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Live export trade not undercutting Australian jobs, says Mackinnon

1:53 PM AEDT | AUSTRALIAN Livestock Exporters chief executive Lach Mackinnon has questioned the validity of the Australian Meat Industry Employees Union’s (AMEU) claim that the nations’ live export industry is the cause of thousands of meat processing workers losing their jobs, saying he believed the rising Australian dollar and shrinking livestock supply was more of a contributing factor. | Livestock to lead US ag recovery | Chicken king tackles fowl rumours Visit The Land

| VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Agribusiness and General - General

Seach begins for new AWI chief

1:44 PM AEDT | IT WAS not just Australian woolgrowers who were left feeling like they had just had their party spoilt when Brenda McGahan two weeks ago raised the white flag and aborted the wool industry’s top role. | Baled up: no sale for finest ... Visit Stock & Land

| Growers call on AWI for leadership Visit Stock Journal

| VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Wool - General

JBS confirms bid to buy Rockdale beef

11:32 AM AEDT | BRAZILIAN meat processor JBS has announced its plans to buy NSW business Rockdale Beef for an undisclosed price subject to approval. |

Comments (2) | JBS cleared to take control of ... | JBS delays US share offering | GALLERY: Photos from SA's Mid North ...

Livestock - Cattle

Gunns shares chopped down

11:01 AM AEDT | SHARES in timber and woodchipping company Gunns have lost nearly 50 per cent of their value in the past month and are trading near record lows at 54¢ a share after a disastrous half-year result. | Growing pains Visit Stock & Land

| Gunns chief defies big investors Visit Stock & Land

| VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Forestry - General

FarmWorks debuts on ASX

10:59 AM AEDT | FarmWorks Australia Limited (FarmWorks), a specialist provider of rural services, today commenced trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under code FWA. | Nufarm profit response raises ... | Agri stock market weakens | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

Agribusiness and General - Finance

Beef baron sells off organic operation

9:59 AM AEDT | PART of Sir Graham McCamley's pastoral empire is expected to come onto the market soon. |

Comments (1) | Oakdare beats bidders to Uramo ... Visit North Queensland Register

| Kidman logs profit after ... Visit Stock Journal

Livestock - Cattle

Westscheme adds a rural edge

9:53 AM AEDT | THE West Australian-based superannuation fund Westscheme has emerged as a shareholder in the rural land company RM Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH). | RM Williams beefs up with ... Visit Farm Weekly

| Pilot fatigue led to fatal ... Visit Farm Weekly

| GALLERY: Photos from SA's Mid North ...

Property - General

AAco fed up with Elders, alleging a load of bull

9:40 AM AEDT | AUSTRALIAN Agricultural Company has had enough of its former major shareholder, Elders, after a long-running dispute over cattle feed supplements. | Arki beefs up presence in ... Visit Stock Journal

| Livestock to lead US ag recovery | GALLERY: Photos from SA's Mid North ...

Livestock - Cattle

Big growers to abandon CBH

9:32 AM AEDT | SOME of Western Australia's biggest farmers are planning to abandon Australia's largest grains handler, CBH Group, as early as October after attempts to list the company on the sharemarket were dealt a punishing blow at board elections. | SEPWA investigates container ... Visit Farm Weekly

| McGinniss returns to CBH board ... Visit Farm Weekly

Grains and Cropping - Grains

NSW sets its GCA model

8:47 AM AEDT | NSW Farmers’ Association’s executive council will pursue the establishment of a national grain grower’s body made up of the state farming organisations. | CSIRO helps unmask a ... Visit The Land

| Training farming leaders of the ... Visit The Land

Grains and Cropping - General

WA mining towns dominate property boom

8:40 AM AEDT | HOMES in WA mining towns have appreciated more in the past decade than property almost anywhere else in Australia. | Emu Downs for sale Visit Farm Weekly

| Regional rents beat city growth Visit Farm Weekly

Property - General

Burning can be better for environment

8:37 AM AEDT | PRESCRIBED burning is not just better for bushfire prevention: with some exceptions, it can be better for the environment, too, Phil Cheney believes. | Solar storms could wreak havoc ... | More would install solar if ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

Agribusiness and General - General

More record warm days than cold

8:17 AM AEDT | HEAT records are coming thicker and faster than ever before, while the number of cold records are declining across a continent that has grown warmer over each of the past five decades. | Labels that devour $5.2b in food | Bushfire response should be ... | VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Agribusiness and General - General

Rudd's health reform plan boosted by poll results

7:53 AM AEDT | KEVIN RUDD'S chances of having the states accept his health reform plan have been bolstered by Mike Rann's expected narrow victory in South Australia and the prospect of a hung parliament in Tasmania. | Costello slams Abbott parent tax | US animal health merger would ... | VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Agribusiness and General - Political

Death of Ului

7:33 AM AEDT | Tropical Cyclone Ului crossed the east coast of Queensland in the early hours of yesterday morning and is now breaking apart. | Cyclone Ului to head south ... Visit North Queensland Register

| Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ... Visit North Queensland Register

Agribusiness and General - General

$150m desal pay bonanza

7:27 AM AEDT | THE developer of Victoria's controversial desalination plant will pay workers as much as $150 million above industry standards in its bid to meet the deadline for water to flow from the plant by 2011. | NSW floods won't benefit Vic, SA Visit Stock & Land

| Brumby gushes over pipe's water ... Visit Stock & Land

Agribusiness and General - General

Georgian mansion to be a home again after trust ensures its future

7:12 AM AEDT | LOOKING for the ultimate family home or hideaway in the Southern Highlands? The Historic Houses Trust of NSW may soon have the very thing. | Hunter vineyards picked off Visit The Land

| Winding down at Wagga Wagga Visit The Land

Property - General

Southern states rejoice over share of record floodwaters

6:56 AM AEDT | EVIDENCE is mounting that floods gushing through northern Australia are among the biggest on record, and downstream states such as Victoria are rapidly raising expectations about the amount of water they will receive from them. | Victoria to benefit from floods Visit Stock & Land

| Feds must step in to manage ... Visit Stock & Land

| VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Agribusiness and General - General

Firm tests waters over Cubbie flow deal

6:47 AM AEDT | THE company favoured to buy Cubbie Station has offered to sell the government 92 billion litres of water for the Murray-Darling basin, in part from the controversial Queensland cotton farm. | Cubbie Station to be sold by ... | Dampened enthusiasm for Cubbie ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

Agribusiness and General - General

Solar scheme powers on as batts bow out

6:44 AM AEDT | KEVIN RUDD'S roof insulation program may have sent the nation temporarily batty, but the state government's solar power bonus scheme is shaping up as a big success. | Energy target latest green ... | Labor's renewable energy scheme ... | VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

Agribusiness and General - General

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