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Something fishy about 60 Minutes ag chemicals story
19 Mar 10 | CHANNEL Nine program 60 Minutes is planning to run a story on chemical use within the Australian agriculture industry on Sunday night.  | Soy delivers benefits over ...Fertiliser shortage on the cards | VIDEO: Ardrossan Angus sale hits ...
Irrigators hail on-farm funds as a win-win
19 Mar 10 | THE National Irrigators’ Council has welcomed the long-awaited announcement of the first round of funding for the Commonwealth Government’s $300 million On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program.  | Below average rainfall crimps ...Wong blocks out irrigator ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Wool in vogue in baby market
19 Mar 10 | ABOUT 12 months ago I met with wool buyer Adrian Field at a stud Merino information day and learnt about a little project he and his wife Melissa were about to get involved in.  | Winter leisure market a great ...Visit Stock & LandWoolmark issues behind ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Health from an eggshell
19 Mar 10 | ABOUT 60 years ago, Hollis Osborne bought a feed supply business at the border of Missouri and Arkansas and built it into one of the country's five largest commercial egg producers: Moark LLC.  | Buying organic to save planet? ...Eggs, meat important to fetus | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Climate needs
19 Mar 10 | CAUGHT off-balance by the politicisation of climate science, Australia’s major climate agencies are trying to wrest the global warming debate away from opinion columns, blog sites and the front steps of Parliament House, and bring it all back to the science.  | CommentsComments (3) | Climate doubt begins to grow in ...25% emissions cut at $4 a week ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Feds must step in to manage flood water
19 Mar 10 | THERE are calls for the Federal Government to step in and manage all big future floods, following confirmation this week of extra flows from the big Queensland wet to South Australia.  | Flood of promises to secure waterVisit Stock JournalSA irrigators to receive ...Visit Stock Journal
Training farming leaders of the futures at Mulloon Institute
19 Mar 10 | ECOLOGICALLY-friendly approaches to agriculture have a new champion, The Mulloon Institute, a not-for-profit organisation endowed by businessman and farmer Tony Coote.  | Chicken king tackles fowl rumoursVisit The LandSchultes Meat Tavern brings ...Visit The Land | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
El Niño conditions persist in Pacific
19 Mar 10 | SEA surface temperatures across the central tropical Pacific have shown little change over the past fortnight, and hence remain at levels typical of an El Niño event.  | Climate doubt begins to grow in ...Abbott carbon plan 'unworkable' | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Macquarie interest in grain business elevated
19 Mar 10 | DEREGULATION of the grain markets in Australia has sparked plenty of interest from offshore market participants.  | Trials prove strengths of durumVisit Stock JournalRain sets up winter crops ...Visit North Queensland Register | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Dohne ewes av $780 at Potari dispersal
19 Mar 10 | Dohne stud ewes sold for an average price of $780 at the Potari dispersal at the Adelaide Showground on Wednesday.  | Double goes to DeloshandaVisit Stock JournalPhotos from the Mount Gambier ...Visit Stock Journal
Gunns tries to clear-fell a forest of speculation
19 Mar 10 | RECENT days have seen a swirl of speculation surround Gunns, Australia's largest woodchipping company.  | Gunns may add surprise to resultsInvestors seethe over Gunns slide | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Radio-savvy snakes used to spy on cane toads
19 Mar 10 | THE cane toad's impact on native snakes will be tracked by radio-transmitters surgically implanted in 20 wild pythons.  | Seven habits of highly ...The toads are a-comin'...
Abandoned camp fire triggers bush blaze
19 Mar 10 | Careless campers were responsible for a bushfire that threatened a South West property, the Department of Environment and Conservation said.  | Bushfire threat remains for ...Esperance farms in need of rain
Life in the shadow of coal central
19 Mar 10 | THE massive expansion of the mining industry in the Upper Hunter Valley is making people sick, say concerned residents who have campaigned for a decade for the government to establish independent air-quality monitoring and to conduct a proper health study.  | Caroona strikes back in Supreme ...Visit The LandWildlife park operators fear ...Visit The Land
Water falls short of pipeline promise
19 Mar 10 | A PROMISE to bring 75 billion litres to Melbourne through the north-south pipeline this year is likely to fall short, after meagre flows and multiple shutdowns have hampered the project's first weeks.  | Brumby gushes over pipe's water ...Visit Stock & LandVFF calls for recycled water ...Visit Stock & Land
Town on alert as backburn races away
19 Mar 10 | A BUSHFIRE was within six kilometres of the central Victorian town of Raglan yesterday after a fuel-reduction burn jumped its containment lines.  | Fire service funding 'flawed'Visit Stock & LandDuck-shooting fight is on for ...Visit Stock & Land
Tropical Cyclone Ului on the move: next stop QLD
19 Mar 10 | SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Ului continues to move slowly towards the QLD coast and is predicted to make landfall between Cardwell and Yeppoon sometime over the coming weekend.   | NT drying upVisit North Queensland RegisterTropical Cyclone Ului on the ...Visit North Queensland Register
Vic support of climate-altering tech talks slammed
19 Mar 10 | THE Victorian government is facing criticism for its headline support of an international conference promoting ''geo-engineering'' - controversial techniques to alter the climate in the event of catastrophic global warming.  | Brumby in the crosshairs as ...Visit Stock & LandVictoria spared the summer that ...Visit Stock & Land
Web guide offers ways to cut food waste bill
19 Mar 10 | A KILOGRAM of meat can cost as little as $5, but few people realise the true ''paddock-to-plate'' cost of their food, say the creators of a new website designed to boost the nation's food IQ.  | CommentsComments (4) | By the buy: a tale of two ...Food leader Senior Australian ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Tottenham ...
Abbott dare gets Rudd talking
19 Mar 10 | THE main parties were in furious preparation last night after Kevin Rudd accepted a challenge from Tony Abbott and called a leaders' debate for next Tuesday.  | Costello slams Abbott parent taxClimate doubt begins to grow in ... | GALLERY: Photos from SA's Mid North ...
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