Rural Review
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Major medicinal cannabis farm to be built in Scenic Rim
A massive hydroponic farm near Newcastle will be dismantled, trucked to the Scenic Rim and reassembled to grow medicinal marijuana. The large-scale cannabis farm received…
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2021 could mark milestone camel dairy’s co-op mission
A Scenic Rim farmer who claims to have the world’s largest wild camel dairy is on a mission which, if successful, could transform marginal farmland…
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Farmers wanted for carbon market training
Farmers who are interested in being part of future carbon investments have one week left to apply for a training program which will run through…
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Biosecurity virtual laboratory secures funding as Fall Armyworm marches on
The perennial fight to keep pests from Queensland farms and control those that are here is set to be beefed up by what is being…
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Consumer watchdog backs ‘fair’ price logo for dairy farmers, warns processors
Australia’s consumer watchdog has the dairy industry well within its sights. In a period of just eight days, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission weighed…
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Can farmers save our soil – and fix the climate?
Scott Moore hasn’t seen the new Netflix documentary about saving the world from climate change. But the fifth-generation Kalbar farmer had already switched to some…
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Livestock industry skeptical about animal welfare inquiry
Farmers fear they could be sidelined from a review into animal welfare laws and worry it might lead to them being tied up in red…
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Bid for recycled water fast-tracked for Warrill Valley
A commitment to secure recycled water for the Warrill Valley has been fast-tracked through council with an $80,000 study commissioned to assess demand from vegetable…
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Mayor votes on water project while declaring conflict of interest
Mayor Greg Christensen has voted in favour of providing funding to an irrigators’ lobby group despite half the council agreeing he should not take part…
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Is the redclaw industry poised to boom again?
A sustainable industry which produces a high-value, native protein is poised to enter its next generation in the same place in which it was born…
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Cartel and confusion or lifeline for Queensland dairy?
A Scenic Rim dairy farmer and independent milk producer says he holds grave fears for what remains of the state’s industry. Greg Dennis said his…
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Scenic Rim farmer wins Dairy Australia board vote
Queensland will once again have a seat at the table at the dairy industry’s peak national body after more than a decade of sitting on…












