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Something's crook at $25 for a chook
7:02 PM AEST | Consumers have been urged to buy organic chicken if they want guarantees the meat has been prepared ethically - though it could mean paying three times as much.   | Roos just a short hop away from ... | Canberra landmark wine: this ...
Hunting park offer to farmers
23/11/2008 | Victorian farms could be transformed into hunting zones for deer and birds under a State Government plan to boost farmers' income and expand the shooting of animals for sport.
Roos just a short hop away from human genes
23/11/2008 | The first detailed map of the kangaroo genome has revealed "great chunks" of the human genome, proving that humans are more closely related to roos than was previously thought.   | Ethanol federal excise tax ... | Anxious banks force farms onto ...
Flood threat eases despite wild weather in eastern Vic
22/11/2008 | The threat of flooding to Gippsland in eastern Victoria appears to have eased on Sunday, despite more heavy weekend downpours, which also brought snow to the north-east high country and strong winds.  | Widespread rain to continue in ...
The price of dinner
22/11/2008 | It's time we faced up to our food, writes Necia Wilden.   | Soil carbon's potential for ... | Mt Gambier weaner steers up to ...
Gippsland flood warning
21/11/2008 | The Victorian Emergency Service has warned of possible widespread weekend flooding in Gippsland. The warning follows the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast of heavy rain for eastern Victoria, coupled with strong winds over most of the state's south.
Widespread rain to continue in Qld, parts of NSW, too
21/11/2008 | With widespread November rain across all states over the past week, some have recorded their best falls for the year. Others have been devastated by wild storms and flash flooding, especially in Queensland. Some needing rain have missed out so far.  | Flood threat eases despite wild ... | Rain stalls south Qld harvest
Report offers cure for most 457 visa ills: NFF
21/11/2008 | Australia’s farm sector could be spared rigid, costly red tape if the final report of the Deegan Review into the subclass 457 visa is adopted by the Federal Government, according to the NFF.  | Ag teacher wins national ‘trade ...
21/11/2008 | CSIRO economists are inviting people in Canberra, Sydney and southern NSW to join the Australian Knowledge Exchange – an online prediction market which aims to forecast water availability.
21/11/2008 | Dr Brian Heim has followed his earlier win as Australia’s top agriculture teacher in 2008 by taking the title of ‘Australian trade & skills teacher of the year’.
RSPCA flexes on-farm muscle
21/11/2008 | South Australian livestock producers face tougher penalties and on-the-spot fines for mistreating or neglecting animals under changes to the state government's Animal Welfare Act 1985, introduced last month.  | SA farmers urged to join RSPCA
Strike three: storms and rain in three states
21/11/2008 | South-east Queensland copped it again last night, with hailstorms and strong winds again causing chaos. Heavy rain fell overnight across the NSW North-Coast. And, farther south, there is a flood warning for Gippsland, in Victoria.  | A week to remember for many: ... | Big wet hits with a vengeance
Tandou buy-out a waste of money
20/11/2008 | There are calls for Federal intervention to block the purchase of $34 million of supplementary flood water entitlements in far west NSW by the NSW Government, claiming there will be little reliable benefit to the Murray Darling Basin.  | Irrigation allocations remain ... | Another Govt committee to ...
A week to remember for many: where the rains fell
20/11/2008 | Floods have hit farmers in the south-east corner of Queensland, but the big November wet has also set up parts of rural Queensland and parts other States for the summer ahead, despite harvest disruptions.   | Relay crops pass water baton | Rain stalls south Qld harvest | VIDEO: Big wet hits with a vengeance
Fertiliser prices still high, but why?
20/11/2008 | The ACCC does not yet have the evidence to do anything about alleged fertiliser price gouging, its chief executive officer, Brian Cassidy has told the Senate fertiliser price inquiry. "I am just pleading for people to come and tell us," he said.  | CommentsComments (7) | Fertiliser prices three times ...
Ethanol federal excise tax 'pays for itself in US'
20/11/2008 | According to a new analysis, $5 is returned to the US government and the US economy for every dollar invested in the USA's ethanol industry excise tax credits.   | Coalition calls for end to ...
Terria broadband “bush first” proposal
20/11/2008 | The Terria group, a consortium of telcos led by Optus bidding for the national broadband network contract, is in Tamworth, NSW, today to promote the group's proposal to roll out broadband to country communities before capital cities.
20/11/2008 | Soil carbon projects are among some of the successful tenders to receive Federal Funding under the Caring for our Country program, which is announcing recipients today.   | CommentsComments (2) | Fertiliser prices three times ... | Soil carbon's potential for ...
Forced entry raises pipe anger
19/11/2008 | The State Government's pipe alliance cut through fences and forced its way onto Glenburn beef breeder Jeff Spencer's property yesterday against his will after refusing to wait one week for him to cut his hay.   | CommentsComments (2) | Another Govt committee to ... | Goulburn-Murray Water increases ...
Housing shortages hit rural industry
19/11/2008 | Primary producers and processing businesses aren't just competing for staff with the mining industry, they are competing for housing as well.   | Labor plan threatens national ... | Fertiliser prices three times ... | SLIDESHOW: Housing shortage hits rural ...
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