Queensland Country Life
Thursday, July 7
Federal MPs' fears new FMD measures may not be enough
Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, Nationals leader David Littleproud and Katter's Australian Party leader Rob Katter have weighed in on the threat of FMD.
Billy Jupp & Sally Gall • 1hr ago
Qld well represented in Australia's junior polocrosse squad
Australian Junior Polocrosse team players (L-R) Hunter French, captain Mace Edmistone, Lara French, vice captain Erica Stuart, Emily Bowden, Emily Wamsley, Jett Sargood, and Travis Betts. Picture: Melinda Edmistone
Ben Harden • 2hrs ago
Heave away! Grain bound for South Australia
Gregor Heard
GO WEST: Chris Heinjus, Pinion Advisory, says big volumes of grain are moving from NSW and Victorian into SA where it is being exported, working around a lack of port capacity down the east coast.
Finally, Queensland cops a run of dry weather
Mark Phelps
Queensland is set to experience a run of dry weather, possibly through to the end of August. Picture - BoM
Qld crowned tourism capital of Aus, regional areas lead the way
Brandon Long
A bus tour visits the Gunsynd The Goondiwindi Grey statue. Picture: GRC
Rural lifestyle, investment property makes $8.2 million | Video
RAY WHITE RURAL: Mackay property Pine View Park has sold at auction for $8.2 million.
Mark Phelps
'Extremely messy': Economists renew push for full-scale RBA review
Gerard Cockburn
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe. Picture: Getty Images
Rain limits Warwick yarding but prices rise as a result
Billy Jupp
Wet weather limited Wednesday's yarding but competition from restockers helped prices rise from the previous week. Photo: Supplied
Palaszczuk government funding for Workers Heritage Centre
Sally Gall
The new entrance to the Australian Workers Heritage Centre in Barcaldine. Picture: supplied
Sunshine Coast hinterland rural lifestyle property makes $1.625m | Photos
UPPER KANDANGA: Lifestyle property Ullathorne has sold at an Elders auction for $1.625 million.
Mark Phelps
Sunshine Coast's 'last open space' comes to market
Mark Phelps
Buderim farmer Peter Wise is selling a 35 hectare area of open country near Mooroochydore.

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2hrs ago
Event returns: The Aon AgQuip field days will take place from August 16 to 18.
Moist air combines with climate drivers for NSW flood
Gregor Heard
BIG WET: Warm waters off the coast of Australia have led to humid air which has combined with long-term climate drivers to help form the deep low that deposited heavy rain down the east coast this week.
Goatmeat prices at levels unimaginable a decade ago
Andrew Marshall
Weighing in: At Western Meat Exporters, Charleville, on average, goats are dressing out at least a kilogram heavier, and increasingly at younger ages, than five years ago.

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Rural lifestyle, investment property makes $8.2 million | Video
RAY WHITE RURAL: Mackay property Pine View Park has sold at auction for $8.2 million.
Mark Phelps
Sunshine Coast hinterland rural lifestyle property makes $1.625m | Photos
Mark Phelps
UPPER KANDANGA: Lifestyle property Ullathorne has sold at an Elders auction for $1.625 million.
Buy a 'gut' piece of German heritage in the heart of the Barossa
Chris McLennan
SAVE ME: Is this one of the original homes in the historic German village of Bethany in the Barossa Valley which urgently needs some love? Up for public auction. Pictures: Homburg Real Estate and State Library of SA.
Sunshine Coast's 'last open space' comes to market
Mark Phelps
Buderim farmer Peter Wise is selling a 35 hectare area of open country near Mooroochydore.

