by Katie | 28 Mar, 08 | General
Over 80 local landholders attended the Farming in the Future Forum held by South East Burnett Landcare Group last Wednesday at the Pulse in Murgon. The purpose of the forum was to share new issues, opportunities and threats that are likely to face landholders in the...
by Katie | 22 Feb, 08 | Better Beef
The wet weather on Valentines Day may have been a good day for staying in bed and snuggling, but not for the keen Cadarga district landholders who braved the wet, slippery roads to attend a Better Burnett update session at Monogorilby Hall.The session saw the Better...
by Katie | 7 Feb, 08 | General
With diminishing water supplies, the economics of growing crops have been challenged and one solution to this is the adoption of Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI). Dean & Tracy Rockemer are holding a field day to demonstrate their upgraded drip irrigation system...
by Katie | 30 Nov, 07 | Better Beef, Better Bush, Better Waterways, General
There is a rumour around that Burnett graziers do it better than anywhere else in Australia. By “do it better” we mean do more to improve catchment health and productivity with their funding than landholders elsewhere. At least that’s what...
by Katie | 29 Oct, 07 | General
The Burnett Mary Regional Group’s Board of Directors were suitably impressed by the quality of projects they witnessed on a tour of Booubyjan properties a couple of weeks ago. The board of directors were firstly taken to Ross and Beth Shanks property, the first...
by Katie | 7 Sep, 07 | Better Beef, General
Landholders in Cadarga Creek, Auburn River and Baywulla Creek subcatchments were keen to get their hands on on-ground incentives through Burnett Catchment Care Association’s latest project, Better Burnett. Information sessions held by the Better Burnett team at...
by Katie | 21 Aug, 07 | Better Beef
Landholders in the priority subcatchments of Baywulla Creek, Auburn River and Cadarga Creek will be receiving their Better Burnett information pack in the mail this week. The information packs included an invitation to Better Burnett’s information sessions...
by Katie | 20 Aug, 07 | Better Beef
On the 8th and 9th August, graziers in the Eidsvold and Auburn areas were given a double dose of support for sustainable grazing. Our Better Burnett program hosted, along with DPI&F, two information sessions at Eidsvold and Narayen Research Station outlining the...
