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Biologist warns mutating weed could cost industry millions
GRAIN growers and crop farmers are being warned that annual ryegrass is mutating. The warning comes from Professor Bhagirath Chauhan, a weed and seed biologist…
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Future farming starts today
DIESEL is the most widely used source of energy in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries at 84 percent of total energy consumption. Supply risks, rising prices…
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Annual ryegrass a ticking timebomb
HORTICULTURE specialist David Hart said annual ryegrass was regularly used in the roads and landscape industry as a tool for erosion control and temporary grass…
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Devil in the diesel, why switching makes sense
FARMING is a costly business and it’s often the grower or grazier who ends up wearing increased costs like soaring diesel and fertiliser prices. Understanding…
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Harrisville homes and hearts wide open for more
HARRISVILLE is a town with a wide open main street with businesses on both sides and an intrinsically friendly atmosphere. With Cunningham’s Gap in the…
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Harrisville history alive in living colour
HARRISVILLE historian and resident Eris Rashford is a font of knowledge when it comes to everything that makes the town what it is today. To…
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Harrisville offers the ideal in country living
THE size of the community belies the enormity of the historical items that have been painstakingly collected by volunteers and displayed within the bounds of…
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Water survey pointless say irrigators
THE Queensland Competition Authority’s (QCA) review of irrigation prices paid by customers of Seqwater is underway and the 15 percent discount sweetener has been extended…
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Bombers ‘on track’ with home ground expansion
FASSIFERN Bombers club president Paul Roderick has every reason to be excited counting down the days to a new rugby league season. “We’re on track,…
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Truck jack knife signals lack of road maintenance
A SHORT B-double jack knifed across Lutter Road at Charlwood early on Monday morning. It was loaded with cement blocks and a fork lift and…
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Fassifern Police
Incident free Kalbar festival Local police reported a large influx of vehicles into the Fassifern during the weekend due to a number of events in the…
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Wartime prefab to become RSL wellness centre
A KIT building designed as prefabricated accommodation for the Australian Defence Forces during the Vietnam War will become an office and Veterans wellness centre for…
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