Rural Review

  • 10 Profitable small farm ideas

    10 Profitable small farm ideas

    IF farming is your dream but you don’t have the land, there are still ways to make it happen. You don’t need hundreds of acres, it is…

  • Fields of fluff as white gold blooms

    Fields of fluff as white gold blooms

    COTTON plantations are not commonly seen in the Scenic Rim and Mitchell Brimblecomb wants that to change. When it comes to farming, the Brimblecomb family…

  • $6M to grow Australian agriculture events

    $6M to grow Australian agriculture events

    A FUNDING boost for large events and conferences in the Australian primary production sector was announced by Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud this week. “The Coalition…

  • Cattle pricing tool launched to assist farmers

    Cattle pricing tool launched to assist farmers

    A NEW tool has been launched to assist the live export industry make more informed decisions and drive profitability when it comes to meat and…

  • High rise plans hashed out

    High rise plans hashed out

    PUTTING the high in high rises, a proposal to grow cannabis atop buildings in the United States is taking the word greenhouse to a whole…

  • Cheer for tomato beer

    Cheer for tomato beer

    TOMATO sauce and chips go well together but add tomato beer and it’s a totally next level experience. A New Zealand farmer said he had…

  • Ambitious young farmer’s smart start

    Ambitious young farmer’s smart start

    HE is awake before the sun comes up and when it does, Kalbar’s Matt Hinrichsen, has already spent several hours tending to his crops of…

  • Water banking investigated for future drought proofing

    Water banking investigated for future drought proofing

    The future of what is the natural treasure trove of the Scenic Rim could be saved from inevitable droughts that experts have tipped through the…

  • Future farmer’s thrown loan lifeline

    Future farmer’s thrown loan lifeline

    The Federal government is pledging to shore up to $400,000 of future large farmer’s commercial loans. The generous offer will cover 40 per cent of…

  • Drought officially declared over

    Drought officially declared over

    SCENIC Rim and Ipswich local government areas are officially no longer in drought according to minister for rural communities, Mark Furner. He said local drought…

  • Turning soil into hay, farmers have golden touch

    Turning soil into hay, farmers have golden touch

    LET’S talk about Medicago sativa. If you don’t know what that is, maybe its common name, lucerne, will ring a bell. If you’re still in…

  • Greenery brings university to life

    Greenery brings university to life

    IT’S BRIGHT, it’s beautiful and it’s green – Floriade Exhibition is on again in Almere, The Netherlands. The exhibition is a celebration of sustainable new…

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