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Wal Merriman, Merryville Stud, Boorowa, NSW with his three prize-winning fleeces on display at the Ekka. Pictures: Sally Gall

Wool that would "make underpants for angels" has won well-known NSW breeder Wal Merriman his first ever Royal Queensland Show Merino wool championship.

NSW stud outclasses all in Ekka Merino wool comp

Western Queensland Beef Research committee members taking in some of the latest research findings being undertaken with implications for the industry's rangelands producers. Photo: Sally Gall

While the race is on to discover and develop the most effective ways of reducing methane emissions in cattle, biochar is unlikely to be first in line if the findings of a CSIRO study are anything to go by.

Biochar bombs in rangeland methane abatement study

Judgements about mental health are at the forefront of the latest disagreement between the Queensland Police Service's Weapons Licensing Branch and the Shooters Union Australia.

Mental health judgements disrupting weapons licence applications

Nev Kelly, general manager, Australian Livestock Company, and Nathan Morris, AAM executive director pastoral operations, with 2000 head of Terrick Terrick Station steers that averaged 553c/kg. Picture: supplied

Two years after one of the largest private paddock sales recorded in the country, some of its progeny have been sold in what's thought to be the largest line of certified-organic cattle to be sold through a saleyard in Australia.

The largest organic certified cattle sale in Australia

Sitting back in comfort at the brand new WQLX cattle selling arena at Longreach, Qld, last Friday, I reflected on how far the business of saleyards has come in the past 50 years.

Balancing act - the evolution of cattle sales

Marisse Kinnon was on hand to give her husband Richard a relieved hug as transport operators began backing the Pride of the Murray down the driveway to the Outback Pioneers' Thomson River tourist site. Pictures: Sally Gall

Richard Kinnon says he'd rather make Australia's history come alive than create it but the 2300km journey of his newest tourist attraction for Longreach has given western Queensland a modern legend.

The Pride of the Murray now Thomson River treasure

The new IOR storage facility under construction. Picture: supplied

Queensland's diesel fuel users can look forward to a greater assurance of supply, thanks to construction beginning this month on the state's largest diesel-only storage facility.

IOR pumps up diesel storage

Michael Greenep taking part in the 25km run, dealing with slippery gibber stones and clay soil. Picture: Vanessa Bond

Wading across the flooded Diamantina River in your underwear so you can run in the Simpson Desert - that's just one of the examples of the lengths people went to, to take part in Australia's most remote ultra trail run this year.

Stripping down to run in the desert in the rain

Anecdotal reports suggest an escalation in wedge-tailed eagle numbers in parts of western Queensland. Picture: Simon Cherriman

Rabbit calicivirus, a biocontrol used to suppress wild rabbit populations, is possibly impacting graziers in western Queensland in a way they didn't expect, by increasing wedge-tailed eagle populations.

Wedge-tailed eagle numbers - soaring or not?

Regenerative agriculture pioneer Charlie Massy OAM, centre, with Philip and Adele Hughes at the information day in Dulacca. Picture: Sally Gall

Connecting the next generation with agriculture, getting kids to roll round in the dirt to soak up biomes, and thinking of soil as a community rather than a commodity were some of the messages circulating Dulacca's town hall last Friday.