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‘Never seen before’ Dugandan grower’s crop surprise
THERE’S a stake holding up a cauliflower growing in Ian Neuendorff’s vegetable garden. That it needed staking is one of many surprises. The plant is…
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Learning curve capers for South Burnett growers
A SERIES of learning experiences turned Allan and Mandy Evans into successful caper and caper berry farmers. Their journey began in 2006, when they were…
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Community collaborations bring the arts to Boonah
THIS year’s Boonah Arts Festival finale evening started 10 minutes late and organisers couldn’t have been prouder. “There was a queue out the door and…
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Beaudesert’s show stopping success
PERFECT spring weather drew crowds on both days to this year’s Beaudesert Show. “I don’t know the full numbers yet, but it was pretty good,”…
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Pelican and careless landowners spark multiple fires
MULTIPLE bushfires wreaked havoc across the Scenic Rim the past few days, one starting when a pelican flew into high tension wires. Bushfires needing containing…
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Two hundred year old globe delights appraisers
IT COULD almost have been an Antiques Roadshow episode were it not for the heat and Great Dividing Range in the background. Last weekend a…
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Author’s mission to memorialise wartime troops in print
THE journey from idea to research then launch took 13 years, now everyone can get their hands on a book that pays tribute to Kalbar…
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‘Not all doom and gloom’ seed company’s collapse unpacked by agronomist
S&W SEEDS, a buyer and supplier of seeds to many Australian farmers, is under voluntary administration. S&W Seeds Company Australia is a subsidiary of a…
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Emu and kangaroo on coat of arms and dinner plate
THEY’RE on our coat of arms and increasingly on our dinner plates as people swap beef and lamb for emu and kangaroo meat. Kangaroo meat…
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Expo excitement as event enters second year
THE second Scenic Rim Agricultural Expo went off without a hitch over the weekend with organisers estimating around 1,500 visitors came through its gates. President…
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Bevy of bovine beauties at Beauy show
DAIRY Cattle Handler chief steward Laurie Dunne has managed his section at the Beaudesert Show for around two decades. “This year numbers will top the…
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It’s back, the Beaudesert Show is almost here
IT’S SEPTEMBER and Beaudesert Show time again. The three days of showtime are the big bang or grand finale of a celebration that began with…
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