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More cruelty footage revealed

More cruelty footage revealed
UPDATE: MORE footage of animal cruelty allegedly filmed in Egyptian abattoirs was revealed at a pres...
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Green groups bulldoze tree clearing debate

FARMERS across Queensland are in a state of breathless anticipation to rev up their bulldozers and begin large scale land clearing. Watch WWF's outrageous attack on Queensland farm...
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Brewers bank on better barley

Brewers bank on better barley
BREWERS hope a new barley variety released commercially this year will have end use characteristics ...

Kitchen winners enjoy beef, beer

Kitchen winners enjoy beef, beer
SELF-confessed beef lover Dan Mulheron and his wife Steph are heading to Queensland Country Life's u...
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ALFA Lotfeeding - May 2013

ALFA Lotfeeding - May 2013
LOOK out for ALFA Lotfeeding journal on your tablet or mobile phone with the ALFA Lotfeeding Journ...

Win a Casterton Kelpie

Win a Casterton Kelpie
YOU could win a Casterton Kelpie - the prize pup “Go Getta Law” is valued up to $3000. To enter, rea...

Win a share in $25,000 worth of Datamars products

Win a share in $25,000 worth of Datamars products

Best of the Bush Photo Competition

Best of the Bush Photo Competition
TO celebrate our Best of the Bush initiative in 2013, Queensland Country Life is excited to launch i...

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No grazing in parks: Burke
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Southern Qld properties remain on market
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Why livestock transport needs more flexibility
18 May 13 | THE livestock transport industry is seeking to have fatigue management and work hours made more flexible to recognise the specific challenges of the livestock industry.
A heartfelt gift for Careflight
18 May 13 | CHRISTMAS Day 2012 will forever be etched in Lennie Litster’s mind as the day he almost lost his wife Lorraine.
Flood relief provides incentive for stricken farmers
18 May 13 | LANDHOLDERS in the Murray-Darling region have been given further flood assistance in the form of $750,000 grant to the Queensland Murray-Darling Committee.
17 May 13 | THE rural property market continues to struggle with three Southern Queensland properties passed in on auctioneer's bids in Brisbane today.
17 May 13 | AGFORCE Queensland has welcomed the announcement today graziers affected by Bovine Johne’s Disease (BJD) will soon have opportunity to take advantage of the Queensland Cattle Biosecurity Fund.
17 May 13 | BIOSECURITY Queensland is quarantining a property on the Southern Downs after a horse tested positive to Australian Bat Lyssavirus.
Vic cheese Aust’s best but Brisbane tops ice-cream
17 May 13 | FOR the third year in a row, a blue cheese from Victoria has taken out the top award in the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show’s (RQFWS) Cheese and Dairy Produce competition.
Public's unusual Brahman treat
17 May 13 | BRAHMAN hump. It’s not an ingredient usually found on the menus of Brisbane’s fine dining restaurants, but a very real possibility if you visit Public Restaurant, on Brisbane’s George Street, this month.
17 May 13 | AN opportunity has opened up to lease the Far North Queensland cattle station Koolatah and purchase the 10,000 to 15,000-head Koolatah Brahman-cross herd.
17 May 13 | TWO significant farms in North Queensland's Burdekin region put to auction yesterday have sold.
WWF attacks Qld farmers in tree clearing clip
17 May 13 | EXTREME green lobby group WWF has attacked Queensland farmers in a YouTube video protesting changes to the controversial Vegetation Management Act.  | CommentsComments (1)
$50m for Range rail
17 May 13 | A $50 million investment in rail infrastructure on the Toowoomba Range will provide up to 20 additional train paths a week for southern Queensland farmers.
16 May 13 | WESTERN Downs Deputy Mayor George Moore has been selected as the new chairperson of the new look Wild Dog Barrier Fence Panel at a meeting in Roma today.
Burke 'misleading', says Seeney
16 May 13 | ENVIRONMENT Minister Tony Burke says the Queensland government has not presented its national parks grazing proposal to him, but Qld Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney says, “the Minister should check his inbox and his letterbox”.  | CommentsComments (1)
16 May 13 | THE Daley Family's Arrabury Pastoral Co's Gulf Country cattle station Lotus Vale and Stirling has been passed in at an auction in Brisbane this morning.
Transport costs squeeze biosecurity
16 May 13 | A RUDE shock might be waiting for livestock producers and vets when they try to send samples to Biosecurity Queensland's centralised, mega-testing laboratory in Brisbane at Coopers Plains.  | CommentsComments (2)
16 May 13 | FARMERS across Queensland are in a state of breathless anticipation to rev up their bulldozers and begin large scale land clearing. Watch WWF's outrageous attack on Queensland farmers.  | CommentsComments (6)
15 May 13 | BRISBANE based green group, the National Parks Association of Queensland (NPAQ), says it will actively discourage tourists from visiting Queensland in an attempt to stop starving cattle from accessing pasture in national parks.  | CommentsComments (15)
Cooler conditions at Dalby
15 May 13 | NUMBERS fell to 3735 head of cattle at Dalby today, with patchy rainfall across the Darling Downs contributing to the decrease. 
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Felix takes to Qld's stock routes
15 May 13 | A CHILDHOOD dream of being a cowboy has come true for Felix Hirsch from Germany as he works his way around western Queensland’s stock routes helping to drove 1800 head of cattle.
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Cropping

