Rural Review
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Dispelling the myth: detergents are not good wetting agents
LAST week I promised to provide some advice in regard to spray adjuvants and I added the quip that dishwashing detergent should not be considered…
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Tour shows off tightened biosecurity measures
AS A show of commitment to keeping foot and mouth disease (FMD) out of Australia the Department of Agriculture hosted meat and industry leaders on…
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Queensland agri-food a hit with overseas market
AUSTRALIAN beef and products from the Scenic Rim’s Lime Caviar company were a hit among attendees at a Taste of Queensland networking event in Vietnam’s…
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Bee movement order keeps Queensland safe
VARROA mite continues to concern beekeepers Australia wide with strict conditions placed on Queensland’s honey producers. A new Movement Control Order was released earlier this…
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Toxic weed a mother to millions
THE weed of choice this week is Mother of Millions, another category 3 restricted invasive plant and one that I am willing to bet is…
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Funding boost to biosecurity risk detection capabilities
THE Department of Agriculture has promised a multi-million-dollar investment to boost Australia’s biosecurity detection capabilities. Around $5 million will be spent over the coming year…
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Soaring costs put pressure on primary producers
RISING costs are placing enormous pressure on farmers as energy prices push up the cost of farm inputs. Ray Taylor of Taylor Family Produce at Kalbar…
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Peeling back the layers of generational onion farming
WEDGED between looming mountain ranges are 500 acres of land that has belonged to the Stokes family for four generations. It is there that Stokes…
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Roadvale graziers love for land produces award winning beef
A SIGNIFICANT portion of land that stretches from Roadvale to the back of the Wyaralong Dam belongs to Jim and Margaret Harvey. The graziers, who…
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Joe’s garlic adds flavour from crop to tabletop
THERE is something enticing about the smell of freshly chopped garlic being fried in butter. It’s a promise of what is to come … a…
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Incorrect weed management renders pastures useless
THIS week, I’d like to stress a couple of points from my last column about Giant Rats Tail grass (GRT) that were greatly amplified for…
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Agriculture emissions draft has farmers on edge
SPECULATION Queensland farmers will be politically policed through government-imposed rules and regulations in order to lower emissions, has been quashed by Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon.…
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