Rural Review

Farmers and independent mechanics should have a ‘right to repair’ tractors, but more needs to be done to prevent manufacturers preventing this by hoarding software,…

Esk grazier Michael Jess has a new hobby – making predictions.  And he does that with the new high tech rain gauge which sits on…

Australia’s beef industry say they are under attack from “clever marketing”  and the “vested-interests” promoting plant-based protein.  And graziers say they are losing the public…

New fire ant nests were discovered in Tarome last week, dashing hopes that a mystery outbreak earlier this year was a one-off anomaly that had…

International pressure is building on Australia to commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with agriculture seen as a key sector…

High tech, fully automated rain gauges are currently transmitting weather and other environmental data to 20 property owners in regional areas throughout Queensland. An Esk…

Plants which could have carried Australia’s number one priority plant pest into the country have been intercepted at the border. Authorities say that Xylella fastidiosa…

Moogerah irrigators are celebrating after receiving nearly their full allocation of water for next three months.  Seqwater told Warrill Valley Water Supply Scheme irrigators last…

A new tool has been introduced to help farmers drought proof their properties. Leading Scientists from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) have collaborated with…

A mystery fire ant outbreak in the Scenic Rim appears to have been brought under control. The discovery of a rogue nest on a crayfish…

Robert Hinrichsen is standing in front of a shiny $80,000 pivot irrigator in the Fassifern Valley. The new kit is part of a planned $400,000…

“I do think that there is an appetite out there for the app, if it means farmers can work more efficiently,” is how beef producer…