Rural Review Filmed: inside the world of migrant farm workers PEOPLE watching - most of us do it – sometimes we’ll even imagine a story line to go with what we see. Lara Hart 24 Apr 2024
Fassifern Guardian A meating of minds, VR brings farm to city VIRTUAL reality headsets are giving city dwellers insight into the world of red meat production. Lara Hart 24 Apr 2024
Fassifern Guardian Researchers work towards hardier crops DROUGHT tolerance in crops is essential to prevent threats to food security and researchers at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) are looking for solutions that will help growers. Lara Hart 24 Apr 2024
Rural Review Growing is going awry but it’s better dry than wet A CHANGE in temperature and shorter periods of daylight are some of the signals that help plants know when to grow, so when there are unusually long periods of wet, warm weather, crop cycles are disrupted. Lara Hart 17 Apr 2024
Rural Review Good season promotes upsurge in pasture dieback GRAZIERS need to be alert for signs of pasture dieback as it continues to spread to new parts of southern, western and northern Queensland. Lara Hart 17 Apr 2024
Rural Review ‘Revolutionise’ - university’s plan for the future of agriculture AN AUSTRALIAN university is backing projects with the potential to ‘revolutionise the agricultural industry’. Lara Hart 17 Apr 2024
Rural Review Producer pay pain, new levy kicks in July “A NEW financial year, a new tax” - the impost of the biosecurity protection levy will begin to have an impact on primary producers. Lara Hart 10 Apr 2024
Rural Review Sugarcane genetics breakthrough success QUEENSLAND researchers say sugarcane’s genome is three times that of a human’s, more complex and has potential exponentially larger than previously thought. Lara Hart 10 Apr 2024
Rural Review Koala vaccine a win in battle against chlamydia ANNE Chovee, a female koala taking part in a chlamydia vaccine trial, has been officially released back into the wild with project researchers saying her involvement has potential to halt the decline in numbers of the native animal. Lara Hart 03 Apr 2024
Rural Review Working cow horse club runs hidden in plain sight THE Queensland Working Cow Horse Club has been active for years in Australia, but not many people know about it. Lara Hart 03 Apr 2024
Rural Review Industry unites to meet methane emission target RESEARCHERS are investigating the potential for a lick block formula that helps reduce methane emissions from livestock. Lara Hart 03 Apr 2024
Rural Review Stats show quad bikes, tractors cause most on-farm deaths WHILE farmers are less exposed to many of the dangers city folk face like criminal encounters, farms and paddocks have their own dangers, many of which are hiding in plain sight. Lara Hart 03 Apr 2024
Rural Review Kalbar tractor event pulls a crowd IT’S been at least ten years since SEQ Tractors had a field day, so last Saturday the team drove and trucked scores of shiny new farming machinery and implements to Kalbar Showground. Lara Hart 27 Mar 2024
Rural Review Vaccine technology advance puts producers in prime position BOOSTING livestock production so it meets global demand is possible if producers utilise benefits from mRNA vaccines say University of Queensland researchers. Lara Hart 27 Mar 2024
Rural Review Stats show quad bikes, tractors cause most on-farm deaths WHILE farmers are less exposed to many of the dangers city folk face like criminal encounters, farms and paddocks have their own dangers, many of which are hiding in plain sight. Lara Hart 27 Mar 2024
Rural Review Fancy food from farmgate to car boot THERE is something ‘really fancy’ about Blue Dog Farm’s produce and it’s got nothing to do with clever logos or eye-catching packaging. Lara Hart 20 Mar 2024
Rural Review Researcher’s big grant win after hardware inspiration MANY Australians have found inspiration after a trip to their local hardware store but few leave with a burning desire to change the way agricultural waste is handled. Lara Hart 20 Mar 2024
Rural Review Ag rebound expected THE gross value of agricultural commodities and crops is expected to increase in the 2024-25 Lara Hart 20 Mar 2024
Rural Review Non-profit’s agri tech solutions educate, feed remote communities FOOD Ladder is a philanthropic organisation that installs hydroponic greenhouse systems designed to produce five times more food than traditional farming methods. Lara Hart 13 Mar 2024