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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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
Move to ban cities drinking from Murray
27/11/2008 | Adelaide, Ballarat, Bendigo and other regional cities would be forced to stop taking water from the Murray River under moves approved by the Senate.   | Threats as pipe anger boils over | Dam will "never go ahead" | VIDEO: Sky News rural analysis: Murray ...
'South Australians betrayed in Murray water ploy'
27/11/2008 | SA Minister for Water Security Karlene Maywald says South Australian Liberal Party Senators are short-changing all South Australians by putting critical water supplies for businesses and industries at risk.   | CommentsComments (1) | 'We want all the facts': Qld's ... | Pipe backlash threatens Murray ... | VIDEO: Sky News rural analysis: Murray ...
Compost for carbon
27/11/2008 | Ray and Anne Williams started using no-till cropping on their 1400 hectare Coonamble, NSW, farm "Magomadine" in 1996 and haven't looked back. Until now.  | CommentsComments (2) | 'South Australians betrayed in ... | 'Nats choose miners over food ...
Soil carbon facing challenges
27/11/2008 | The message from high-profile scientists Dr Jeff Baldock and Professor Peter Grace was clear: soil carbon is intrinsically valuable, but on current understanding it seems unlikely to yield a meaningful return to farmers in a carbon trading scheme.  | 'Bushfire in a tube' to help ... | Nationals to rebel on carbon ...
'Nats choose miners over food producers'
27/11/2008 | In a 'disgracefu'l backdown, the National Party has removed support for an amendment to the Murray Darling Water Bill that would allow for a water study to take place before mining exploration licences were granted.  | CommentsComments (4)
'We want all the facts': Qld's Traveston dam fallout
27/11/2008 | "Plain speaking" government representatives should come to the Mary Valley and explain the Governmment's new position on the Traveston Crossing Dam, in south-east Qld, anti-dam campaigner Kevin Ingersole said yesterday.  | Traveston Dam put on hold | Dam will "never go ahead"
Telstra broadband stand-off worsens
27/11/2008 | The stand-off between Telstra and the Federal Government over the national broadband network has intensified, endangering the promised roll-out of broadband to 98pc of the population.  | CommentsComments (3) | High noon for Telstra on ... | Telstra lodges last-minute ...
Telstra bends the rules on internet broadband bid
27/11/2008 | Telstra has increased the brinkmanship in its proposal to build a high-speed broadband network by submitting a tender to the Federal Government that fails to meet some guidelines.   | Telstra broadband stand-off ... | Telstra lodges last-minute ...
Senators steaming over Sugarloaf Pipe
27/11/2008 | Construction on the controversial Sugarloaf pipeline from the Murray to Melbourne is already well underway but the long-running political pipe gripe has still dominated this week's debate in Canberra on water reform.  | CommentsComments (4) | 'Bushfire in a tube' to help ... | Threats as pipe anger boils over
Broadband bids in, now it's over to the experts
26/11/2008 | Minister for Broadband and Communications, Stephen Conroy, says it will be up to an expert panel to decide whether Telstra's proposal is eligible to be considered as part of the tender process to build a national broadband network.   | Quarantine charges may rise to ... | Pipe backlash threatens Murray ... | AUDIO: Conroy flick passes Telstra ...
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