National young judges championship to be held in April
The Sydney Royal Easter Show will be hosting the young dairy cattle judges and most skilled dairy cattle paraders competition in 2022 At the competition will be the sharpest young dairy cattle judges and most skilled dairy cattle paraders that are eligible to compete in the national finals of this prestigious annual competition. The competition […]
Award in the 2022 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture
A project to speed up flowering in macadamias has won the 2022 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud said Dr Stephanie Kerr, Research Fellow at the Queensland University of Technology, was looking at ways to build resilience in the horticulture industry. […]
Water allocations may leave NT river high and dry according to a study
Tree ring analysis suggests strong flows in NT’s Daly River can’t go on forever and water allocation could lead to environmental and cultural damage. Plans to allocate water from the Northern Territory’s Daly River to cotton plantations could be based on overly optimistic expectations about streamflow, a new study of tree rings in the area […]