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Good jobs aplenty in agriculture while city unemployment rises

While Australia’s coronavirus pandemic problems push national unemployment numbers above 1 million, the rural sector is frantically trying to fill job vacancies across a wide spectrum of trades and professions. Not only are farmers worried about finding enough seasonal labour to fill harvest roles in the horticulture and grain sectors this summer, a host of.

Biddeston property Foxdale on the market

Claire and Stephen Schmidt’s 161 hectare (400 acre) Biddeston property Foxdale is on the market for $2.1 million. Located 23km west of Toowoomba, Foxdale is about half cultivation and half pasture, with a creek dissecting the productive property. The pasture country is lightly timbered with coolibah and box with the occasional ironbark, running up into.

Smart Farms Small Grants – Round four now open

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment is now accepting applications for Round 4 of the Smart Farms Small Grants program. Applications close at 11.00am on Friday, 9 October 2020. Smart Farms Small Grants is an open, competitive, grant opportunity to support projects to increase farming, forestry and fishing communities’ awareness, knowledge, skills and.

Race to rebuild sends cattle market skyward

Fevered restocking has shifted into a race to rebuild that is pushing young cattle prices skyward, with heifers leading the charge. Heifers are now worth as much as steers, sometimes more, as the reality sets in of shrinking supply against a backdrop of paddocks already full of feed and one of the most favourable spring.

66 Station Mated Cows & 69 Calves, Quilpie

66 Station Mated Cows & 69 Calves 66 x 69 station mated Brahman and Brahman X cow and calves ranging from 2-11yrs old. These cows are best described as medium frame cows with the odd larger and smaller frame in the lot. Cows have been continuously joined to bulls and were preg tested at assessment.

43 PTIC Cows, Quilpie

43 PTIC Cows A light 2 decks of Brahman and Brahmans X PTIC predominately young cows being 2-11 years. These cows are best described as medium frame cows and based on CBV bloodlines for a number of years and only introducing Rangeland Brangus bulls in over the past 2 years. Cows are PTIC by a.