31 Dec 10 | LOCUSTS have left the once lush tourist haven of Halls Gap a barren dustbowl.
31 Dec 10 | RICE Research Australia Manager Russell Ford says growers will “love” a new cold tolerant rice variety that is set to be released in March next year and is expected to yield the “magical” figure of one tonne per megalitre of water.
31 Dec 10 | Summer’s finally here - and how.
31 Dec 10 | KANGAROOS are almost seven times more likely to be killed on Victoria's country roads than any other animal and police are urging motorists to drive carefully.
31 Dec 10 | THE ramp stretches about three metres from the back of the truck to the ground. Some sheep take their first few steps on to it tentatively, most scamper down as quickly as possible. All behave the same way at the halfway mark - leaping from the metal ramp on to Victorian soil for the first time.
30 Dec 10 | Following a difficult year for grain growers battling crop disease pathogens, pulse pathologists from across Australia have gathered in Toowoomba to exchange information.
30 Dec 10 | A post-Christmas treat was unwrapped at the Warrnambool F1 female sale Wednesday when prices soared $250 a head above expected to average $400 to $500 higher than this sale a year ago.
30 Dec 10 | IT WAS an exciting, brash and colourful time in a complex and boring industry. Even more fun than last year's fight over the national broadband network (NBN).
30 Dec 10 | BLACK Saturday survivors Mary and Reg Kenealy have finally moved into their new house, almost two years after their Marysville home went up in flames.
30 Dec 10 | MOTORISTS should not expect any relief at the petrol bowser for the rest of the holidays, with the price service stations pay for fuel at its highest for more than two years.
29 Dec 10 | HORSHAM Rural City council will investigate a new flood plan.
29 Dec 10 | The Australian dollar has continued to show strength over the Christmas break, maintaining parity-plus levels with its US counterpart and trading at a record against the European common currency.
29 Dec 10 | PULSE Australia has noted farmers have had trouble delivering off-specification pulse crops into the bulk handling system.
29 Dec 10 | HELEN Slattery swirls the wooden spoon around the edge of the bowl, scooping up the last of the mixture. She scrapes the spoon clean with a knife, dabs at the thick cake mixture to make sure it has settled into the corners of the square tin and spreads it evenly.
29 Dec 10 | VICTORIA'S regions are suffering from a rise in unemployment despite the overall improvement in the state's labour market and economy.
28 Dec 10 | A recent Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) board meeting in Western Australia discussed the implementation of a national strategy for grains research, development and extension (R,D&E).
28 Dec 10 | THE MACHINERY industry is urging farmers to consult with their local dealership about how to get harvesters out of bogs.
28 Dec 10 | NEW government offices are likely to occupy Warrnambool's historic post office with the state government making an $8.3 million commitment for a new Department of Primary Industries (DPI) centre.
28 Dec 10 | THERE are now segregations for canola downgraded by sprouting and low test weights caused by weather damage and at least one marketer is buying canola with a higher percentage of sprouted grain.
28 Dec 10 | DEPENDING on your perspective, a possum may be a cute creature or annoying pest. But the marsupials are increasingly becoming victims, with the number of possum attacks by cats and dogs on the rise.
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