Are solar flares behind catastrophes?

Posted: 26 Apr 11 | Could the real cause of ocean warming be the electromagnetic impact solar flares exert on the hot magma lying underneath the Earth’s crust, asks FarmOnline reader, Jock. |

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Water for the future

Posted: 21 Feb 11 | When it comes to water, many would say nature has not been kind to Australia - but maybe it is that she has laid down a giant challenge for us? |

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Do we need free trade or more regulation?

Posted: 31 Jan 11 | Globally, food production and protection of environmental biodiversity are major issues, writes Bluey, in this week's FarmOnline Soapbox. |

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Scepticism justified for a carbon tax

Posted: 25 Jan 11 | FarmOnline's Soapbox returns this week with an entry from Jock questioning how we will be able to collect our carbon tax from volcanic sea ridges. |

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Shock, horror - but we've seen it all before

Posted: 06 Dec 10 | FARMERS do not condone what happens to their sheep in the Middle East, but they do not deserve to be held responsible, argues Ian Mott. |

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What price has Coles put on free range?

Posted: 22 Nov 10 | Does Coles deserve its knight-in-shining-armour image that has been bestowed upon it since its recent moves enforcing animal welfare? |

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Climate is right to turn organic

Posted: 01 Nov 10 | This week's Soapbox from Bee Winfield examines how farmers can tackle climate change by turning organic. |

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Posted: 25 Oct 10 | This week, in the second edition of FarmOnline's Soapbox, Ian Mott explains how regional Queenslanders are subsidising the cost of water mismanagement in the south east of the state. |

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Baffled by biomass bureaucrats

Posted: 18 Oct 10 | IN FARMONLINE'S first Soapbox blog article, in which readers are invited to submit their thoughts on a topic of their choosing, RealPower rebuts a recent article by The Land's Matthew Cawood on the development of the biomass industry that proved quite popular with readers, and they explain how the industry is being frustrated by bureaucracy. |

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