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<title><![CDATA[Asia Iron farm land deal no big deal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ABOUT 3250 hectares of prime Three Springs farmland has been purchased by a subsidiary of mining company Asia Iron Holdings.

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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Xstrata agrees to merge]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Mining giant Xstrata and commodities dealer Glencore have agreed to a $US90 billion ($A84.22 billion) merger that will create the world's fourth largest natural resources company.
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NBN returns fire on satellites]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE national broadband network is counting on signing up about 200,000 households to its new satellite internet service across regional Australia at a cost of almost $10,000 a customer.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Telstra profit soars 23pc on mobiles]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Telstra, Australia's largest phone company, reported first-half earnings of almost $1.5 billion, a touch below analyst expectations, as a jump in mobile subscribers was countered by a fall in sales at its Yellow Pages Sensis business.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gunns keen for NZ investment to fire up mill]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[FORESTRY company Gunns is working furiously to translate the cachet of its new cornerstone shareholder, billionaire Richard Chandler, into a green light for its pulp mill.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Harvey Fresh expands east]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PROMINENT western Riverina fruit processing business Nugan Quality Foods (NQF) has been sold to Western Australian juice, wine and dairy foods company, Harvey Fresh.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberals oppose truckie pay rise]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE transport industry has won support for its campaign to stop a federal law that would raise pay rates for truck drivers amid Coalition accusations that it is a pay rise presented as a safety measure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gunns shoots up after billionaire takes stake]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BILLIONAIRE investor Richard Chandler will inject $150 million into revamping forestry company Gunns, as part of a $280 million capital raising.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar power: the dark side of the sun]]></title>
<link>http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/finance/solar-power-the-dark-side-of-the-sun/2446301.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[IT'S one of our most plentiful natural resources, and it costs us nothing. So why can't Australia, or any other country for that matter, convert rays from the sun into electricity on a mass scale with any degree of success?
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Russians aren’t coming]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A COMMONWEALTH Bank foreign exchange analyst has hosed down recent speculation that the Russian Central Bank views the Australian dollar as a potential safe-haven currency in the long-term.
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gunns bid for more capital]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[GUNNS is set to announce a capital raising and equity investment in a further restructure of the company still pitching to build a $2 billion-plus pulp mill.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ICAP enters local ag, soft commods scene]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[INTERDEALER broker ICAP has announced that it is entering the Australian agricultural and soft commodities market in February with a new team. The team of three brokers, led by Garry Booth, was formerly at MF Global.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dairy suffers while govt 'dithers':  ADF]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[AUSTRALIAN Dairy Farmers (ADF) President Chris Griffin has expressed his disappointment in the Government’s responses to the Senate Economics References Committee’s 2011 final report of the Inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry and Milking it for all it’s worth – competition and pricing in the Australian dairy industry.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bush backlash saves unleaded fuel]]></title>
<link>http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/state/agribusiness-and-general/services/bush-backlash-saves-unleaded-fuel/2445166.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[A SUCCESSFUL campaign by petrol retailers across the State resulted in a backflip by Premier Barry O’Farrell on banning regular unleaded petrol from July 1.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tesco dumps 'green' label]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[UK SUPERMARKET giant Tesco will no longer feature a carbon reduction label, which the chain launched to great fanfare four years ago.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cloudy outlook for solar rebates]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BUYERS of solar panels and hot-water systems are being warned they face at least a 12-month wait if they want the full rebate to which they're entitled under the government's renewable energy scheme.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WA potash company takes vital step]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LABORATORY quantities of commercial quality potash have been produced by WA exploration company, Potash West.
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing landholder interest in carbon sink opportunities]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE number of landholders investigating carbon sink opportunities with CO2 Australia, the largest provider in the sector, has increased by 681% since the introduction of the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in August 2011.
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Paraway's grand plan paying off]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LAUNCHING a large scale agricultural property investment fund in the midst of a roaring drought might have presented a few challenges, but Macquarie Bank's Paraway Pastoral division is showing no signs of regretting the move these days.
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SunRice a takeover target]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[SIX months after ricegrowers blocked a controversial foreign takeover for the iconic SunRice food business, one of the company's biggest shareholders is fearful another offshore bid will be on the cards again soon.
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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