by IMIT | May 4, 2016 | Community Event
Eighteen graziers from 12 enterprises attended a recent two-day NQ Dry Tropics Landscape Function Workshop, on Des Bolton’s 16,600ha Gadara Station in Greenvale. The workshop, funded through the Australian Government Reef Programme, focused on reducing erosion by...
by IMIT | Apr 21, 2016 | Community Event
North Queensland growers celebrate innovation on cross-regional bus tour More than 60 of North Queensland’s most forward-thinking land managers celebrated agricultural innovation, and shared knowledge on a three-day cross-regional bus tour last week. NQ Dry Tropics,...
by IMIT | Apr 8, 2016 | Community Event
Resilience in Grazing Open Day attracts nearly 100 North Queensland graziers Market fluctuations and the ongoing Big Dry are two major challenges faced by North Queensland graziers, and nearly 100 of them attended NQ Dry Tropics’ Resilience In Grazing Open Day to look...
by IMIT | Apr 6, 2016 | Community Event
NQ Dry Tropics proudly works in partnership with regional Traditional Owner groups to build their capacity to care for their country. This includes ensuring that traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is preserved and recorded in a dedicated cultural database, so that...
by IMIT | Mar 18, 2016 | Community Event
Community comes together for Clean Up Australia Day Recent rainfall did not dampen the spirits of one hundred community members who came together to remove 75 kg of rubbish from the Upper Ross River for Clean Up Australia Day. The clean-up drew a crowd of...
by IMIT | Mar 8, 2016 | Community Event
North Queensland farmers brew their own biofertiliser Fifteen farmers from properties stretching between Crystal Creek and Mackay recently joined Gary and Angela Spotswood on their Lower Burdekin property for a three-day make-your-own biofertiliser course. NQ Dry...
