Agricultural & rural farm news | North Queensland Register | Queensland

It appears that you are currently using Ad Blocking software. Please consider turning it off to support us.

Lucinda jetty fisho's delight

Lucinda jetty fisho's delight

Recreational fishos will enjoy the Lucinda jetty for years to come with the Port of Townsville carrying out $1.2 million in repairs.

Brahman cross steers make 348c/$1344 at Charters Towers

Brahman cross steers make 348c/$1344 at Charters Towers

There were 2670 cattle yarded at Charters Towers prime sale on Wednesday.

Yearling steers reach top of 334c, average 281c at Mareeba

Yearling steers reach top of 334c, average 281c at Mareeba

There was a yarding of 1901 cattle at Mareeba on Tuesday.

Flinders Highway roadworks accelerated

Flinders Highway roadworks accelerated

Roadworks have been accelerated on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charters Towers in a move that is touted to help support the development of a new motorsport precinct.

Brahman cross steers make 348c/$1344 at Charters Towers

Brahman cross steers make 348c/$1344 at Charters Towers

There were 2670 cattle yarded at Charters Towers prime sale on Wednesday.

Weaner heifers reach top of 378c, average 344c at Gracemere

Weaner heifers reach top of 378c, average 344c at Gracemere

Local restockers were active to secure lines of cattle at Gracemere on Wednesday.

Charolais cross weaner steers reach 466c/$1093 at Emerald

Charolais cross weaner steers reach 466c/$1093 at Emerald

There was great competition in the bidding from both restockers and processor buyers at Emerald on Tuesday.

Sydney-Whitsunday flights resume

Sydney-Whitsunday flights resume

Direct flights between Sydney and the Whitsundays will resume on Saturday after the coronavirus pandemic forced their cancellation.

Baby bats blamed for Charters Towers dispersal delay

Baby bats blamed for Charters Towers dispersal delay

Plans to move a large colony of flying foxes from the centre of Charters Towers have been delayed after the bats were found to be carrying young.

Charolais cross weaner steers reach 466c/$1093 at Emerald

Charolais cross weaner steers reach 466c/$1093 at Emerald

There was great competition in the bidding from both restockers and processor buyers at Emerald on Tuesday.

Leucaena conference returns in Townsville

Leucaena conference returns in Townsville

The event is an opportunity for graziers, industry partners, researchers and extension personnel to learn from each other, share and seek information.

Flinders Highway roadworks accelerated

Flinders Highway roadworks accelerated

Roadworks have been accelerated on the Flinders Highway between Townsville and Charters Towers in a move that is touted to help support the development of a new motorsport precinct.

Sydney-Whitsunday flights resume

Sydney-Whitsunday flights resume

Direct flights between Sydney and the Whitsundays will resume on Saturday after the coronavirus pandemic forced their cancellation.

Yearling steers reach top of 334c, average 281c at Mareeba

Yearling steers reach top of 334c, average 281c at Mareeba

There was a yarding of 1901 cattle at Mareeba on Tuesday.

Baby bats blamed for Charters Towers dispersal delay

Baby bats blamed for Charters Towers dispersal delay

Plans to move a large colony of flying foxes from the centre of Charters Towers have been delayed after the bats were found to be carrying young.

Leucaena conference returns in Townsville

Leucaena conference returns in Townsville

The event is an opportunity for graziers, industry partners, researchers and extension personnel to learn from each other, share and seek information.

Morrison clings to ignorance and prejudice

Morrison clings to ignorance and prejudice

Some would say there's an imperative to address the significant structural issues that have been consistently neglected pre-COVID, writes John Hewson.

Morrison clings to ignorance and prejudice

In whom we trust

Impacts of the other virus remain a focus

Crush milestone for Wilmar

Beef

Sponsored by

Speckle Park takes most popular in Sire Shootout

Speckle Park takes most popular in Sire Shootout

Votes were received from across the world.

"Wow factor" bull wins Sire Shootout

"Wow factor" bull wins Sire Shootout

His impressive dimensions caught the judge's eye.

Leucaena conference returns in Townsville

Leucaena conference returns in Townsville

The event is an opportunity for graziers, industry partners, researchers and extension personnel to learn from each other, share and seek information.

