30 Jan 03 | UNIVERSITY of Queensland Gatton PhD graduate Wayne Vogler has helped strike a blow in the war against giant rats tail grass. The weed scourge is threatening productivity of extensive grazing lands as it advances inland from coastal regio
30 Jan 03 | RAMBUTAN growers have joined forces to forge a coordinated export and domestic marketing campaign as production in North Queensland continues to expand. The newly established grower-owned company Australian Tropical Marketing will exclusively mark
30 Jan 03 | THE Sugar industry's latest report card has sanctified the existence of single desk marketing, however it suggests the need for radical reforms such as "targeted" deregulation. In the third assessment of the troubled industry in the past 12 m
30 Jan 03 | THERE'S a new style of beef production sweeping the stations of northern Australia. The days of mickey bulls, unmanaged herds and negligible profits are making way for structured breeding systems and reactivity to market trends. Sure, the large
23 Jan 03 | THE Roma selling season kicked into full gear last week when a mammoth yarding of 9000 head went under the hammer. Buyers from as far afield as Longreach, Quirindi and all areas between converged on the yards, even in the deteriorating season, to
23 Jan 03 | By STACEY MILNER IT'S been a busy few weeks for Longreach cattle buyer Dean Allen (pictured), International Livestock Exports, scouring North Queensland for the 3750 head needed to fill the mighty Brahman Express. But armed with
23 Jan 03 | Report adds to cane woes HEARTACHE and bank overdrafts are plentiful in the Herbert River district and sugar cane farmers fear problems will worsen if the State Government adopts recommendations in the Centre for International Economics report
23 Jan 03 | THE absence of major processors was felt at Charters Towers last week with a drought affected offering selling to limited competition. In total, the combined agents yarded 603 head, comprising 80 prime cattle, made up of nine bullocks, nine heifer
23 Jan 03 | SAP burn and soft green fruit have emerged as key fruit quality issues as the Burdekin mango picking season winds up. Ayr DPI extension officer Rowland Holmes said a high incidence of sap burn and resultant skin browning had downgraded the qua
23 Jan 03 | MORE than 1000 drought affected families in Queensland have snapped up Exceptional Circumstances support, however only 92 families are receiving interim income support compared to nearly 500 in NSW. While the government was surprised at the sl
23 Jan 03 | By STACEY MILNER PLANS to implement an increased "safeguard" tariff on imported meat by the Japanese government has the Australian beef industry again on high alert. Under a protectionist deal negotiated by Tokyo with the World Trade Or
23 Jan 03 | ALL major processors may have been present, but the large number of cattle available direct and at other centres had a negative impact on prices at Gracemere Prime Sale on Monday. Plainer export cattle were the most affected, losing upwards of 30c
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