Rural News

THE history of the invasion of the moth vine (Araujia sericifera) in Australia is similar to so many of our other Rogues Gallery weeds –…

TWENTY rubber vine plants were found in a paddock in the Lockyer Valley, this month. The infestation, and yes that is the correct word to…

“Yesterday we attended two eastern grey kangaroos, a ringtail possum, a pacific baza, a pelican and a brushtail possum. We also helped four other people…

Stories abound of the massive migration of waterbirds to Lake Eyre since the usually drought-dry salt flats began to fill to capacity as the floodwaters…

ENTERING the Rural Ambassador Awards took Sally Rodwell way outside her comfort zone. Yet the life story of the 26-year-old Rathdowney woman would suggest there…

THE judging of the stud beef at the Brisbane Ekka on Friday and Saturday could be promoted as a line up of supremes – champions…

PLATYPUS, fish, frogs, freshwater turtles, water birds and insects are among the diverse species living in our waterways, but which ones live in which waterway?…

THE chances of a beef cow giving birth to twins is less than two percent. The chances of more than one multiple birth in the…

PRIMARY Industries Minister Tony Perrett has used the Scenic Rim as the platform to call on the newly elected Federal Government to match Queensland funding…

THE Beaudesert Showgirl Committee are searching for this year’s ambassadors. “We are on the hunt for passionate individuals to become the Beaudesert Showgirl, Junior Show…

CIRCUMSTANCE led Ailsa Goldring into a specialist career in information technology. A lingering desire to live and work on the land led her to purchasing…

MOVED by the plight of the western Queensland families whose properties and livestock were devastated by record flooding, a Kalbar couple promised 100 round bales…