Granular Products have been attending the Ag-Grow field days for more than a decade and this year they went one further and became the major sponsor of the event.
The Australian owned Granular Products is based in Rockhampton and provide a specialist all-inclusive on farm service, working closely with key re-sellers across Queensland.
Granular Products have the only flupropanate granule available in Australia and is ideal for aerial control of invasive grasses, including African lovegrass, Parramatta grass and rats tail grass.
The company also has the unique Regain 400, the only double strength tebuthiuron granule available in Australia, for efficient and effective control of regrowth.
According to Granular Products sales manager Paul Hubbard site at r Ag-Grow was visited by a number of concerned producers due to the breaking news of the flawed trigger maps presented on the Queensland Globe website.
Since this announcement was made, Granular Products has expressed relief that the Palaszczuk Government has announced they will review the controversial trigger maps presented on the Queensland Globe website.
"The review will be more valuable if landholders are consulted and included in the process and changes with the potential to have such significant impact for landholders really need to be communicated appropriately," Mr Hubbard said.
"The maps are flawed and that is clear from some of the obvious iconic locations that have been mapped as high-risk areas, such as Suncorp Stadium and the Gabba to name a few.
"The Government has admitted they can't be sure that the protected areas actually contain protected plants - they just "may" contain protected plants.
"This unexplained change to the mapping methodology has seen thousands of producers saddled with additional protected areas on their properties," Mr Hubbard said.
"There has been no scientific, ecological or cartographic rationale offered to support the new methodology.
"The Government has admitted they can't be sure that the protected areas actually contain protected plants - they just "may" contain protected plants.
"This is a major setback to farmers, this is their livelihood, they have already been managing some pretty tough conditions and this is yet another blow," he said.
"Producers must go through a rigorous and expensive ecological assessment of their properties and application process before they can clear or thin in protected areas."
These surveys cost anywhere from $5,000 upwards to $30,000.
Helen Walker
Helen is the Toowoomba-based journalist who loves nothing better than covering anything horse sport related, however she covers all commodities and personality yarns. Over the years she has lived in Brisbane, Rockhampton, Longreach and Roma filing stories for the 'bible of the bush'. Contact 0459 827414.
Helen is the Toowoomba-based journalist who loves nothing better than covering anything horse sport related, however she covers all commodities and personality yarns. Over the years she has lived in Brisbane, Rockhampton, Longreach and Roma filing stories for the 'bible of the bush'. Contact 0459 827414.
