24 Jan 07 | THERE’S a new Agco farm machinery dealer for Ayr and surrounding districts. Agnorth Pty will take on machine sales, parts, and service responsibilities for three Agco-distributed brands, including Massey Ferguson, Fendt, and Challenger, according
24 Jan 07 | CASTING a line for the elusive Barramundi may be a bit more rewarding at Lake Tinaroo, North Queensland this year. There is no season for barra in the lake so they can be legally fished all year round although the size limit of 58cm applies.
24 Jan 07 | GRAHAM Murray and the North Queensland Cowboys may well be singing Lucky Starr's "I've Been Everywhere Man" after their upcoming tour through Queensland's Central Highlands. As part of the NRL Community Carnival on February 7-9, Murray, fellow
24 Jan 07 | GERALDINE Lee wants Northern Territory farmers to realise that there is a lot more to Landcare than volunteers planting trees and fixing conservation areas. Ms Lee is the NT Coordinator for the National Landcare program, and she wants to over
24 Jan 07 | NORTH Queensland lime growers that enjoyed peak prices prior to Christmas are now facing a price collapse and a looming over-supply of fruit. The October-November boom prices of up to $120 per carton were a result of the damage caused by Cyclo
24 Jan 07 | THE push is on to make Longreach a part of board game history. North western Queensland residents are being called for Longreach to appear in the Australian edition of Monopoly to be launched in June. Voting is done over the internet, wit
24 Jan 07 | THE image of North Queensland farmers and graziers pillaging the land for every skerrick of goodness couldn’t be further from the truth. That’s the assessment from Rick Kowitz, the Queensland State Landcare Co-ordinator who has toured the Nor
24 Jan 07 | WHILE sales in the south of the state continue to draw numbers of offloaded cattle due to destocking, North Queensland’s beef industry has played a strong shot forward. Despite drought tending to hold things back down south, the much wetter N
24 Jan 07 | THE impact of Cyclone Larry on North Queensland’s banana industry was intense. But after a tumultuous year where many growers’ crops were damaged and some were wiped out altogether, the outlook for the banana industry in 2007 is looking bright
24 Jan 07 | THINGS are going great guns in the Northern Territory if the unemployment rate is anything to go by. The Northern Territory has bucked the national trend to register a record low in unemployment. Acting Chief Minister Syd Stirling said th
24 Jan 07 | THE Bureau of Meteorology forecast for the first three months of 2007 is for below-normal rainfall for much of Queensland. However it has taken a punt both ways by adding “confidence in the outlook at this time of year is rather low, so this o
24 Jan 07 | TILAPIA, one of the world’s most invasive fish species, poses a major threat to the Gulf fisheries of North Queensland. The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) is launching an extensive education campaign to prevent any unc
24 Jan 07 | THEY say you can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl. Standing as living testament to that age-old saying is 23-year-old Majella Lyons from Goldsborough Station, Pentland. As a winner of the pr
24 Jan 07 | A SHORTAGE of available trucks to move produce from North Queensland to the southern markets is creating a problem for growers and agents alike. Managing director of CLC Produce, Mareeba, Peter Mills, has resorted to offering $1000 to truckies
18 Jan 07 | Ms Lee is the NT Coordinator for the National Landcare program, and she wants to overhaul the organisation’s image. She says while Landcare was started by farmers for farmers, it was adopted widely in the urban community. “Now that lead role n
18 Jan 07 | NORTH Queensland lime growers that enjoyed peak prices prior to Christmas are now facing a price collapse and a looming over-supply of fruit. The October-November boom prices of up to $120 per carton were a result of the damage caused by Cyclo
18 Jan 07 | North western Queensland residents are being called for Longreach to appear in the Australian edition of Monopoly to be launched in June. Voting is done over the internet, with participants logging onto the website (www.monopoly.com.au) selecting
18 Jan 07 | THE Bureau of Meteorology forecast for the first three months of 2007 is for below-normal rainfall for much of Queensland. However it has taken a punt both ways by adding “confidence in the outlook at this time of year is rather low, so this o
18 Jan 07 | Standing as living testament to that age-old saying is 23-year-old Majella Lyons from Goldsborough Station, Pentland. As a winner of the prestigious EJ Connellan Award for 2006, presented by Connellan Airways, Majella recently had a trip of a lif
18 Jan 07 | A SHORTAGE of available trucks to move produce from North Queensland to the southern markets is creating a problem for growers and agents alike. Managing director of CLC Produce, Mareeba, Peter Mills, has resorted to offering $1000 to truckies
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