One of our goals over the last few months has been to drive the collection of firsthand accounts of on-farm problems that producers and growers in our region experience. Our Drought Resilience Coordinators and Adoption Officers have been visiting properties and farms, attending field days, and forums and workshops to
Join the TNQ Drought Hub and Southern Gulf NRM for an Ag Succession and Future Proofing Forum. When and Where Cloncurry, 18 July, Cloncurry Community Precinct Richmond, 19 July, Civic Centre Hughenden, 20 July, Diggers Entertainment Centre Hear from succession expert Scott Patterson who will give local business owners
Congratulations to our newest round of TNQ Hub drought resilience scholarship recipients. The TNQ Hub is pleased to announce the latest round of our scholarship recipients. Congratulations to Honours students Sarah Cassells and Lucy Gardner and Masters students Declan Cargill and Alex Dodge. Students were asked to submit their research topic and discuss how
The program for the Future Drought Fund’s annual Science to Practice Forum is out now! The program for the Future Drought Fund’s annual Science to Practice Forum, presented by Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 6 – 8 June 2023 is out now. The 3-day forum brings together farmers, researchers,
Applications open for new FDF-funded Nuffield Drought Resilience Scholarships Applications open for new FDF-funded Nuffield Drought Resilience Scholarships Keen to travel overseas to bring home new drought resilience tools and practices from international leaders in the field? The Future Drought Fund and Nuffield Australia are partnering for the first time
TNQ Drought Hub and Australian Women in Agriculture – People Management Series The TNQ Drought Hub and Australian Women in Agriculture are pleased to partner in the delivery of an online People Management Series. Facilitated by Dr Jane Oorschot – Program Lead for the TNQ Drought Hub, the series will
Influential rural women come together for leadership forum in Mt Surprise Previous Next Women of the Gulf Savannah region in Tropical North Queensland came together at the end of April for an Influential Women’s Leadership Forum. The women took up the opportunity to attend the forum with the aim of
It’s lovely to feel the cool change in the weather in our region after a long summer. The Bureau of Meteorology has released the May to June Climate Outlook. This forecast is being influenced by several factors including an ENSO-neutral pattern (neither El Niño nor La Niña) heading towards El
Cooktown students inspired through ‘Ag Inspirations’ tour of fruit, mushroom, cattle and seed properties Previous Next The TNQ Drought Hub in partnership with the AgForce School to Industry Partnership Program ran an Ag Inspirations tour of properties around Cooktown in April. Building Human Capacity Program Lead, Jane Oorschot said “the