Rural women play vital role
Resilience and adaptability are familiar skills for rural and remote women across Australia.
They are also some of the crucial abilities developed by the women,...
Horses for (uni) courses
Horsing around will become serious business for a group of University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) students who will soon start learning about horses’ healing...
Delivering on a dream
Kerry Crowe’s position as the Norco distributor for the Southern Downs area complements her personal passion for the dairy industry and its producers.
You see,...
Talbalba’s 2022 bull sale reaches $91,000 high
Talbalba Herefords on the Darling Downs kicked sale-ring goals in the spring sale season, achieving a top of $91,000 at its sixth annual on-property...
Next generation of student cheese makers crowned
Bowenville State School was last month crowned cheese-making champions at the Brisbane Showgrounds in the Ekka’s Student-Made Cheese competition.
The grade one to six students...
Farmland prices still hot
The boom in farmland prices across Australia is accelerating into uncharted territory.
Prices paid this year have risen 25 per cent, says agribusiness banking specialist...
Looking to the future
Nestled in scrub land 40 kilometres south of Biloela in Lawgi Dawes, Helen and Paul Lovell sit on their back deck with a hot...
Summit pulls together the brightest minds for the challenges ahead
The future of energy supply in Australia is a complex and challenging issue but one the Surat Basin energy summit tackled in Dalby recently.
The...
Micro(needle) solution for major biosecurity issue
An innovative project exploring a quick and cost-effective way to combat plant disease has received funding from the federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and...
Student ag-knowledge level highlights need for national framework
A new study by CQUniversity has identified a lack of agricultural knowledge among Australian school students, highlighting a need for more adequate agricultural education...
Agronomist bridging the gap
Queensland agronomist Tessa Dimond will gain a global perspective on how Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) affect Australian grain prices and access to international markets.
Through...
Past experiences to improve future safety
Following a series of rolling weather-related disasters in the first half of 2022 - and forecasts of yet another La Nina pattern to impact...
Buffel or bust
Incredulous and furious Queensland pastoralists have united to oppose a big push to list buffel as a weed.
Beef producers covet the controversial yet critical...
