by Melinda | 25 Mar, 11 | General
We’re hearing about all these great workshops that are available to producers and others interested in agriculture, young and old!! Click the date for more information on each workshop. March 29 – Soil and Plant Nutrition workshop, with Bart Davidson. ...
by Melinda | 11 Mar, 11 | General
The Central and North Burnett Times reported on the dung beetle workshop that was presented by BCCA last week. Bush flies: how irritating they can be! For livestock, the equivalent is the dreaded buffalo fly which can produce sores and stress which, for beef cattle,...
by Melinda | 10 Mar, 11 | General
The ABC reported this week that a South Burnett man is proposing a roving farmers market for the region. On April 9 and 10 a ‘Sustainable Future Community Gathering’ at Coolabunia will be a chance to test the waters for the proposal. Brian Jarvis is the...
by Melinda | 23 Feb, 11 | Better Bush, Weeds and Pests
Our flooded creeks, rivers, gullies and floodplains are starting to show green shoots again after the mass of silt and sand that washed over them over the past few months. Some places look like they’ve been stripped bare and turned into a desert! One of the plant...
by Melinda | 16 Feb, 11 | General
The Kingaroy Landcare Group with the support of BGA Agriservices are hosting a ‘Improved rainfall infiltration on old cropping land’ FIELD DAY Saturday 26 February 3pm – 5pm At a demonstration site at Booie in the South Burnett. For instructions on...
by Melinda | 10 Feb, 11 | General
BCCA have organised one of Australia’s leading dung beetle experts, Mr John Feehan, to travel to the Central Burnett region to spread the word on the value of dung beetles. The benefits dung beetles to improve soil health are often overlooked, as these...
by Melinda | 7 Feb, 11 | General
Healthy soils beneath our crops and pastures will mean a healthy hip pocket and a healthy catchment. So what are they top 10 habits of producers who can maintain heatlhy soils? 1. Maintain organic matter and ground cover 2. Maintain soil fertility 3. Maintain...
by Melinda | 31 Jan, 11 | General
BCCA have worked alongside RCS Consulting and know of many others in the catchment who do also. They’ve joined forces with Entello Group and The Right Mind to put on a webinar info night for farmers to inform and inspire now that the clean-up and recover from...
by Melinda | 14 Jan, 11 | General, Reef Water Quality
BCCA is offering to undertake Property Management Plans (PMP’s) on properties participating in the Reef Rescue program in the Burnett region. This free service is available to graziers that wish to possess a detailed plan of their grazing property. The process...
by Melinda | 14 Dec, 10 | General
The weekend saw a torrential amount of rain falling on the coastal Burnett areas, and our thoughts go out to those who have been affected by the flood conditions. Just as we were getting excited about the first of our protected wild nesting areas for the...
by Melinda | 30 Nov, 10 | General
Literally! The Burnett’s largest freshwater turtle, White-throated Snapping Turtle, under threat from nest predation by wild dogs and goannas, have recieved the royal treatment this year. Nesting season began back in May, with the Department of Environment and...
by Melinda | 29 Oct, 10 | General
Better soils for less weeds – that was the idea behind the Better Burnett project which used compost tea on an infestation on local weed Creeping Lantana. The Better Burnett Catchment Recovery Pilot saw more than 100 landholders partnering with BCCA, over 50 000...
