Meet the people of the land
THE son of a dairy farmer, Austin Hohenhaus has had a long affiliation with the land and rural life.
During his 79 years, Mr Hohenhaus has been a cattleman, wool grower, livestock agent and a transport operator, but there’s one job he gave away as a “young fella” he credits as the best.
“The best fun I ever had was mustering and stock work for a mate on the Goldfields area west of Stanthorpe,” he told the Rural Weekly.
The Boonah-born man has lived a life of hard yakka, and has told his story in this week’s edition.
Also this week is the story of Hartwig brothers Rodney and Graham who run a pig farm at Goombungee.
The second generation farmers run Fairvilla and while they have ridden the highs and lows of the farming life, they have never entertained the idea of living anywhere else but on the land.
Paul McIntosh is back this week with his regular column offering tips and advice about chemical residue in the paddock. Pork farmers at home on the land Construction worker turned sheep producer New technology to monitor calving dairy cows Kingaroy farmers on the front line of advancement
How you can win a copy of Finnley’s Great Escape
Rural women: Steph Whitaker on work-life balance Markets and profit pointers What happens when the kids don’t come back Bush Blog: The Rouseabout on drought Horticulture: The queen of finger limes Profile: Bushie reflects on his best job Two pages of regional sales reports Classifieds The 24th annual Alumy Creek bull sale
Two pages of sales reports from the region’s livestock yards detail the mixed quality of stock being offered to the market, and Toowoomba and Rockhampton rodeo riders have been identified as having bright futures in the Australian Professional Rodeo Association competition.
These stories are all inside tomorrow’s Rural Weekly.
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