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Wed 22 May 2013

Stockmen’s Footsteps offers a rich insight into past

IN 1988, I was fortunate to visit the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame in Longreach.

Lifestyle
Bruce Partridge, General Manager, Warwick Daily News

Tue 21 May 2013

Naming ponies is a challenge

SHAKESPEARE once posed the question, what’s in a name?

Lifestyle

<strong>UPDATE:</strong> A wayward brahman cross cow’s two-day quest for freedom has come to a sobering end in North Toowoomba.

Cow loose for more than a day before this morning's rampage

UPDATE: A wayward brahman cross cow’s two-day quest for freedom has come to a sobering end in North Toowoomba.

It’s a cattle buyer’s market

THE cattle industry is forever changing and it takes a sharp mind and keen eye to stay in touch with the latest market trends.

Livestock

Warwick region livestock sales

Livestock

Dose of reality was enough to fell timber cutting illusions

THERE is one true way to tell winter has arrived on Brookvale Downs: it’s the sound of my chainsaw ripping every piece of timber in the paddocks to near death.

Lifestyle

Rural life in the days before power

THIS edition of Bush Tele we share another tale from the compelling Killarney Life Stories collection.

Lifestyle

Foraging for best oats variety

GRAZING varieties were under the spotlight at an oats demonstration site field day held on Clay and Peter Smith’s Nobby property Hurston Downs last Tuesday.

News
Linda Mantova

Fat cattle trade reaches the bottom

WITH talk of shooting cattle in the north, Warwick region producers are faring better than their northern and western counterparts, due to a number of factors.

News

Barry’s mending fences

GLENGALLAN cattleman Barry Turner has lived a lifetime on the black soil flood plain and he reckons you’d be “hard pushed to find sweeter country anywhere”.

Community thanks volunteers

THEY are chefs, marketing experts, student architects and everything in between, and for the past six months have been honorary residents of the Southern Downs.

Forecast rain sure to boost oats crops

OATS growers will be forgiven for a doing a little rain dance of joy this week, amid forecasts of widespread wet weather across the Southern Downs.

News

New boss for dog fence

THE NEW-look Wild Dog Barrier Fence Panel has selected George Moore, deputy mayor of the Western Downs Regional Council, as its chairman.

News

Mon 20 May 2013

Horses contract bat virus but no bats at Allora property

BIOSECURITY Queensland personnel met with Highborne Farm owner Cameron Osborne at the weekend after two horses contracted the deadly Australian bat lyssavirus.

News

Industry must have its say on biosecurity

A LACK of transparency and accountability are major flaws in the draft national Biosecurity Bill 2012.

Columns
Alex Livingstone, Growcom CEO

Gentle giants earn accolades for couple

IT IS understandable why Wyreema’s Kath and Barry Pearce are so fond of clydesdales.

Sun 19 May 2013

Best grains prices in five years

AUSTRALIAN grain markets are riding higher – with sorghum and barley bids at close to A$300/MT NTP Brisbane and Newcastle at their best levels since 2007/08.

Columns
Steve Sloss

Accountant in boots and all

ACCOUNTANT Brett Otto lives by the motto that you can’t provide clients with quality advice if you don’t get your boots dirty.

Sat 18 May 2013

Nurse inquest still going on

THE coronial inquest into the murders of two Sydney nurses at Toowoomba in 1974 has not concluded and is still awaiting evidence from the final witness.

Agriculture, Australia's most trusted industry

RESULTS of a recent public polling showed, without doubt, Australian agriculture is the most trusted industry in Australia.

Columns
Ian Burnett, Agforce General President

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Country wedding of the year

Tracker dogs? No way. These wild dogs are being tracked

Fat cattle trade reaches the bottom

Brazilians sugar producers take a look at Mackay district

Death of heifers on government property to be investigated

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You voted, they listened - hemp now official party policy

Horror animal cruelty video sparks new call for export ban

Sunshine Coast building designers shine at awards

Godwin Beach man charged after aircraft laser incident

Milk goes back to the future

Info hotline for vegetable growers

Better berries come from better land and water use

Aboriginal corporation takes on timber milling

Teamwork to control feral pigs

Record Saturday crowd for Ipswich Show

Graziers query choice of national parks opened for cattle

Schembri replaced by Kevin Borg

Graham's big rig is on the way to Dysart

Longhorn Express Nebo-bound

Outgoing Canegrowers boss treated it as a privilege

Three new sugarcane varieties approved

Travel expo added to primary industry show

Thrill seekers saddle up for Teebar Rodeo next month

The claws are out and targeting a nasty creeper

Landowners have their say at rural lands forums

Gympie Show shines despite gloomy weather

Hendra dispute goes on

Cattle poacher walks but victims hope it warns off others

Young farmers win best in show for their prime cattle

Forecast of a wetter winter

Helping hand for farmers

Burrum Heads farmer never gets tired of showing cattle

Timber industry and greenies likely to be at loggerheads

Groundwater gas sampling will give CSG a baseline

A farm that teaches as it grows

Great day, big turnout for Beef Meets Reef

All systems go for Beef Week

CQ among the honours in Reef Rescue awards

QCWA continues tradition of fun, friends and history

Rice looks nice for versatile farming family

Big heart for the big time

Breeders in demand at CQLX sale

Microbats link to 'world first' deadly virus death

Horse industry slams neglect

Horses contract bat virus but no bats at Allora property

Lyssavirus kills horses near Allora

Equine enthusiasts hone skills

Hotline for vegetable growers

Weed guide spots culprits

Black willow is the worst in river system

Paddy remains stable as family looks for improvement

$50m rail upgrade to take 25,000 trucks a year off roads

Ratepayers to fund renewed fight against noxious weeds

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