20 Sep 01 | THE collapse of Ansett Airlines has left ticketholders on regional air routes counting the costs, with one small community estimating its losses at more than $50,000. Residents of Bamaga, Weipa and Mount Isa were left stranded following the c
20 Sep 01 | WITH 1001 bulls to choose from - to be offered by 188 vendors over three days - the task of selecting a new sire at Rockhampton's annual Brahman Week Sale from October 3 to 5 at first appears onerous. But the introduction of an online sale catalog
20 Sep 01 | MAREEBA'S combined agents offered a larger yarding of 1654 head for their weekly sale last week which saw heavy steers and bullocks sell to a new saleyards high of 215.2c/kg. Overall, values were mixed and the quality of the yarding was down sligh
20 Sep 01 | CALLS for extra schooling options for children and a push to help out some of the North's more remote students were tabled at the State ICPA annual conference. Held in the shadow of the American terrorist tragedy, Queensland Isolated Children
20 Sep 01 | PRICES for heavy bullocks continued on their upward spiral to reach an unprecedented 229.2c/kg when the Charters Towers combined agents penned 1570 head for their weekly prime and store sale. The mixed quality yarding saw good finished bullocks an
20 Sep 01 | AN ADVANCED case of black sigatoka infected bananas has spurred DPI Plant Health officers and the Tully fire brigade to turn up the heat in the battle against the banana scourge. Detected deep in the heart of the Dingo Pocket Road production a
20 Sep 01 | LONGREACH'S combined agents penned 3993 head for their weekly sale at the Cramsie yards last week on a day which saw values improve for most categories. Female cattle dominated the yarding while light trade types were in comparatively short supply
20 Sep 01 | A RECENT report on the death of mangrove trees in five river estuaries around Mackay listed 10 possible causes, one of which was smothering by silt. That is a cause Queensland Herbarium principal botanist Ralph Dowling has found to be most li
20 Sep 01 | RAINFOREST researchers have conceded it would be virtually impossible to control North Queensland's feral pig population in the event of a foot and mouth disease outbreak. The question of effective control was raised in a Feral Pigs Pest Status an
20 Sep 01 | CANEGROWERS have been urged to be patient with payment delays following the terrorist attack on the United States. Chairman Jim Pedersen said the Australian sugarcane industry conveyed its sincere sympathy to the American people and to all those
20 Sep 01 | WITH record entries received for the 2001 Gold City Brahman Sale, the quality typified by the 295 bulls and females on offer has never been higher. The two-day event kicks off at 6.30pm at Charters Towers's Dalrymple Saleyards on Thursday, Octobe
13 Sep 01 | VALUES for most descriptions recorded further gains when Charters Towers' combined agents penned 1560 head for their weekly prime and store sale. The yarding was described as a reasonable quality offering considering the general deterioration of t
13 Sep 01 | THE records continued to fall at Mareeba last week with new marks being set for heavy steers, cows and bulls. Some 1375 head were penned - an increase of 165 from the previous sale - and the easing market for the plainer type cattle was offset
13 Sep 01 | CATTLE producers looking to source good quality bulls to meet the demands of the buoyant live export trade and lucrative prime cattle markets should mark the upcoming Tropical Northern Brahman Bull Sale down in in their little black books. The sal
13 Sep 01 | LONG time Mareeba bull sale supporters George and Joan Harriman of Reedybrook Brahman Stud, Mount Garnet will be back in town this year with another big draft of 23 bulls, including one registered red sire. The registered Red, Lot 19, Reedybrook W
13 Sep 01 | RON and Grace Harriman of GI Brahman Stud, Tarzali, will present an impressive line-up of six Red and six Grey sires at this year's Mareeba bull sale. The GI team comprises three registered sires (including two select sires) and nine herd bulls.
13 Sep 01 | TWO 20-month old grandsons of the renowned JDH Elefante will head up a strong sale team of nine herd bulls from Char-Walla Stud, Pentland, at this year's Mareeba Bull Sale. Both young sires - Char-Walla 1651 and Char-Walla 1802 - are by Fenechvale
13 Sep 01 | CONSISTENT and long-time sale supporters Barry and Debbie McPaul of Douglas Creek Brahman Stud, Daintree, will offer an even line of 21 young Grey sires at the upcoming Mareeba bull sale. Douglas Creek is a well established stud and has been selli
13 Sep 01 | TOWNSVILLE'S beef cattle fraternity finally has sales underway again, just nine months after the closure of the Bohle saleyards. The first sale held at the Townsville Showground resulted in 85 head of cattle from Alligator Creek, Long Pocket
13 Sep 01 | WELL known northern studmasters Rod and Ailsa Smith of Milky Pines Brahman Stud, Mena Creek, will offer two registered Brahman bulls at the Mareeba bull sale. Both are by the top sire Willarandy TC Trailblazer, a big bull who has consistently sire
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