4/03/2004 | FOLLOWING some good storm rains earlier in the week, a much reduced yarding of 1267 head was entered at the Gracemere sale last week. The yarding comprised 519 steers, 418 heifers, 214 cows, 108 cows and calves and eight bulls. A strong gallery
4/03/2004 | By BILL SCHILD BANANA farmer anger spilled into the streets last week as a convoy of banana growers marched in Cairns on Friday protesting the possible importation of Philippine bananas. The release of the Import Risk Assessment (IRA) by Bi
4/03/2004 | A RECORD crashed with the fall of the hammer at the auction of Beauchamp at Springsure last week. The property sold for $15.45 million bare of stock, a new State record for the sale of a sole property at auction. Locals, the Nobbs family, in tw
4/03/2004 | CATALOGUES for the forthcoming Palgrove Broadlea Charbray and Charolais Invitation Sale have been distributed to cattle producers from as far away as Western Australia, Northern Territory and Boulia, Moura and Cooktown in Queensland as sale preparati
4/03/2004 | ONE of few large grazing blocks just out from Townsville will go to auction in just over a month's time. Glen Kathleen is a 6597 hectare freehold title about 70km south of Townsville. The property is being offered by Sir Rupert Clarke, the wel
4/03/2004 | IT was a Red Poll bull that took the top honors at the Kojonup Invitation Sale at Knutsford, Western Australia, last Wednesday when local and interstate buyers battled it out to take home the $8000 Yongerellen bull, which was knocked down to Queensla
4/03/2004 | THE Longreach property Newstead is set to go to auction on March 30 and is sure to stir interest among western property hunters. Newstead is located 27km from the centre of Longreach and is also central to Barcaldine, Aramac and Isisford. The l
4/03/2004 | IT lined the pockets of sellers with gold and shattered the aspirations of many a prospective buyer, but the one thing North Queensland's rural property market did not do in 2003 was show any sign of slowing down. With the first major auct
4/03/2004 | THE entry of 4000 head at the Roma Store Sale last week struck a much better market than expected, with significant rises for all descriptions. Heavy steers sold to 195c/kg, weaner steers reached 226c, feeder heifers topped at 188c and cows and calv
4/03/2004 | CHARTERS Towers combined agents yarded a small offering of 253 head last week, comprising 147 prime cattle and 106 stores. Stock were trucked from Bowen, Greenvale, Pentland and local areas with the few cattle on offer making the market difficult
4/03/2004 | IT'S Australian Bureau of Resource Economics (ABARE) Outlook time this week and it can sometimes be difficult to make the link between the stuffy Canberra meetings and what's going on in the paddock. Yet some interesting facts and predictions have
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