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Fight climate change and feed the world by watching grass grow
9:13 AM AWDT | What if all of our environmental and economical problems arising from climate change could be solved by simply watching grass grow? A growing number of farmers around Australia are now claiming this as a real possibility.   | US beef industry losing money | Nats senator axed for ...
Global food trends converging
8:43 AM AWDT | Globalisation and growing incomes are leading to similarities worldwide in food distribution and diets, as food consumption patterns of high-income countries are being increasingly taken up by middle-income countries from Brazil and China to Mexico and Poland, according to an analysis by the US Economic Research Service.   | Restockers, feedlotters ... | Futuris cuts forecast, changes ...
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 ...
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.   | CommentsComments (1) | Brooke Hargraves the future of ... | US ethanol sector to shrink
Futuris cuts forecast, changes name to Elders
1/12/2008 | Futuris Corporation has foreshadowed a further earnings downgrade and a small profit loss this financial year in announcing a major restructure in which it well sell $350 million worth of assets and rebrand the company as Elders.   | AWB, ABB merger must benefit ... | Big rate cut looms as deflation ...
Brooke Hargraves the future of rural journalism
1/12/2008 | Queensland University student, Brooke Hargraves, has won the inaugural $10,000 J. B. Fairfax Award for Rural Journalism.   | Fruit wine fights to change its ... | Nissan tries again with Murano 4WD
Big rate cut looms as deflation the new risk
1/12/2008 | The possibility of a deeper rate cut from the Reserve Bank has gathered pace, with the possibility of deflation emerging as the latest threat from the global financial crisis.   | Investors welcome AWB, ABB talks | Heavy rain, flash floods in ...
Farmer confidence remains subdued
1/12/2008 | Confidence levels remain subdued among the nation's farmers, with difficult global market conditions adding to concerns about high input prices and ongoing dry weather in some areas.  | CommentsComments (1) | Heavy rain, flash floods in ... | Four-legged fiends wreak havoc ...
Wong delays emissions target
1/12/2008 | Australia's delay in announcing its 2020 greenhouse target until after a UN summit is a defensive move suggesting the Government will not take a lead in post-Kyoto talks.   | Basin ‘leaking billions’ | Four-legged fiends wreak havoc ...
US ethanol sector to shrink
30/11/2008 | Leading U.S. ethanol producer Poet could enhance its footprint if it buys VeraSun. Last week, its CEO confirmed that it was in discussions with several ethanol plants regarding possible acquisitions.  | CommentsComments (1) | AgForce leader to work in DPI | Future of grain distribution is ...
Investors welcome AWB, ABB talks
30/11/2008 | Shares in AWB and ABB Grain have surged since the two companies confirmed they were in talks about a possible merger that would create an agribusiness giant.   | AWB and ABB merger talks are ... | AWB, ABB merger 'would benefit ...
Heavy rain, flash floods in northern NSW
30/11/2008 | Heavy rain on Friday night and early Saturday morning brought widespread flooding around the big NSW country town of Tamworth and the surrounding farming country.  | CommentsComments (1)
Hans administrators: 'It's business as usual'
28/11/2008 | Mark Mentha, Brian McMaster and John Park of KordaMentha have been appointed voluntary administrators to the Hans group of companies, one of the largest producers of ham and processed meat in Australia.
Shock waves from Nats' back down on water amendment continues
28/11/2008 | The Independent Member for New England, Tony Windsor, said today 'the sheer act of stupidity' carried out by the National Party in the Senate this week has created the very problem the amendment to the Water Amendment Bill 2008 was designed to solve.   | 'Nats choose miners over food ...
Nats defend mining 'sell out'
28/11/2008 | The Nationals have defended their last-minute decision to withdraw support for an amendment to the Murray Darling Water Bill on Thursday, which would have forced mining companies to conduct thorough ground water studies before being granted mining exploration projects.   | CommentsComments (5) | 'Nats choose miners over food ... | Farming soil and wetlands among ...
GrainCorp thrown into AWB, ABB merger mix
28/11/2008 | Rival grain operators AWB and ABB Grain are in merger talks with an eye to creating a $2.3 billion giant dominating the nation's agriculture export markets.   | CommentsComments (5) | New govt report endorses GM ... | New govt GM report 'valuable ...
28/11/2008 | Improving soil condition on farming land and stepping up the protection of important wetlands are among the top initial priorities in the Rudd Government’s $2.25 billion investment plan for managing Australia’s natural resources.
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson: The Max Sessions
28/11/2008 | If you've never been to a Kasey Chambers gig, watching this small event at the Opera House Studio you'll be surprised and then amused and warmed by the home gig nature of it all.  | Canberra landmark wine: this ... | The price of dinner
AWB and ABB merger talks are official
28/11/2008 | Rumours floating around about a merger between AWB and ABB have proved to be on the money.  | CommentsComments (1) | AWB, ABB Grain merger 'would ... | Elders to cut head office jobs ...
Farm 'shooting spree' under attack
28/11/2008 | Plans to convert Victorian farms into hunting zones have angered animal welfare groups, who have dubbed the idea "disgraceful" and shooters "bogans".   | CommentsComments (6) | Compost for carbon | 'Nats choose miners over food ...
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