Archive for November, 2010

THE Dorper has proved the perfect plank for Deniliquin NSW sisters, Anna Kelly and Jane Thomson, to build their Plains Paddock lamb brand.

WEEKEND rain has damaged what was predicted to be one of the best grain harvests on record and the bad news just gets worse with more rain forecast.

NEW research will be conducted to solve Australia’s $4 billion-a-year weed problem.

FARMERS are one step closer to being paid for carbon abatement and sequestration.

While the coastal drive to Port Douglas is one of the most scenic routes in Australia, the drive to Cape Tribulation – where World Heritage rainforest really does meet the sea – is one of the most scenic roads in the world.

PROVENANCE is a selling point, writes ANDREW MOLE

HORSE breeders could be suffering untold losses in aborted foals due to the spread of the poisonous progressionary caterpillar.

What with work and the pressures of modern-day life, it’s all too easy to forget to take some time out for a trip to this stunning region’s world famous backyard, the pristine Great Barrier Reef.

AFTER four decades of dairy farming, Ada and Don Cameron were looking to slow down.

DIRECT marketing of branded beef and lamb is on the rise. In the first of a series ANDREW MOLE talks to producers having a go