Rural Review
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Opening the doors into a future in agriculture
NOT everyone in agriculture made it there through family succession. Beaudesert teenager, Jeremy Conlons, pathway to primary production was through his high school. He moved…
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Alpaca dream opens farm to the public
IT WAS 2009 when Cathy O’Sullivan and Lachlan Cassidy decided to adopt alpacas. It’s not hard to see what drew them to these animals, alpacas…
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Red meat shelf life extension proposal
AN EXTENSION to the shelf life of chilled and vacuum packed red meat is being considered by the Gulf Standards Organisation (GSO), a cooperative consisting…
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Farm insurance hike brings hard choices
IF YOU think your home and contents insurance premiums have gone through the roof spare a thought for farmers who are tackling an increase of…
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El Nino confirmed farmers prepare
THIS time last year South East Queensland endured some of the wettest weather it’d had in years now it is heading in the opposite direction…
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Cattle herd destock analysis by MLA
HAS the Australian cattle herd begun to destock? This is the question asked by Meat and Livestock global supply analyst Tim Jackson, when evaluating production…
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El Nino pushes fodder fears to the fore
IT IS never the news graziers and farmers want to hear but the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has warned an El Nino weather event…
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Lean goat meat gains popularity
THE Australian goat meat industry is experiencing growth as consumers look to the animals as being a source of lean red meat. Goat meat also…
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$30M grain grower initiative
AN initiative that seeks to help Australian grain growers manage risks like drought and market volatility was launched last week by Minister for Agriculture Murray…
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UQ’s first professor of sustainability has big plans for ag
IF IT seems ambitious that’s because it probably is, but a sustainable future for the entire food supply chain is what University of Queensland associate…
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Farming among the stars, quest to conquer space
TO INFINITY and beyond but with carrot sticks for sustenance? The University of Southern Queensland’s agricultural engineering department is investigating ways to grow plants in…
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Queensland barley resistance find ‘big problem’ for growers
FUNGICIDE resistant barley has been detected in southern Queensland crops and this is bad news for farmers and the 350 kilotons in production volume forecast…
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