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Nats senator axed for protecting rural land

5:05 AM AWDT | Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has dumped a member of his shadow ministry for crossing the floor in the Senate to vote against up-front tax breaks for carbon sinks. |

Comments (1) | Brooke Hargraves the future of ... | US ethanol sector to shrink

More wind farms coming to rural Australia

8:31 AM AWDT | More wind farms are coming to rural areas of NSW and Victoria, following a Federal Government approval of a Spanish plan to spend $1.9 billion on turbines at a number of sites. | Is the Top End property market ... | Big rate cut looms as deflation ...

US beef industry losing money

8:24 AM AWDT | Most sectors of the US beef industry are losing money, which has caused production forecasts for next year to be reduced. | Wycheproof crossbred ewes to $100 | Weaner steers av 193c/kg at ...

Fight climate change and feed the world by watching grass grow

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Futuris cuts forecast, changes name to Elders

Is the Top End property market over-heating?

Dairy industry adapting to challenges

Boom time for sprayer supplier

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VIDEO: Wycheproof crossbred ewes to $100

1/12/2008 | Crossbred two-and-a-half year-old breeding ewes, July shorn, achieved $94 to $100, with pens of ewe lambs topping at $103, at a special sale of 13,500 store sheep at Wycheproof, Vic, on Friday.

VIDEO: Restockers and feedlotters dominate Warrnambool cattle sale

VIDEO: Boom time for sprayer supplier

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Battle against black fibres in Merino fleeces stepped up

29/11/2008 | Ram breeders are being urged to take part in a new initiative to help detect one of the genes responsible for recessive black pigmentation in sheep.

Watch for major olive pest

1/12/2008 | The Department of Agriculture and Food is reminding growers that now is the time to be checking olive trees for signs of Olive lace bug.

Coles to push Aussie pork message

No more changing barley standards

Slow harvest for US grain crop

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Relief as WA petrol falls below $1

For the first time in nearly two years, petrol in WA can be bought for less than a dollar a ...

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