Queensland Country Hour

The cattle and crop farmer says he leads two lives, but his 'double act' is no secret. In fact, it puts him centre-stage on the biggest day of people's lives. And its through that circle of love that he finally understood himself. 

The company behind the $1 billion plan to build 120 new gas wells in southern Queensland says it will bring 900 jobs and could power 2.7 million homes. But opponents say its a sign Australia is putting off the tough decisions on energy. 

India's population is young, health-conscious and growing. Despite some recent diplomatic tensions, a new trade agreement has meant its increasingly easier to do business there, and demand is rising for Australian food and fibre. So how can Queensland's farmers get the most out of India?

It's one thing to pick your favourite cattle based on how good it looks in the paddock, but a stunning hide won't get you far in the beef popularity stakes. But one of the prettiest breeds getting around is booming in Australia, so much so, its gaining recognition among the beef barons of Brazil. Meanwhile, another distinctive breed, the Texas Longhorn, has become much more than the symbol of an iconic Aussie company. 

How a major vegetable growing company has created a biogas plant to convert food waste into green power, biofertiliser and a green gas that could fuel heavy vehicles and homes.  

Queensland could be the site of two of the seven nuclear power plants proposed by the federal coalition in their energy plan. 

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is changing how it calculates the size of Australia's cattle herd and it's has raised questions about how reliable cattle supply statistics are. 

On any given day in Australia, there are roughly 2.4 million pigs in our pork supply chain. It would take China, the worlds largest pork consumers, less than two days to eat their way through the entire herd. Despite that voracious appetite, Australian pork producers have no desire to take advantage of a trade war brewing between the world's two largest pork producers. 

When you buy beef, how much of the price you pay per kilo will actually reach the farmer who bred the animal it came from? It's not an easy question to answer, and as a quirk of statistics adds millions of uncounted cattle to the national herd size, who is making the money is about a lot more than supply and demand. 

Climate scientists have dug into an Antarctic ice core and found climate change is increasing the risk of significant fire seasons in the future meanwhile in Western Australia momentum is gaining to increase "right-way" fire practices as a fire mitigation strategy.