Who will be named Sire Shootout champion?

Who will be named Sire Shootout champion?

Tune in from 7pm for the live judging.

Agribusiness

Sponsored by

Big free-range chicken farm switches on mega Tesla battery

Big free-range chicken farm switches on mega Tesla battery

A large free-range poultry farm in South Australia has switched on a major renewable energy system.

How farm benchmarking drives successful decision making

How farm benchmarking drives successful decision making

Phil Holmes says benchmarking is a tool many managers of highly profitable agricultural businesses find invaluable in informing and evaluating their decision-making.

Bega Cheese announces 74 jobs will be cut at Bega site

Bega Cheese announces 74 jobs will be cut at Bega site

Bega Cheese has announced it will cut over 70 positions at its Bega site by the end of the year.

Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

The positive seasonal conditions outweigh the current COVID-19 inspired uncertainty in most ag commodities according to Rural Bank.

Property

Sponsored by

Prospect Park makes $8.6 million at auction

Prospect Park makes $8.6 million at auction

The 1559 hectare Bauhinia property Prospect Park has sold at auction for $8.6 million.

Gas country up for lease

Gas country up for lease

Some 18,421 hectares of country owned by gas producer APLNG is available for lease.

'Clean slate' with potential on market in south-west Victoria

'Clean slate' with potential on market in south-west Victoria

A property located in south-west Victoria is being marketed on behalf of Macquarie Bank as part of the windup of their 2008/09 forestry project.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest confirm Kimberley station purchase

Andrew and Nicola Forrest confirm Kimberley station purchase

The purchase includes 221,408 hectares and 11,500 quality cattle.

Wyuna, Neverfail head to auction

Wyuna, Neverfail head to auction

The Eulo properties Wyuna and Neverfail will be auctioned by Nutrien Harcourts in Bourke on July 30.

Recommended

Sponsored by

A modest start, hard work and repeatability: how Greensill Farming was built

A modest start, hard work and repeatability: how Greensill Farming was built

A '20-year overnight success' is how Greensill Farming Group CEO Peter Greensill describes the 3,000 hectare sweet potato and sugarcane business he runs with brothers, Lex and Andrew, at Qunaba, Queensland.

Water security concerns alleviated on Woodland Station

Water security concerns alleviated on Woodland Station

To improve the water systems and strategies employed on Woodlands Station, Goondiwindi, station manager Dion Porter turned to Kingspan Water and Energy for assistance in securing the all-important 'liquid gold' on-property.

Prioritising people and sharing success key to growing Tuohey family businesses

Prioritising people and sharing success key to growing Tuohey family businesses

Investing in relationships and building shared responsibility have helped Peter and Caroline Tuohey build a productive irrigated cropping and agricultural contracting business over the past 25 years.

Vaccine protects against lamb losses

Vaccine protects against lamb losses

Livestock Logic veterinarian Dr Andrew Whale says sheep producers should act early and vaccinate to prevent a costly outbreak of the Campylobacter disease.

Kilkenny sale draft is packed with carcase boosting genetics

Kilkenny sale draft is packed with carcase boosting genetics

A stellar draft of 100 bulls have been catalogued for the Kilkenny Woolooga Charolais and Charbray Bull Sale being held from 10am, Friday, July 24, at the Woolooga Saleyards.

Time to be tech savvy

Time to be tech savvy

AgTechFinder.com includes solutions for livestock, broadacre, horticulture and more.

Research breakthrough leads to new two-in-one injectable

Research breakthrough leads to new two-in-one injectable

Advertiser content: Boehringer Ingelheim's Marks-Min is a big step-up in convenience for cattle producers which will literally halve the amount of work needed to do to get these supplements into their herd.

High performing, commercially-oriented bulls on offer at Lucrana

High performing, commercially-oriented bulls on offer at Lucrana

Lucrana Simmentals has 56 high quality bulls in its sale on July 3.

Moo-vers and Shakers

Sponsored by

Limousins progressing in leaps and bounds

Limousins progressing in leaps and bounds

The annual society-sponsored Northern Limousin Breeders Sale will be happening this year on Friday, August 7, from 12pm to 5pm.

