Queensland Country Hour
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
- Golden Circle takeover 'inevitable'
- Futuris to re-brand as Elders
- Farm groups want more drought policy plans
- Grains industry watching ABB/ AWB merger talks
- Consumers want simple organic label
- Plans for NQ farmers food market
- Taking fresh fruit far and wide
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Queensland kids eat healthy
In a first, the Kids Fresh Net program has just been launched in regional Queensland promoting healthy eating to school students.
Controversial dam delayed
The Queensland Government will delay the construction of the controversial Traveston Dam project.
Simmering emotions in Queensland's Surat Basin
The second in a series of resource community summits was held in Dalby, hosted by Queensland's Deputy Premier, Paul Lucas.
Flash flooding wreaks havoc in South-East Queensland
Lockyer Valley mayor Steve Jones says the Lockyer Creek in Queensland is higher than he's seen it in more than a decade.
Automatic fodder plant opens doors
The world's largest automatic barley sprouting system is located in an industrial area in Toowoomba, Queensland but could have applications all over the world.
Shearing time for the Longreach DPI
Lambs have been bred by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries to see how suitable their traits are to northern pasture regions.
Harvest time for world record wheat
It's harvest time for the Coggan family, but this year it's different. They're taking off the crop that earned them the world record for the most wheat planted in a 24-hour period and it's the best season they've had for 30 years.
Shearing - a backbreaking job for any age
Even though they may be young, the Longreach Agricultural College students say shearing sheep is a job a lot harder than they thought.