30 Sep 10 | GRAIN-based agribusinesses are confident market concern regarding the upcoming locust plague will not drive their share prices down.
30 Sep 10 | POLL Dorset Youth Ambassador Matthew Jones from Tamworth has won the VAS Ltd National Meat Breeds Sheep Judging Competition at the Royal Melbourne Show on his first attempt.
30 Sep 10 | STUDENTS and kids in the kitchen are the focus of the next round of Meat & Livestock Australia’s ‘Red meat. Amazing food’ campaign, which highlights to consumers the nutritional benefits of eating red meat 3–4 times a week.
30 Sep 10 | LAMB prices have risen 23 per cent in the 12 months to August 2010 due to strong export and restocker demand, according to the National Australia Bank (NAB).
30 Sep 10 | A VICTORIAN water authority will conduct a special round of drinking water tests after elevated levels of a dangerous chemical were found close to a plantation forest.
30 Sep 10 | THE Eureka Flag has been shipped to Adelaide for painstaking restorative works under tight security, with the warning that it may look different on its return.
29 Sep 10 | THE now traditional spring war of words over the control of genetically modified canola volunteer plants growing on roadsides has erupted once again.
29 Sep 10 | A NEW website featuring information, links and stories about organic agriculture has been launched by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC).
29 Sep 10 | THE Patterson family has nowhere left to go - not for the first time this month.
29 Sep 10 | TASMANIAN Premier David Bartlett yesterday called for timber talks in the state to be completed so principles could be finalised and implemented.
29 Sep 10 | A TRULY warm weekend across Victoria, Tasmania and NSW surely heralded the end of the cold and the launch into spring. However, the cold has reared its head yet again, even bringing alpine snow.
29 Sep 10 | A MALE alpaca from Victoria's Windsong Valley stud has been sold for a new Australian price record of $150,000.
28 Sep 10 | Native forests are still being logged in Tasmania as confidential peace talks between industry and environmentalists near a deal.
28 Sep 10 | THE Civil Aviation Safety Authority has warned pilots to be on alert for locust swarms in north-west Victoria, western New South Wales and South Australia in coming weeks.
28 Sep 10 | YESTERDAY, a cold change for Melbourne thwarted any possible repeat of the warm weekend, keeping temperatures down until later in the week.
28 Sep 10 | PASSIONATE superfine wool grower Helen Cathles will tell her story to the Chinese consumer in an effort to make her industry sustainable for young families.
28 Sep 10 | THE practice of direct heading canola has grown in popularity through the eastern states in recent years.
28 Sep 10 | PORTION size, packaging, smaller households, a higher frequency of vegetable shopping trips, less structured meals and an eye for value are among a range of factors influencing vegetable purchasing according to new findings in this week’s Veginsights report.
28 Sep 10 | LOXTON, SA, farmer Steve Nitschke had about four weeks worth of summer stock feed destroyed by locusts in April. Now he’s worried a new plague could turn a bumper spring harvest into piles of dust.
27 Sep 10 | PLENTIFUL rain in recent weeks has recharged environmental sites in the Murray-Darling Basin and could have a big impact on the coming water-usage debate.
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