelled a future stud sire star...
Outback regatta on move
Outback Rowing Australia (ORA) will host the 2023 Bentley’s Australian Outback Rowing Regatta in Barcaldine and Longreach on 16 and 17 September.
The regatta...
$600K boost for shows
In the first permanent increase to the Show Society Grants Program since 2006, Queensland’s well-loved agricultural shows have received a major financial boost.
The...