Hundreds of Booroomooka Angus' top bulls go under hammer in blockbuster sale

Hundreds of Booroomooka Angus' top bulls go under hammer in blockbuster sale

The Booroomooka Angus Bull Sale (August 14) will see 231 of the prestigious stud's high quality animals go under the hammer.

Lawral Park SAMM genetics lift lamb growth at Bordertown

Lawral Park SAMM genetics lift lamb growth at Bordertown

The SAMM sheep breed is the backbone of the Pietsch family's mixed farming operation at Bordertown in South Australia, producing quality ewes for prime lamb production.

World's largest Speckle Park sale garners attention across the beef industry

World's largest Speckle Park sale garners attention across the beef industry

Many commercial beef producers are looking to the Speckle Park to improve the efficiency of their herd.

Hazeldean Angus announces inaugural bull sale in Tamworth, NSW

Hazeldean Angus announces inaugural bull sale in Tamworth, NSW

Seedstock industry leader, Hazeldean Angus, will hold its first bull sale in Tamworth on Wednesday, August 19, to better service clients in northern NSW.

Boosting production, profits with Belmont Reds

Boosting production, profits with Belmont Reds

The 2020 Seifert Belmont Reds sale is on July 30, on property and via AuctionsPlus.

Bringing the sale yard to you

Bringing the sale yard to you

New online platform FarmGate Auctions is in development to add stud sales to its services.

Getting the right mixer essential to efficiency

Getting the right mixer essential to efficiency

For 47 years, Italian family-owned business Faresin Industries has been manufacturing feeding solutions to assist producers to maximise feed efficiency.

Coronavirus

Sponsored by

One step forward, two back: Few positives in pandemic pandemonium

One step forward, two back: Few positives in pandemic pandemonium

Our Informer will keep you up to date with everything you need to know today.

There's more ugliness to come, Victoria

There's more ugliness to come, Victoria

Our Informer will keep you up to date with all you need to know.

The great fried chicken farce and more

The great fried chicken farce and more

Our Informer will keep you up to date with everything you need to know today.

Advice for 2020: Please scream inside your heart

Advice for 2020: Please scream inside your heart

Our Informer will keep you up to date with everything you need to know today.

Thumbs up for tourists the message from WQ

Thumbs up for tourists the message from WQ

Seeing carfuls of tourists and visiting families with smiles on their faces beginning to fill the streets and shops again on a recent trip to Longreach has prompted Ingrid Miller to start a campaign to recognise that and say thanks.

'We are all Victorians now', says the PM

'We are all Victorians now', says the PM

Our Informer will keep you up to date with everything you need to know today.

Border closes first, then Melbourne to be ringfenced

Border closes first, then Melbourne to be ringfenced

Our Informer will keep you up to date with everything you need to know today.

'A dangerous new phase' of COVID-19 looms

'A dangerous new phase' of COVID-19 looms

Our Informer will keep you up to date with everything you need to know today.

Photos & Video

Sponsored by

Ag export boost for Far North

Ag export boost for Far North

An agricultural export boon could be in line for the Far North with plans afoot to double international produce exports from Cairns Airport over the next decade.

Drivers dicing with death caught on camera

Drivers dicing with death caught on camera

Drivers who fail to give way to cane trains in the Burdekin will be caught on camera and have their details passed on to police.

Julia Creek Dirt n Dust flashback

Julia Creek Dirt n Dust flashback

The Julia Creek Dirt n Dust festival should have kicked off this weekend, but with coronavirus forcing its cancellation, organisers are instead looking toward 2021

Around the ring at Big Country 2020

Around the ring at Big Country 2020

There was plenty of action at Big Country 2020. See snaps from around the ring.

Great greys pull a big crowd in at Big Country

Great greys pull a big crowd in at Big Country

See who was around the ring during the second day of the 2020 Big Country Brahman Sale in Charters Towers today.

Cropping

Sponsored by

World wheat record smashed in New Zealand

World wheat record smashed in New Zealand

A New Zealand farmer has smashed the world record for highest wheat yield. What did the bumper weigh in at?

Winter break: East coast low set to spark heavy falls

Winter break: East coast low set to spark heavy falls

NSW is the headline act but many parts of eastern Australia can expect good rain in the next eight days with two fronts sweeping through.

