CHAD Parker has spent the last seven years running his family's dairy farm during some of the toughest economic and weather...
07th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
AS THE state election campaign gathers pace, farmers are keeping up pressure for power price relief, saying it is the...
15th Jan. 2015 9:01 AM
GROCERY prices are set to rise this year as free trade agreements with Asian trading partners take effect and the...
16th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
A 54-YEAR-OLD man died yesterday morning after his tractor rolled on top of him while he was slashing.
16th Jan. 2015 7:01 AM
GYMPIE region mango growers have begun harvesting, in what has already been a bumper season.
17th Jan. 2015 6:01 AM
THREE research programs with a combined $14 million price tag will increase the grain industry’s capacity and profitability...
22nd Jan. 2015 7:01 PM
BUMPER winter crops in Western and South Australia drove a 21% increase in the country’s barley production last financial...
24th Jan. 2015 5:01 AM
PRIMARY producers can now access low-interest loans if they have suffered “severe drought” on their properties, with $50...
29th Jan. 2015 4:01 PM
THE Clarence Valley’s agricultural industry is to benefit from the low Australian dollar as international buyers choose the...
02nd Feb. 2015 11:02 AM
SOUTH BURNETT farmer Glen Unverzagt has already benefited from Hope Dairies’ investment in the South Burnett.
03rd Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
CQ farmer felt eight of his ribs crack under the weight of a six-tonne trailer.
04th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
HOPE is alive again for a beef-led boom, as Gympie's rural sector sees the first signs of a droughy recovery.
04th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
THE gates to the Southern Downs have effectively been shut to mining companies, in a bold move by Southern Downs Regional...
04th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
CATTLE and agroforestry farmer Paul Hunter says a biodiversity management strategy could benefit the Lismore local...
16th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
There was something to suit everyone’s needs at the 2015 Chinchilla Melon Festival – what an event it was.
16th Feb. 2015 3:02 PM
TALKS have heated up again around the importation of Malaysian pineapples and Gympie grower Chris Doyle says the risk of...
17th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
WITH another fruit picking season in Australia have come the usual reports of “dodgy” labour hire contractors operating in...
18th Feb. 2015 8:02 AM
HOLISTIC American farming identity Joel Salatin will visit Byron Bay to conduct classes next month.
19th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
FARMERS in the horticulture sector will be able to access more seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands, after the...
21st Feb. 2015 6:02 PM
“BUY local and live.” This is the message from prominent Coast farmer Peter Wise, who is hoping more people buy local...
23rd Feb. 2015 8:02 AM
AT THE tail end of a tough season, growers have reflected on the impact of the heat and rain.
24th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
WHEN the time came that Barry Darr could not take care of his land the way he wanted, he knew it was time to give the game...
24th Feb. 2015 5:02 AM
IT HAS an almost mystical reputation but for a down to earth bloke like Col Krause, water divining is a straightforward...
02nd March 2015 5:03 AM
A FOURTH generation Lockyer Valley farmer fears he could be forced from his land if a water pumping application is approved...
03rd March 2015 6:03 AM
IT IS time for the farmers of the Lockyer Valley to feed the nation rather than risk more food poisoning from inferior...
04th March 2015 5:03 AM
FOR everyone – but especially farmers – the weather can be a good friend but a bad enemy.
05th March 2015 5:03 AM
SUMMER officially ended on Monday but it’s going out kicking and screaming with temperatures predicted to reach 37 degrees...
05th March 2015 7:03 AM
Growers converged at Duranbah today to try 18 new bananas, all disease free.
05th March 2015 12:03 PM
Two of the people at The Farm, Byron Bay, talk about what they are doing at the property.
05th March 2015 2:03 PM
FOREST Hill farmer Glenn Lerch ruefully remembers the gradual realisation that food giant Golden Circle was about to ditch...
05th March 2015 9:03 PM
SUGAR growers in northern New South Wales and Queensland will warn a Senate committee that the rising monopoly of mills...
09th March 2015 4:03 PM
FARMING families suffering in the drought can get more help, after the Federal Government announced an extra $1.3 million...
09th March 2015 4:03 PM
LOW interest loans would help reinvigorate Australia’s struggling agricultural industry by providing incentives for younger...
10th March 2015 5:03 AM
FARMERS have backed the Abbott government’s plan to push through a 1500-gigalitre cap on water buybacks in the...
10th March 2015 4:03 PM
SENATORS on the committee looking into the marketing of Australian sugar, heard it straight from the field in Mackay, with...
13th March 2015 8:03 AM
TWENTY-five years of hard work was wiped out in a matter of hours for Errol Vass as Cyclone Marcia ravaged the coast three...
14th March 2015 6:03 AM
DO you want to know where your steak came from and what that animal ate before it hit your plate?
17th March 2015 6:03 AM
SOTA Sato came from the Fukushima-affected area of Japan to central Queensland to learn about the Australian beef...
18th March 2015 6:03 AM
BABY Showgirl and Showtime just couldn’t wait to meet the crowds at the Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show.
19th March 2015 4:03 PM
FARMERS whose properties border the region's two largest drinking water dams, Wivenhoe and Somerset, just want to be...
24th March 2015 5:03 AM
LANDCARERS across the central Queensland are being encouraged to submit a nomination for this year’s Queensland Landcare...
25th March 2015 5:03 AM
A range of dairy cattle breeds compete at this year's Toowoomba Show.
27th March 2015 6:03 AM
A high quality of beef cattle at the Toowoomba Show.
27th March 2015 6:03 AM
FARMER confidence is at its highest point in five years in Queensland, with good summer rain over central and southern...
27th March 2015 8:03 AM
FATHER son rivalry has taken a twist for Nanango’s Hunter family, with Mitchell eager to take on the family business.
28th March 2015 6:03 AM
WHEN Glenn Morris envisioned the future of his family, he realised he needed to make every hour Earth Hour.
29th March 2015 2:03 PM
A NATIONAL shortage of organic wheat has caused Australian organic certifying bodies to reduce the certification waiting...
31st March 2015 4:03 PM
WE dropped into Bororen Produce Shop on Tuesday to chat to locals and find out their stories.
01st April 2015 6:04 AM
QUEENSLAND Produce in the Brisbane Market.
08th April 2015 3:04 AM
MACKAY cane growers are facing a ‘double whammy’ as plummeting sugar prices collide with an urgent need for more rain to...
08th April 2015 5:04 AM
