Rural Review
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Japanese encephalitis found in second Queensland piggery
JAPANESE encephalitis virus infection has been confirmed in a second piggery in Queensland. Earlier this month, Australia’s Acting Chief Medical Officer, Sonya Bennett, declared the…
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Game of collective balance reduces crop losses to rats
Monash Business School researchers have developed a way to help farmers in Laos improve food security and reduce crop losses caused by rats. Since 2008,…
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Financial support for on farm soil testing – a part of the solution to climate change
MORE than $54 million has been allocated by the Australian Government to enable farmers to access low-cost soil sampling and certified testing. In exchange for…
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Cattle Council lobbies for seven key priorities from Federal Government
TRACEABILITY of livestock products, the biosecurity system and accurate labelling are among the key priorities presented by the Cattle Council of Australia to MPs and…
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Survey finds Queensland growers have record high investment plans
THE state’s agricultural producers have reported a strong level of confidence in the first quarter of the year – with investment intentions at a record…
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Work with crisis support line puts livestock loss into perspective
LOWER Mount Walker dairy farmer Ross Blanch was “run off his feet” taking care of his farm, his livestock and supporting fellow farmers through the…
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Farmgate prices must increase to keep growers viable says Growcom boss
THE spiralling cost of farm inputs such as petrol and fertiliser will drive up the prices of fresh produce to the consumer rather than the…
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Record breaking year for almost $2 billion aquaculture industry
AUSTRALIAN aquaculture may soon be the largest sector of the nation’s seafood industry and surpass $2 billion in production value for the first time. “The…
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‘Once in a three-lifetimes opportunity’: local farmers buy Scenic Rim’s 4 Real Milk
SCENIC RIM – Scenic Rim’s 4 Real Milk has been sold but, according to its founder, that’s good news. Because the Tamrookum-based, Dennis family business…
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Japanese Encephalitis – a mosquito born virus in pigs, humans now on the sick list
PERSONAL protection against mosquito bites is part of life in South East Queensland after floods but it has been elevated to a necessity this month…
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Central Queensland graziers rid land of giant rat’s tail … without herbicides
Farmers can be sapped of money, labour and time in a seemingly endless battle against weeds on their land. But a grazing couple in Central…
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Restocking fish and a call to restock the association
More than 155,000 native fish fingerlings have been released into Maroon and Moogerah dams in the first of the annual restocking campaigns by the local…
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