Peter Andrews to visit Mundubbera

Peter Andrews will be conducting a one day workshop, on Friday 16th July 2010 on a property near Mundubbera.  Peter Andrews is the founder of Natural Sequence farming and the author of “Beyond the Brink” and “Back from the Brink”. The workshop will consist...

Agro Trend showcase biological farming

Agro Trend is on again in 2010 and this year will be incorporating the Bundaberg Organic Roadshow. The event, run by Biological Farmers Australia together with Seasol, will be happening at the Agro Trend Field Days at Kendalls Rd on: Thurs 6 May – All day from...

Turtle fencing up and running

The past few weeks have been busy on the Burnett River, in preparation for the start of the nesting season for the White-throated Snapping Turtle.   On a couple of popular nesting areas near South Kolan, BCCA have been working with landholders, Dept of Environment and...

Meet Stanley the Soil Sample

  South East Burnett Landcare   present Biological Farming On-site Seminar Featuring guest speaker—Dr Maarten Stapper When: Wednesday 5 May 2010 Time: 9.00am start until 2pm Where: Meeting Point—Booubyjan Hall, 9397 Burnett Highway, Booubyjan Cost: $10 RSVP: to Penny...

Survey for Peter Andrews to visit the Burnett region

The Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG) are considering hosting a Peter Andrews field day/workshop, in the Burnett Region. Peter Andrews is a grazier and race horse breeder from Bylong in the Upper Hunter Valley and has gained fundamental insights into the natural...

Phoenix Mapping and Cropping Training, Monto

Presented by AgData Australia & hosted by BCCA  The Phoenix Mapping module covers organising and displaying spatial data and the concepts involved in farm infrastructure planning and recording.  The ability to select and load the appropriate imagery and map data,...

Decent rains

10am Wednesday morning Originally uploaded by betterburnett Flood warnings are out for the Burnett River and surrounding tributaries and you can see why! This photo is of the Burnett River at Jones Weir at Mundubbera. The weir has been flowing over thanks to a good...

What’s in your soil?

What’s in your soil? Originally uploaded by betterburnett We had a great turnout for our Compost Tea workshop in Mundubbera this week. Producers came from all over the catchment to learn about compost, why it’s so good and how to put it to use by making it...

AgForce Cattle Board Open Forum

The Agforce Cattle board will hold it’s next open forum at the Gayndah Shire Hall, between 10 am and 3 pm on Friday 5th March.  The open forums are held twice a year to allow Agforce members and all participants in the industry to hear about the work of the...

Soil biology and compost teas

If the our local paper in the North Burnett is anything to go by, soil biology is a hot topic at the moment.  And why shouldn’t it be?  Many farmers and graziers here in Queensland are seeing the benefits of healthy soils. Funding from the Australian...

Unique species needs a hand

If you’d like to GET INVOLVED in hands-on work that will really make a difference to the survival of one of our unique Australian species you can! We need volunteers who live or holiday in the Bundaberg (Queensland, Aus) region who are willing to get down to the...

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