Rural Review
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Harder work to source horticulture workers during Covid
THE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has reported that while 52 percent of horticulture farmers have experienced greater difficulty in…
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Agriculture workforce study shifts the numbers on age, education and jobs
NEW research has changed the averages in the nation’s agricultural workforce – the average age is down, the average education levels are up and job…
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AgMove extended to encourage more workers into short term jobs on farms
AGMOVE, the program aimed at helping workers relocate to take up short term agricultural work, has been extended until the end of June. Federal Minister…
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Poultry owners urged to be on lookout as bird flu sweeps globe
People with backyard flocks of chooks and ducks, commercial poultry farmers and bird watchers are being urged to be vigilant for signs of avian influenza…
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The global flower market is set to explode. So why aren’t local growers celebrating?
The global trade in flowers is forecast to rise in value by tens of billions of dollars by the end of the decade. Which is…
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With book and social enterprise, Gatton researcher to support farmworkers
Both her elder and younger sisters “passionately hate cows”. But Patricia Eats is a “cow-person”. And that, she reckons, is what sets her apart from…
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Deadly dog disease confirmed in Queensland after spreading through Top End
A tick-borne dog disease has been found in a Queensland dog, authorities have confirmed. Ehrlichiosis was first recorded in Western Australia’s Kimberley region in June…
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Grower calls for irrigation scheme to expand, rather than intensify
A respected Tarome vegetable grower says he would like to see a proposed new irrigation scheme spread water security throughout the region rather than intensify…
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Seqwater to release crucial details as Moogerah water goes to auction
Seqwater is set to release crucial information about its unprecedented auction of 200 megalitres of water allocations from Moogerah Dam in coming days. Its Chief…
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Rural women innovators granted a financial push to develop ideas
A GATTON woman is one of seven innovators named as the winners of the inaugural Agrifutures Rural Women’s Acceleration grants. Gatton’s Patricia Eats plans to…
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‘Drought proofing’ irrigation scheme for Warrill, Fassifern pitches proposal to feds
Those proposing a new irrigation scheme for the Warrill and Fassifern valleys are set to officially ask the federal government for money to make their…
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$68M Federal funding to target systems to prove product origin
THERE’S extra money for growers and producers in being able to prove the provenance of their product. In the parlance of export markets and agricultural…
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