Rural

22 December 2025

Thank you to farmers who don’t get holidays

As Australians prepare for festive feasts filled with fresh seafood, vibrant summer fruit, crisp vegetables, quality meats, artisan dairy, wine, grains and more, Rural Aid is urging the nation to support the producers who keep Christmas on the table....

22 December 2025

Boost for national feral cat and fox control

The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) has strengthened its national response to invasive predators with the appointment of a new National Feral Cat and Fox Management Coordinator. Yasmin Aly (pictured) has joined the organisation in the ne...

2 December 2025

$500M beef corridor upgrade

CONSTRUCTION has officially started on the first project under the Australian and Queensland Governments landmark $500 million Queensland Beef Roads program, which will progressively upgrade and seal critical freight routes across an area the size of...

2 December 2025

Branding laws under review

THE State Government is working with beef producers to update a one-hundred-year-old law governing livestock identification. A roundtable with livestock experts will be convened by the Minister for Primary Industries today to discuss Queensland’s liv...

29 November 2025

Santa X Feeder Steers Sell to $2600/head at Toogoolawah

Shepherdson and Boyd reported a larger yarding this week of 1527 head of cattle. The quality of cattle on offer was very good and supported by a very strong panel of buyers. Prices improved across the board with values reaching levels we haven’t seen...

28 November 2025

Crisis deepens for farmers

Australia’s farming families are facing one of their toughest years yet, with Rural Aid reporting a dramatic surge in pleas for help as drought deepens and rural pressures intensify nationwide. According to its 2024/25 Impact Report, new registration...

23 November 2025

Beef booms and crops climb as prices ease

Australia’s agricultural sector is closing out the year on a strong footing, with cattle exports surging, a near-record winter grain harvest underway, and early signs that fresh produce prices will ease in time for Christmas, according to the latest ...

23 November 2025

Mt Mee farmers forced to find their own solutions as processing options vanish

A long-running shift toward large, vertically integrated meat supply chains is pushing small producers to breaking point, with the collapse of local abattoirs across Victoria, New South Wales and southeast Queensland, threatening the viability of pad...

13 November 2025

Mozzies in firing line

MOSQUITOS are being swatted away in Moreton Bay with the first aerial treatment taking place over the weekend. Tasked with tackling nuisance mozzies is Council’s Vector Control Team (VCT), who have been closely monitoring rainfall and tide levels, wh...