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Unlike other weeds (below), lippia (above) sucks the moisture out of the soil, reducing yields by up to 75 per cent.

‘Condamine curse’ is persistent

The weed lippia continues to be the bane of farmers across the Condamine River catchment with no obvious solution to the problem.

25 August, 2026

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Eddie and Leo Stoner with ‘Fergus McIntyre the First’.

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St. Monica’s student wins contest to name Oakey High’s calf

Supreme Exhibit (led by Georgia Cavanagh) with Judge Tom Nixon (Drillham, QLD) and major sponsors Talbalba Herefords, McGregor Gourlay Toowoomba and Gollan Group Rural Contracting.

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Queensland Herefords Youth Show visits Oakey

Stockyard Beef’s Lachie Hart with son-and-father Darren and Len Henschell of Moola who won Best Weight Gain in a Pen of Six Grain-Fed Wagyu Steers (Class 39A).

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Moola stud takes out award at Paddock to Palate

NH Foods Oakey HR Manager Isabel Malferrari with Kamylly Camilo and Cory McBride.

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School trainees still at abattoir

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Bryce Camm spoke about the future of the agriculture sector at Dalby last week.

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Mass reduction in foreign labour would cripple ag sector - Camm

Stockyard Beef representatives Marcus Doumany, Lachie Hart, Richard Whittington, Linden Cowper, Sarah Hart, Tristan Forbes and Lindsay Kasprowicz with their ribbons at the Royal Queensland Branded Beef Awards.

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Stockyard takes out state title

A protest sign made by anti coal seam gas group Knitting Nanas outside the parliamentary committee hearing at the Dalby Leagues Club.

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Farmers, Arrow Energy pan Condamine Alluvium Bill

Arrow Energy representatives Jayne Weier and Shaun Hann with the 10 Dalby State High School Agricultural Scholarship recipients including local teenagers Emily Ballon (back row, second from left), Charlee Doring (front row, right), Lilly Anderson (back row, right) and Carmen Hartley (middle row, second from left).

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Local farm kids supported by Arrow scholarships

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South West Queensland feral pig hunter John Scriven demonstrating how NED Landcare’s new ‘pig brig’ mesh netting trap works.

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North East Downs Landcare wants to get on top of pigs

Paddocks across the region have suffered hectares of fire damage, with the worst blazes at Irvingdale and Meringandan over the last two weeks.

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Fires wipe out hectares of crops

Peter Anderson (Oakey) pictured in his excellent first placed barley crop of Fandaga variety.

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Oakey Show Society 2025 Dryland Winter Crop Competition Winners announced

Representatives of Stockyard Beef with the Darling Downs Beef Battle Professional Judge’s Choice Trophy.

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Stockyard goes back to back at Beef Battle

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