18 Sep 03 | QUALITY lines of heavy export bullocks and a high percentage of well finished cows were welcome features of Charters Towers sale last week, while trade steers and heifers were again in short supply. Bullocks were 3-6c/kg dearer and cows 4-6c/kg ah
18 Sep 03 | THE road trains are rolling straight from the gates of North Queensland beef holdings towards the State's key selling centres as producers throughout the region waste not time in seizing the cattle price gains of recent weeks. Northern cattle
18 Sep 03 | CALTEX Australia is pressing ahead with ethanol-blended fuel trials in North Queensland, launching E10 Unleaded in Mareeba this week. Caltex E10 Unleaded has been available at five Caltex and Ampol-branded sites in Cairns since May as part of a m
18 Sep 03 | THE fledgling ethanol industry has gone on the defensive following a report claiming E10 blended fuels could damage almost four million Australian cars. The Australian Automobile Association report deals a bitter blow to ethanol aspirations in
18 Sep 03 | NUMBERS were reduced slightly with a good representation across all categories at Longreach sale last week. There was a large representation of lightweight and medium steers as well as medium weight cows. Values across most categories improved, w
18 Sep 03 | RURAL property valuers and investors have been constantly looking up but their eyes could be focused on different things. For southern buyers it is a tendency to look north for properties. For agents and valuers, it is looking at exactly how h
18 Sep 03 | NORTH Queensland families are some of the key players in the consortium that bought the Stanbroke Pastoral Company last week. Ralph and Beverley Rea of Mirtna, Charters Towers and John and Jan Burnett of Bendemeer, Charters Towers were members of
11 Sep 03 | EXPANDING the role of outback paramedics has been identified as a key initiative for improving emergency medical care in Queensland's rural and remote regions. The proposal is part of a Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) strategic plan to boos
11 Sep 03 | A NEW ruling from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority is set to ground dozens of mustering helicopters across northern Australia. CASA has wound back the life of main rotor blades on mustering machines from 2200 hours to 1500 hours following a
11 Sep 03 | SOLID runs of heavy export bullocks, along with medium to good cows, dominated Charters Towers sale last week, attracting strong competition for all lines. Bullocks jumped a further 2-4c to 164.2c/kg to build on the previous sale's gains, while c
11 Sep 03 | THE previous sale's strong rates held at Gracemere store sale last week, with only heifers showing an easing trend in the 2780-head yarding. In total, 1244 steers, 960 heifers, 406 cows and 170 cows and calves drawn from Collinsville, Nebo, Sarina
11 Sep 03 | A REDUCED yarding was offered and values lifted for some categories at Mareeba sale last week. There was strong competition on the heavier weights, with gains of up to 11c/kg being realised. Light steers made to 147.2c, with most selling from 126
11 Sep 03 | ROMA recorded its biggest yarding of fats for a while, with 2,336 going over the scales. Bullocks sold to 182c/kg and cows to 158c, but while there were excellent results, averages were a shade below last week's rates. Bullocks over 550kg sold
11 Sep 03 | A LARGER yarding was offered to all the regular buyers as values finished on a varied trend at Longreach sale last week. Buyers travelled from southern States to purchase cattle. Large numbers of grown steers, heifers and cows were penned with mo
11 Sep 03 | THE battle for Australia's largest aggregation of rural holdings appeared to be over earlier this week with Tuesday's news a consortium of beef producers led by Nebo cattleman Peter Hughes had secured Stanbroke Pastoral Company's 27-station empir
11 Sep 03 | A FALL in world sugar prices has soured a rare good news week for North Queensland's cane farmers. Beleaguered industry spirits were lifted last week with CSR announcing a $100 million foray into electricity cogeneration at its Pioneer Mill in
11 Sep 03 | THE price surge of a fortnight ago held in saleyards across the State last week but with little rain about market confidence may waver in line with diminishing feed. Overall saleyard throughput was last week on the rise, particularly for females,
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