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Details of VFF brokerage plan finally released

12:06 PM AEST | The Victorian Farmers Federation has released the details of its long-awaited brokerage service. | Kubota consolidates operations ... | Number's up for John Deere

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Australian GM farmer wins prestigious US award

10:44 AEST | A pro-GM farmer from Australia has won the prestigious 2008 Dean Kleckner Trade & Technology Advancement Award, which was announced yesterday in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. | Labor split widens on approach ... | Financial crisis could slash ...

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Graincorp launches harvest pools

14/10/2008 | GrainCorp has launched its Harvest '08 wheat, barley and canola pools and confirmed that the company will be running pools for farmers in all mainland states. | ABB releases two new triticales ... | Labor split widens on approach ...

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Search widens for exotic grain pests

14/10/2008 | The Department of Agriculture and Food is widening the search for serious exotic grain pests by enlisting the help of its Cultivar Variety Testing program as a pilot for field surveillance.

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Worst aphid outbreak in 10 years

14/10/2008 | Agronomists are describing an outbreak of aphids in southern NSW as one of the worst experienced in 10 years.

Grains and Cropping - General

Wednesday's pay day for AWB growers

14/10/2008 | It's pay day tomorrow for Australia's grain farmers, with AWB to make a $604 million payment which, after allowing for site-to-sea charges, will provide a $571m million net payment to wheat growers who delivered to the 2007/08 National Pool. | 16th company accredited to ... | Medics save $1500/paddock

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ABB releases two new triticales to top Everest

13/10/2008 | Two new triticale varieties released today by ABB Seeds at Warialda, NSW, are offering growers some high-yielding opportunities over established types.

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Labor split widens on approach to GM

13/10/2008 | Assistant Minister for Finance, Craig Emerson, has fired a shot at some of his State Labor counterparts, by calling for a rational, science-based approach to assessing the role of genetically modified crops. |

Comments (3) | Funds will flow back to the ... | Innovation fund central to ...

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Check for hay hotspots

13/10/2008 | It's time for farmers to be diligent in ensuring they have adequate hay insurance this spring, with a large number of haystack fires in 2008 leading to changes in insurance guidelines. | Innovation fund central to ... | Qld steels for bumper harvest

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16th company accredited to export wheat

13/10/2008 | Wheat Exports Australia has accredited a further wheat company to export bulk wheat this year. | Qld steels for bumper harvest | Grain prices tumble as ...

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Medics save $1500/paddock

10/10/2008 | INPUT savings of up to $1500 a paddock have been achieved at Neville Kernich's Freeling farm through the use of Cavalier and Silver Snail medic.

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Funds will flow back to the grain market

9/10/2008 | Grain market analysts believe that in the medium term, soft commodities may attract some investment from those looking for risk-free spots to park their money. |

Comments (4) | Grain prices tumble as ... | Ascochyta outbreak in Highlands ...

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Innovation fund central to GGA's long-term industry plan

8/10/2008 | The Grain Growers Association will establish an industry innovation investment fund and acquire or establish a number of industry services businesses as the company sets out in a bold new direction. |

Comments (3) | Partnership poised to prove its ... | Coggan's heartened by record ...

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Qld steels for bumper harvest

8/10/2008 | It's going to be a "touch-and-go" harvest to see whether Queensland's grain receival systems can safely house this year's looming southern district winter crop. |

Comments (2) | Coggan's heartened by record ... | Desperate wheat farmers looking ... | VIDEO: Qld steeled for bumper winter ...

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Grain prices tumble as investors seek safehavens

7/10/2008 | Global commodity prices, including those for wheat, have collapsed today as investors shift funds into safehavens such as gold, prompting AWB to cut its estimated pool returns for the upcoming harvest. |

Comments (3) | Shares bounce back into the ... | RBA shock: Interest rates cut ...

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Ascochyta outbreak in Highlands chickpeas

7/10/2008 | There is another confirmed outbreak of Ascochyta blight in a Central Queensland chickpea crop located south of Emerald on the Central Highlands.

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Partnership poised to prove its worth

7/10/2008 | Newly-married Owen and Tracey Rasmussen are not only soul mates, they're work mates, too.

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Coggan's heartened by record crop prospects

6/10/2008 | On the eve of his third harvest since his life-saving heart transplant operation, Westmar producer and world record holder for crop planting, John Coggan, 61, says he has "never felt better", even if he should "lose a bit more weight". | Smarter grain consumption cuts ... | Drought aid tops $1 billion | VIDEO: Coggans heartened by winter ...

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GM corn testing for the ACT

6/10/2008 | The CSIRO is planning to grow genetically modified corn in Canberra in an experiment aimed at increasing resistance to antibiotics and developing a high tolerance to herbicides. |

Comments (2) | Going organic inevitable if ... | Scientists vs community in ...

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WA harvest underway

3/10/2008 | WA's 2008 grain harvest has begun in the far north of the wheatbelt. | CBH chief retires | Grain growers to tread ...

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