Students from Downlands College in Toowoomba have broken a 13-year old record to win UQ’s annual Sunflower Competition.

25 May 2012

Agricultural workers are transforming their years of working on the land into solid qualifications with The University of Queensland

10 May 2012
Ben Endicott-Davies in West Africa meeting with Ghana’s Queen Mother

International travel, working with African farmers, learning from leading scientists is all part of the job for University of Queensland Agricultural Science student Ben Endicott-Davies.

14 March 2012
The new Gatton Research Dairy is the only facility of its kind in Australia, focused on a sub-tropical feed base

Huge benefits will flow to the dairy industry from a new $7 million research centre that was officially opened at Gatton today.

5 March 2012

The University of Queensland will this week recognise the qualifications of 33 people working in the Production Horticulture industry in the Lockyer Valley.

16 February 2012

UQ's Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has bolstered its growing reputation for high-impact science by co-developing innovative new crop technology in consort with one of the world's biggest seed companies.

7 February 2012

Scientists at UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) have discovered that one of Australia’s best known folk remedies might help to alleviate the sheep industry’s biggest headache.

7 February 2012

The first international student has taken part in The University of Queensland's FEAST program to discover career pathways in science and experience University life.

14 July 2011

Genetics can be used to shape plants underground so they absorb water better

11 July 2011

A world-first cattle vaccine based on nanotechnology could provide protection from the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), which costs the Australian cattle industry tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue each year.

5 May 2011

Reducing food wastage and increasing food production in the tropics are two of the keys to solving the glooming global food crisis, according to The University of Queensland’s Professor of Food Security, Michael D’Occhio.

3 May 2011

Queensland scientists are leading an international food security research collaboration that aims to increase crop production by 30 per cent and reduce crop failures for 500,000 African farmers.

21 March 2011
Roslyn Karrasch has come a long way from the 19-year-old who joined the QAC’s typing pool in 1976

Roslyn Karrasch, of Gatton, is one of those rare people who can say with sincerity after 35 years working at the same place: "I've really loved my job and became and remain personal friends with all my bosses."

28 February 2011
Last year’s team from Lockyer District High School placed third in the competition weighing in at 1.43kg.

As high schools across South-East Queensland compete to grow the heaviest sunflower in The University of Queensland’s annual Sunflower Competition the focus will also be on the diverse range of careers available in plant science.

16 February 2011

Studying externally has been a way of life for Caroline Harris, who recently graduated with a Master of Rangeland Management from The University of Queensland at a ceremony held on the Gatton Campus.

22 December 2010