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ICMJ competitors gather in Wagga Wagga | Photos
Team from West Texas A & M - (front) Kara Bett, Shannon Amderson, Ambri Harrigal and Jenna Mayer (back) Carter Mortensen, Cole Pietit, Tessa Barrett, Caleb Baker, Jeffrey Morphis, Jacob McPhillan and coach Loni Lucherk.
Stephen Burns
Feral, untagged cattle wreak havoc in northern national parks
Commercial cross builds production resilience
Jamie Brown
Hereford over Santa Gertrudis are the backbone of commercial production at Yulgilbar Station. Photo: Supplied
Umbearra Station in the Red Centre focuses on fertility, generational development and Red Angus | Photos
For more than 65 years the McKay family of Umbearra Station has grown their beef cattle operation in central Australia, and now they are one of the biggest Red Angus herds in the country.
Hannah Powe
Should the goat levy be lifted?
Shan Goodwin
LEVY TALK: With high goat prices, the industry is looking into the possibility of lifting the transaction levy to funnel more money into research and marketing. IMAGE: Lucy Kinbacher
Evidence builds of prevalence of FMD in Indo
Shan Goodwin
Studstock
Commercial cross builds production resilience
Hereford over Santa Gertrudis are the backbone of commercial production at Yulgilbar Station. Photo: Supplied
Jamie Brown
Special bull worthy of Sire Shootout runner up
Lucy Kinbacher
OSullivans Special K from Mick and Sandy O'Sullivan at Lower Mount Walker in Queensland was the 2022 ACM Sire Shootout runner up. Picture: OSullivans Black Limousins
Alice bull sale exceeds expectations
Vanessa Binks
The $19,000 top price bull sold by Days Whiteface stud's Hettie Day and buyers Ben and Nicole Hayes, Undoolya Station, Via Alice Springs.
Markets
Rain limits Warwick yarding but prices rise as a result
Wet weather limited Wednesday's yarding but competition from restockers helped prices rise from the previous week. Photo: Supplied
Billy Jupp
Online cattle market eases
Weaner steers make 662c at Roma
Grant Daniel & Long Taroom agent Jordan Wenham with Richard and Kim Donner and son William, Boxvale Cattle Co, Injune, sold 140 good quality Angus cross and Santa cross steers. The Angus cross steers sold to 576.2c/kg, with the lead pen making 566.2c/kg, at 362kg, reaching a top of $2053.56. The Santa cross steers sold to 610.2c/kg, with the lead pen making 568.2c/kg, at 335kg, reaching a top of $1906.63.
Rural Life
Beyond the city limits, a new world record has been set
An aerial view of the record Nutbush attempt at The Big Red Bash, Birdsville.
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Charters Towers Charity Ball set to shine for another year
Zoe Thomas
The annual charity ball aims to raise funds for a local group or charity. Picture: File.
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Consistent carcase yield with Dorroughby Speckles
EXCEPTIONAL BULL: Dorroughby Recruit (DPS R29), one of the standout sires in the 2022 sale on August 27.
Fairview is helping raise producers bottom line
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Fairview aims to provide bulls that are adapted, structurally correct and demonstrate a balanced genetic profile that avoid antagonisms and have the performance and carcase to suit any market.
Cropping
Moist air combines with climate drivers for NSW flood
BIG WET: Warm waters off the coast of Australia have led to humid air which has combined with long-term climate drivers to help form the deep low that deposited heavy rain down the east coast this week.
Gregor Heard
Another shot at growing rice in the Top End
Chris McLennan
RICE REBORN: Researchers hope native rice collected from Adelaide River floodplains and cultivated in university trials will soon be on the menu. Picture: CDU.
Heave away! Grain bound for South Australia
Gregor Heard
GO WEST: Chris Heinjus, Pinion Advisory, says big volumes of grain are moving from NSW and Victorian into SA where it is being exported, working around a lack of port capacity down the east coast.
Politics
Federal MPs' fears new FMD measures may not be enough
Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, Nationals leader David Littleproud and Katter's Australian Party leader Rob Katter have weighed in on the threat of FMD.
Billy Jupp & Sally Gall • 1hr ago
'Extremely messy': Economists renew push for full-scale RBA review
Gerard Cockburn
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe. Picture: Getty Images
Will Labor commit to the last govt's $7.4-billion dam plan?
Jamieson Murphy
New Water Minister shocked basin plan allowed to drift off target
Jamieson Murphy
WATER WOES: Tanya Plibersek knows she has a huge challenge ahead in wrangling the Murray-Darling Basin Plan back on track. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos
Machinery
Save money and skip the queue at AgQuip 2022
Event returns: The Aon AgQuip field days will take place from August 16 to 18.
2hrs ago
Suspension overhaul for HiLux Rogue while Rugged X bites the dust
Melody Labinsky
Enhanced performance: The 2022 Toyota HiLux Rogue is getting an updated suspension package and wider track in the fourth quarter of this year.
Farmer sends brother-in-law on 23,000km trip for machinery part
Brandon Long
A faulty vehicle controller on his cotton picker prompted Jondaryan farmer David Loughnan to hatch a cunning plan. Picture: Brandon Long