Rural Review

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…

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…

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…

A MULTI-million-dollar tree cropping program is underway as growers and plant scientists work towards the acceleration in the development of new fruit and nut variations.…

POPULATIONS of feral threats like wild dogs and deer are increasing and management specialists are becoming increasingly frustrated with landholders who don’t take part in…

BIG wheeled machines with grunt will be at the Scenic Rim Agricultural Expo along with the experts in top notch farming machinery. SEQ Tractors have…

AS STRAWBERRY farms go, the one owned by Bruce and Tina McPherson is not the biggest and you’re unlikely to find their produce packed in…

A VERY good doing block, that’s the reason the Grayson family bought 170 acres (68 hectares) at Silverdale. Chris and Mandy Grayson’s land is known…

SOME farmers have stock that would eat them given half a chance – so what makes a producer decide to rear a prehistoric reptile? John…

DIVERSIFICATION is a common theme in an industry where running cattle or growing crops is becoming harder financially without working off farm or having additional…

FOR many adults it is the elixir of life and the first thing consumed of a morning and its popularity has pushed a team of…

FOOD derived from crickets and flies has potential to cause allergic reactions in people with existing shellfish allergies. James Cook University researchers are concerned that…