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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 [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under General.
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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 [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under General.
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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 Cattle Board and to have [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2010 under General.
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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 Government’s Caring for our Country program, allows BCCA to put [...]
Posted: February 3rd, 2010 under General.
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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 water’s level to protect the White Throated Snapping [...]
Posted: January 22nd, 2010 under General.
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A poem by the late Charlee Marshall, Thangool
We found this poem whilst sorting out a few old files. From what we can gather, it was written back in the late 1980’s, before climate change was such a hot topic as it is these days…….We are not sure of the title of the poem.
I am a plain and simple cow with large and [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2010 under General.
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Grains BMP Workshop coming to Monto
A Grains BMP workshop is scheduled for Monto, on Tuesday 9th February 2010. The workshop will be presented by the Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries (QPI&F).
What is Grains BMP?
A range of skills and best practices for grains production in Queensland have been described and documented to assist grain growers in their decision making ability.
The workshop [...]
Posted: January 13th, 2010 under General.
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January 2010 Newsletter
Click here to download BCCA’s latest newsletter!
Posted: January 8th, 2010 under General.
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Cash for woodland management
The crew at Private Forestry Southern Queensland (PFSQ) are pleased to be able to continue to support and promote sustainable forest management in our region with funding through the federal government’s Caring for our Country program.
Re-vegnet.au is the project, and $4 million over 4 years, most of which is onground work, will include projects that [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2009 under General.
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Merry Christmas to all!
The staff and executives at BCCA would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas 2009.
Our offices in Monto and Mundubbera will be closed during the Christmas-New Year break and will be reopening, and back in the full swing of things on 6 January 2010.
Many thanks to all we have worked with over the [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2009 under General.
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