Pulses welcome southern rain

PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the 2013 planting season into full swing, but also to lessen the risk of plantback issues.
PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the...
The Land

How Australia cottoned on

VIDEO: IN THE early 1960s the papers were breathlessly calling cotton “white gold”, but there really was an element of goldrush in the building of the cotton industry.
VIDEO: IN THE early 1960s the papers were breathlessly calling cotton “white gold”, but there really was...light grey video

Forecast record crop casts pall on prices

THE USDA is forecasting a record global wheat crop this year, with a rise in plantings across the globe, but this bearish news had not brought back wheat prices in the past week.
THE USDA is forecasting a record global wheat crop this year, with a rise in plantings across the globe,...

Machinery

Case IH expansion

CASE IH has expanded its parts division with a new, comprehensive offering of Arag spraying products and components that are now available through all their Australian dealers.
CASE IH has expanded its parts division with a new, comprehensive offering of Arag spraying products and...

Agco merges with GSI

AGCO Australia has merged with the GSI Group - a global supplier of grain storage, material handling, conditioning and drying solutions.

Wool

Wool's 30c bounce

THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the first time in four weeks.
THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the...

Wool's upward trend

THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend could continue.
THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend...

Livestock

Cattle deaths at Qld research station

The RSPCA has backed an investigation into the deaths of 46 heifers at a state government research station.

No grazing in parks: Burke

CONTROVERSY has erupted over the federal government’s refusal to open up former cattle stations - now national parks - in northern Queensland, for emergency grazing.
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the federal government’s refusal to open up former cattle stations - now...

Grain fed numbers up

THE latest ALFA/MLA feedlot survey showed a 1 per cent rise in cattle numbers on feed over the quarter.
THE latest ALFA/MLA feedlot survey showed a 1 per cent rise in cattle numbers on feed over the quarter.

Agribusiness

John Deere will weather squall

JOHN Deere's shares traded down as the company reduced its current-year sales growth target - and bad weather is the excuse.
JOHN Deere's shares traded down as the company reduced its current-year sales growth target - and bad...

GrainCorp warns on regulation

GRAINCORP chief Alison ­Watkins has warned against imposing regulatory restrictions on agricultural companies.
GRAINCORP chief Alison ­Watkins has warned against imposing regulatory restrictions on agricultural companies.

Horticulture

Ausveg launches hotline

AUSVEG has launched a 1800 Agronomist hotline for vegetable growers, an industry-driven initiative which will be introduced on a national basis to provide technical information...

Imports impact growers

THE volume of cheap imported produce flowing onto the Australian market continues to rise with processed fruit and vegetables contributing the majority of food imports between 2010 and 2012, comprising a figure of around 15 per cent.
THE volume of cheap imported produce flowing onto the Australian market continues to rise with processed...
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