Rams, lambs and annual fetes
I had the rams shorn this past Saturday as I had sold two of them and didn’t want to deliver them covered in weeds....
Lambassador’s
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched its Lambassador Delegation, 2023.
The program, which began in Japan in 2015, has grown to a community of...
Tackling a crop-eating pest
The University of Queensland is working with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to develop guidelines to help Australian grain growers decide...
Australia’s cattle herd in a state of change
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has released an analysis of trends in the Australian cattle industries.
MLA’s Market Information team analysed Australian Bureau of Statistics...
Net zero map for Qld ag
Queensland’s agriculture industry will play a big part in reaching the state’s 2050 net zero emissions target, with the pathway set out by today’s...
Fresh air and smelly sheep
I am delighting in the cool fresh mornings of Autumn, a breath of fresh air before the energy sapping heat of the day creeps...
Funding Queensland’s sheep and goat industries
Ten sheep and goat enterprises across rural and regional Queensland will receive just over $1.8 million in funding, creating up to 77 good jobs.
Under...
Queensland’s Rural Women’s Award finalists named
The positive contributions to rural and regional communities of four Queensland women have been recognised with their nominations for the 2023 AgriFutures Rural Women’s...
High on a Hill
Enjoy the relaxed ease of country town living at Maryvale.
This neat two bedroom home, with built ins, is on an elevated 2023 m²...
A world without livestock is a world without an agricultural future
Imagine a world without cattle (sheep, goats, and pigs too for that matter).
Sadly, increasing attacks on animal agriculture of late have forced many people...
Agritourism diversification grants
The Queensland Government is supporting the resilience of the farming sector while growing the agritourism sector through another round of Agritourism Business Grants in...
Cutting costs and emissions in beef production
A research team led by the University of Queensland has developed a tool to help the global beef industry simultaneously reduce costs and greenhouse...
Teachers reject hefty pay rise and reduced workloads
Teachers have rejected the state government's pay deal that would have made them among the country's highest-paid educators, saying it wasn't enough to entice...
