Tag: News
Throw your caps off!
Queensland youths threw their hats off for the conclusion of the 2023 Brangus Youth Camp on Tuesday 12 December.
The four-day program started on...
Roma a-buzz for rugby festival
Roma is buzzing as it prepares to host the 2024 Santos Festival of Rugby on 9 to 10 February.
An annual pre-season trial between the...
Broadly optimistic for 2024
Winter crop production in Queensland plummeted in 2023, according to the Rural Bank, with just 400,000 tonnes of grain delivered to GrainCorp’s receival sites...
Producer confidence lift
Signs seasonal conditions may improve for the agricultural sector have helped underpin confidence among Queensland’s primary producers in late 2023.
The Rabobank Rural...
Show we give a fork
Now is the time for the public to stand up and say “we give a fork” about our growers, says Queensland’s state industry body...
Music legend’s ag venture
Industrial hemp grower and country music legend James Blundell will soon open the gates to his southern Queensland property where different industrial hemp varieties...
Sunshine Coast nursery creates jobs through growing at-risk marine plant species
A Sunshine Coast plant nursery is building a micropropagation laboratory to help grow key marine species while creating up to 32 jobs thanks to...
Ag tech the way of Toowoomba manufacturer’s future
A Toowoomba cattle equipment manufacturer will invest in new ag tech to increase efficiency while creating up to six full-time jobs with a Rural...
Aaron Kiely heads QFF
Emerald cotton grower Aaron Kiely has been elected president of the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF), succeeding Allan Dingle who steps down after completing his...
Good gourd – give it a grow pips!
’Tis the season!
The Royal Queensland Show (Ekka) is opening entries for its iconic giant pumpkin competition.
Some $3400 in prize money is offered, including last...
Cutting-edge plant tech
Digital versions of farms, autonomous vehicles that identify and control weeds, a satellite mapping platform and drones dominated discussions at an agtech event in...
Champion changemakers
Two Queenslanders are among seven recipients of the 2024 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Acceleration Grant. Women whose creative responses to some of agriculture’s biggest challenges...
An egg-ceptional business
Along the peaceful back roads of Tiaro, 30 minutes south of Maryborough, you can catch a heartwarming sight: Energetic flocks of free-range chickens -...
