12 Dec 02 | THE tyranny of distance is closing down in the remote Burke Shire. The communications revolution has captured some of Queensland's most isolated cattle stations and communities in the past year, bringing a new business era along with it. Br
12 Dec 02 | WEED management in the Cape River catchment will be stepped up following a $320,000 funding injection announced last week. In a joint statement, Primary Industries Minister Henry Palaszczuk and Member for Charters Towers Christine Scott said t
12 Dec 02 | BEETALOO and Mungabroom Stations in the Northern Territory have sold to an undisclosed buyer. The sale represented a combined aggregation of more than 10,500sq km and included a quality Brahman/Charbray infused herd of 19,600 head of cattle.
05 Dec 02 | LIVESTOCK owners forced to buy stock feed because of the drought need to be careful it is not contaminated with weed seed. With the drought biting, producers are being forced to source feed from wherever they can, however it may be carrying a h
05 Dec 02 | CHARTERS Towers combined agents yarded a total of 428 cattle consisting of 266 prime cattle and 162 store cattle. Prime cattle consisted of 137 bullocks, 38 heifers, 62 cows and 29 bulls. Stores 118 steers, 19 heifers and six cows and calves.
05 Dec 02 | THE North Queensland cane crushing season has finished on a high, with all but one mill area posting improved yields and sugar contents. The coastal cane belt between Tully and Babinda recorded the largest increases compared to last year, with can
05 Dec 02 | CANEGROWERS say they are disturbed by suggestions from the Queensland Government's chief scientist, Dr Joe Baker, that their farming practices might be harming the Great Barrier Reef. Mr Baker was quoted in a Brisbane newspaper on November 25 as
05 Dec 02 | WHILE much of Australia is in drought, the tropical north of the Northern Territory has experienced an unusually long dry season. But for one section of the pastoral industry, the long dry has meant additional grazing for the 30,000 or so cattle
05 Dec 02 | A TOTAL of 3537 head of very mixed quality cattle were offered for sale at Gracemere last Friday, made up of 1601 bullocks and steers, 194 cows and calves, 389 cows, 1315 heifers and 38 bulls. The condition of the cattle was the same as the quality,
05 Dec 02 | THERE was a smaller number penned at Mareeba last week with prices dearer for nearly all grades. Of the 670 head, there was a large number of very good quality steers and bullocks penned and processor competition was quite strong. The light steer
05 Dec 02 | QUEENSLAND Racing representatives Darcy Tyrrell and Col Truscott recently conducted consultative meetings at eight regional centres throughout Queensland in relation to the future of non-TAB racing. Meetings were held at Rockhampton, Barcaldine, C
05 Dec 02 | A BUOYANT rural property market may result in the Central Queensland shires of Bowen, Whitsunday, Broadsound, Nebo, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Fitzroy, Calliope and Duaringa being revalued in the next annual valuation. Department of Natural Resources
05 Dec 02 | DESPITE keen interest from all over the State, the historic Tully River Station failed to sell at auction on Monday. The 1074 hectare portion, 35km from Tully, was passed in for $1.5 million to a Townsville businessman. He later made a hi
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