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4:00 AM | A SMALLER offering of 974 cattle were yarded on Thursday at the first Pakenham store sale for the year.
Big year for Vic exports
4:00 AM | VICTORIAN food and fibre exports grew by 19 per cent last year in spite of tough economic and seasonal conditions, cementing its place as the number one agricultural exporter in Australia in terms of value.
4:00 AM | THE Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) is leading the way in the prevention of weed spread with the launch of a new code of practice and e-learning program for members.
03 Feb 12 | A SOUTH Australian man who sparked a bushfire that tore through a Victorian forest has been arrested.
Wool prices steady at Melbourne
03 Feb 12 | AGENTS have reported that prices were steady on recent weeks during Thursday's wool sales at the Australian Wool Handlers Centre in Melbourne, while vendors have said they experienced a drop in prices from the same time last year.
Growing landholder interest in carbon sink opportunities
03 Feb 12 | 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.
03 Feb 12 | VICTORIA'S bushfire-affected communities have made significant progress on their road to recovery since the 2009 bushfires, Deputy Premier and Minister for Bushfire Response Peter Ryan said.   | CommentsComments (1)
DPI continues to target rabbits in the Mallee
03 Feb 12 | THE Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has begun a rabbit compliance program in the Berriwillock area to support control works undertaken by the Landcare Group.
Dairy Poll gets mixed reaction
03 Feb 12 | VICTORIAN dairy farmers will now be considering what box they will be ticking in the 2012 Dairy Poll, a decision that will impact the Dairy Australia’s future funding.
02 Feb 12 | VICTORIA'S picnic racing clubs are the big winners following a $50,000 Victorian Coalition Government grant for projects to improve racetracks and public facilities across 10 picnic racecourses.
Bushfire homeless find new abodes
02 Feb 12 | THE last remaining residents in the Kinglake and Marysville temporary accommodation villages are expected to move soon, with just nine units now occupied across the two sites.
02 Feb 12 | ENTRIES for Ballarat’s annual female cattle sale have escalated dramatically to 4500 head with a large representation of young females to calve through the autumn included.
Coalition and grain taskforce to continue partnership
02 Feb 12 | THE Grain Logistics Taskforce said it will continue to assist the Victorian Coalition Government in improving the state's freight network and identifying measures that would allow upcoming grain harvests to be transported to port more efficiently.
02 Feb 12 | ON his farm at Coleambally, NSW, John Ward admits he is feeling emotional about how foreign investment into Australian agricultural land has been handled. He knows first-hand the impact of the issue.   | CommentsComments (4)
UK chief to speak at LambEx
02 Feb 12 | JBS UK managing director Marcus O’Sullivan is one of three international guests invited to speak at LambEx 2012.
01 Feb 12 | EVERY grain grower should have a rust management plan drawn up at the beginning of the season.
Baillieu risks Lib ire by opting out of poll
01 Feb 12 | PREMIER Ted Baillieu is set to run foul of his party by arguing against running a Liberal candidate in the Niddrie byelection despite widespread rank-and-file support for the idea.
Vic to push on with alpine grazing plans
01 Feb 12 | THE Baillieu government is refusing to abandon its cattle grazing trial in the Alpine National Park despite the Commonwealth rejecting its plans under national environment laws.
ASX listing talk for SunRice as it doubles profit
01 Feb 12 | ONE of the largest rice food companies in the world, SunRice, more than doubled its earnings in the first half, after shareholders fended off a $610 million takeover by Spanish rice marketer Ebro last year.
Increase in FIRB threshold betrays regional Australia: VFF
01 Feb 12 | THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says that regional Australians have been betrayed by the decision to raise the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) purchasing threshold.
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