Forestry companies have thrown their weight behind North Queensland's latest biofuel concept, diesel trees, and are expected to plant up to 1000 hectares of saplings this spring. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
Cotton industry mechanisation has a new dyanamic in the shape of a cotton picker able to build modules as it works its way down crop rows.
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A new market high of $80,000 has been set this morning at the Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale, Qld, surpassing the previous top of $55,000, set on Monday and equalled again on Tuesday. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
You may need to see it to believe it, but Massey Ferguson's new 9895 header from AgCo has broken the magic 100 tonnes an hour mark while harvesting sorghum at Emerald, Qld.
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After a run of mediocre seasons, the McVeigh family, Cewarra, north of Dalby, Qld, are enjoying the fruits of the best wheat harvest in five years. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
Buyers mainly from South Gippsland and the southeast of South Australia bid prices $30-$50/head higher at a store cattle sale of 1500 head held at Yea, northeast of Melbourne on Friday. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
A dry end to winter and a run of hot, northerly winds in recent weeks threatens to totally derail the cropping season for producers across western and upper Eyre Peninsula, SA. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
Interstate buying from as far field as Dirranbandi and Meandarra in southern Queensland netted the lion's share of a 5850 head yarding at the annual January weaner and grown cattle sale at Wodonga yesterday. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
One-and-half-year-ol d, 2006-drop Merino ewes made to a top of $70 in a solid store sheep sale of 29,000 head at Jerilderie, NSW, on Friday. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
Check out this dust cloud as recorded on 25th January 2006 on The Hugnes Family Property "Autumnvale", Thargomindah, QLD.
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With seeding rigs at the ready in WA, cropping programs are still pointing to a big year as most farmers look for options rather than dropping paddocks out of production.
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As the prospects of a winter crop in southern Queensland diminish, researchers are having increasing empathy with drought-stricken farmers, according to Queensland DPI&F's general manager, plant science, David Hamilton.
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Despite healthy scepticism from various fields, those finding a mulesing alternative by 2010 are growing in confidence that mulesing clip technology can deliver. As seen on www.farmonline.com.a u From agricultural news, weather, classifieds and market reports to properties for sale, job vacancies and rural events, farmonline has it covered.