Substantial drop in Ukraine wheat

Substantial drop in Ukraine wheat

Hot weather in some parts and heavy rain in others have seen forecasters make another cut in Ukrainian wheat production this year.

Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

The positive seasonal conditions outweigh the current COVID-19 inspired uncertainty in most ag commodities according to Rural Bank.

US crop data predicts lower planted area but higher grain stocks

US crop data predicts lower planted area but higher grain stocks

USDA reports a shift in the global grain balance sheet on the back of new US crop estimates.

Machinery

'Perfect storm' sends tractor sales soaring in June

'Perfect storm' sends tractor sales soaring in June

Tractors sales soared past 2000 units in June on the back of rain and government tax incentives.

Automated guidance for John Deere utility tractors

Automated guidance for John Deere utility tractors

John Deere has updated its 5R and 6M utility tractors.

Electric cars an option but what happened to biofuels?

Electric cars an option but what happened to biofuels?

Vic farmers facing criminal charges under industrial manslaughter laws

Vic farmers facing criminal charges under industrial manslaughter laws

New industrial manslaughter laws could have serious impacts on Victorian farmers.

Push to derail new quad bike laws is 'crazy' say rural doctors

Push to derail new quad bike laws is 'crazy' say rural doctors

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia has blasted moves to halt new quad bike safety laws.

JCB unveils hydrogen-powered excavator

JCB unveils hydrogen-powered excavator

Global machinery manufacturer, JCB, has unveiled the prototype of a hydrogen-powered excavator.

More than one way to kill a weed says leading researcher

More than one way to kill a weed says leading researcher

Laser and electrical weed control have the potential to take pressure off herbicides in grain cropping regions.

No-till farming at risk if glyphosate is lost says weed expert

No-till farming at risk if glyphosate is lost says weed expert

One of Australia's foremost weed experts says agriculture must retain the herbicide glyphosate for as long as possible.

Sheep

Sponsored by

How farm benchmarking drives successful decision making

How farm benchmarking drives successful decision making

Phil Holmes says benchmarking is a tool many managers of highly profitable agricultural businesses find invaluable in informing and evaluating their decision-making.

First-cross ewes reach new heights while global outlook varied

First-cross ewes reach new heights while global outlook varied

Another national record was broken for first-cross ewes online last week while global uncertainty is continuing to impact the retail market.

'Think it through' before making a move out of wool

'Think it through' before making a move out of wool

Some wool growers may be considering a move out of the industry but those that have already made the move say there is a lot to think about.

Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

Positive season trumps virus uncertainty

The positive seasonal conditions outweigh the current COVID-19 inspired uncertainty in most ag commodities according to Rural Bank.

Dairy

Sponsored by

Charities give vital support to drought-hit farmers

Charities give vital support to drought-hit farmers

Without the terrific work of charitable organisations many dairy farmers in Queensland and NSW would have had to throw in the towel before now.

Boss Macleod leaves troubled Freedom Foods as books get fresh audit

Boss Macleod leaves troubled Freedom Foods as books get fresh audit

The man who guided Freedom Food's rapid expansion for almost two decades resigns after financial irregularities revealed

Change at the helm for Lactalis' bargaining group

Change at the helm for Lactalis' bargaining group

Peter Garratt has been appointed chairman of collective bargaining group Premium, which handles negotiations with Lactalis.

Freedom Foods says business strife won't upset commitment to farmers

Freedom Foods says business strife won't upset commitment to farmers

Freedom Foods has assured farmers it will honour its milk contracts, and even expand its partnerships as trading conditions improve

Senate inquiry listens to needs of farmers

Senate inquiry listens to needs of farmers

Senators who attended the inquiry were genuinely interested in hearing about the concerns, priorities and needs of dairy farmers.

Opinion

Sponsored by

Beef production the more natural energy system

Beef production the more natural energy system

Current renewable energy systems have a limited life cycle and are not self-regenerating like cattle and grass, says View From the Paddock columnist Mark Davie.

Dietary advice we've been fed for decades is wrong

Dietary advice we've been fed for decades is wrong

Why the Australian Dietary Guidelines are flawed

Why governments should provide support to agriculture

Why governments should provide support to agriculture

The Gauge columnist Peter Mailler says there is plenty of evidence to support an argument for government assistance for agriculture.