Rural Review

AGRICULTURE accounts for most of land use in Australia according to a report released by the Department of Agriculture. The Snapshot of Australian Agriculture 2024…

HE WAS a businessman not a farmer, but when Chris Jahnke discovered the potential of the bean inside the cocoa pod, he became both. Chris…

EKKA Judge Tammie Robinson of Three Hearts Brangus will have 134 pure bred Santa Gertrudis parade before her come showtime. The Toogoolawah grazier grew up…

ATTENTION ringers, cowboys and musterers of stock great and small, there’s a new kid on the block and that’s the drone. Luke Chaplain is a…

THERE are words that describe the method of taking a horse from wildling to sound under saddle, breaking in is not one of them. Donal…

THE Roderick family name is synonymous with dairying in Harrisville, now a sixth-generation is poised and ready to continue the farming legacy. Thomas Roderick is…

A MISCALCULATION of Australia’s cattle herd size by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) means the national herd is four million head more than previously…

THEY’RE grown in the Scenic Rim and found in kitchen pantries everywhere, now the humble macadamia nut is the focus of a breeding program led…

HE IS a schoolteacher, she’s a vet and together they pursue a hobby that is completely out of the ordinary. Ten years ago Dean and…

BEES as agents of pollination during crop growing is not out of the ordinary, but what about flies – can they do the job too?…

BRITISH White are a heritage breed on the Rare Breed Trust’s at risk list in Australia and in the UK, but Victorian grazier Craig Cross…

IN A first of its kind, a representative body that advocates for and provides advice to primary producers with agritourism operations and ambitions, has been…