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Another cyclone watch in the north
12:14 PM AEST | Cape York is bracing for king tides and a possible cyclone, while Queensland's rain-soaked and flooded northwest may have a chance to dry out, the Bureau of Meteorology said on Saturday morning.  | Wet New Year a cause for ... | Good rains lift central Qld ...
Bounce back ahead for lamb exports, after 6pc fall in 2008
9/01/2009 | Despite the apparent strength of Australian lamb markets, lamb exports in 2008 fell by 6pc on the record shipments in 2007.  | Store sheep still strong | Opposition to new sheep tag ...
In Parkes, NSW, where the King is not dead
9/01/2009 | The king of rock and roll lives on, with thousands of Elvis Presley enthusiasts set to pay tribute to the hip-swivelling legend this weekend in central NSW.
Record Australian beef exports in 2008
9/01/2009 | A record volume of Australian beef and veal was exported during 2008, despite a slow start to the year and the high $A during the first six months. Japan maintained its place as our biggest beef export market.  | Vic weaner prices lift on third ... | Vic's 70,000 calf bonanza to ...
Dubbo's rebel importer sets eyes on fert
9/01/2009 | Dubbo, NSW, based importer, Craig McMahon, hopes to join a small but growing number of importers joining the fertiliser business as farmers rebel against high prices being charged by the small group of mainstream companies.  | CommentsComments (1)
High US corn production costs may mean more soybeans
9/01/2009 | Many producers in the US Midwest may decide not to plant corn in 2009 in favor of growing soybeans.  | La Nina event developing, says ... | US ethanol industry woes deepen
'Everyone in US beef industry hurting'
9/01/2009 | The December US Department of Agriculture Cattle on Feed Report shows cattle and calves in US feedlots down 6pc from last year's.  | Roma, Qld, sells a record ... | Chadwick Downs' vision for ...
Sam Kekovich: eat lamb and fix the economy
9/01/2009 | With the world in the midst of a financial crisis Sam Kekovich is pointing the finger of blame directly at one group, and one group only: over-paid fat-cat bankers.
Fert alert: Stakes high as prices fluctuate
9/01/2009 | Warnings last year that fertiliser prices could skyrocket have come at a cost to many farmers, according to Tanja Morgan, Lower Murray and Southern Mallee Rural Solutions SA farming systems consultant.  | Fertiliser relief forecast | Strong demand for organic ...
9/01/2009 | As farming input costs rise, growers are looking at alternatives, evidenced by demand for organic-based fertiliser.  | DFI adopts collective model to ... | Planting slowdown
Pastoral leases unlock doors to outback
9/01/2009 | South Australia's Flinders Ranges pastoral country and SA's northern outback are a work in progress.  | CommentsComments (1) | Vote for your top SA sports stars | Three barns the clincher in ...
AWB battles disclosure
9/01/2009 | AWB has launched a court appeal to prevent the Australian Federal Police using what it says is confidential material obtained by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
Elders aiming high after restructure
9/01/2009 | Elders Rural Services' managing director, Mike Guerin, has a plan that will see Elders regain as much as a 25pc stake of the rural services market and re-assert itself as one of Australia's biggest ag players.  | CommentsComments (2)
Strong start to $40m January weaner sales
8/01/2009 | Interstate buyers again bid vigorouosly at Thursday's Wodonga, Vic, Angus weaner cattle sale, lifting weaner steer prices at the close of the first week of sales.  | Vic weaner prices lift on third ... | Vic's 70,000 calf bonanza to ... | VIDEO: Interstate buyers lift ...
$A helped red meat exports in world crisis
8/01/2009 | The plunge in the value of the $A during the second half of 2008 assisted demand for Australian red meat exports in some markets, notably to the US and Japan, the MLA says.  | Vic's 70,000 calf bonanza to ... | Packer may sell pastoral ...
Still magic at the millions
8/01/2009 | Three colts have been sold with million dollar price tags in just the first session of the Magic Millions Yearling Sales on the Gold Coast.  | Bargains forecast at Magic ... | Picnic punters buck at threat ...
Bottom for powdered milk in sight: Fonterra
8/01/2009 | Fonterra head office New Zealand says the average price for contracts for whole milk powder has fallen again, down by 9.3pc since late last year. Spot prices, however, rose 1.3pc above those for the December trading event.  | Dairy farmers hit as Fonterra ... | Sharp export milk price drop ...
Foresters felled by lockup call
8/01/2009 | Environmentalists are keen to use a Victorian Government forest lockup decision to pressure NSW to declare 66,000 hectares of extra national parkland along the Murray River.
Delay on SA lakes flood
8/01/2009 | Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett will today announce he is delaying a decision to flood the Murray River lower lakes with sea water until an environmental assessment is conducted.  | CommentsComments (1) | Flooding rains in north-west ... | Official figures mask true ...
8/01/2009 | An internationally recognised highly toxic insecticide will continue to be used widely by Australian horticultural industries, despite New Zealand becoming the most recent country to institute a total ban.  | CommentsComments (6) | First Australian lychees ... | Sensible spending ensures ...
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11/12/2008 | Farm lobby groups will decide next week whether the future of farm representation will stay as it is or be broadened to bring in the big end of town.
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