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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

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Growers target variety profits

4:30 AM AEDT | CROPPERS considering throwing out barley this season are being urged to have another look at their options, with the announcement of a new segregation for the Flagship variety. | Australian operation lifts ... Visit Stock Journal

| CSIRO helps unmask a ... Visit Stock Journal

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Anxiety over fert grows

21 Mar 10 | THE nation's farmers are again confronting issues with their fertiliser orders, both in terms of supply and pricing. |

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No GMs until 2014

20 Mar 10 | SOUTH Australian croppers will have to wait another four years to gain access to genetically-modified seed, as both major political parties agree to extend the moratorium until 2014. |

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| Trials prove strengths of durum Visit Stock Journal

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Training farming leaders of the futures at Mulloon Institute

19 Mar 10 | ECOLOGICALLY-friendly approaches to agriculture have a new champion, The Mulloon Institute, a not-for-profit organisation endowed by businessman and farmer Tony Coote. |

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McGinniss returns to CBH board as co-op support holds strong

16 Mar 10 | MERREDIN graingrower Mick McGinniss has been returned to the CBH board, while the two sitting directors have been overwhelmingly re-elected after campaigning on clear co-operative principles. | Sitting members under attack in ... Visit Farm Weekly

| CBH to meet growers over ... Visit Farm Weekly

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Rain sets up winter crops across Queensland

16 Mar 10 | Queensland farmers have welcomed widespread rain in grain growing regions of the state and are forecasting a good winter crop thanks to replenished soil moisture. | Two sides to world's GM ... Visit North Queensland Register

| Best practice delivers big ... Visit North Queensland Register

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Vic prepares for planting season - but what to plant?

16 Mar 10 | THE planting season is soon upon Victorian growers and crucial varietal choices are being made as to what will excel in particular environments. | Aphids teach scientists a thing ... Visit Stock & Land

| Grain Conference to address ... Visit Stock & Land

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Increasing yields with clay

16 Mar 10 | YIELDS of crops grown on sandhills can be doubled by adding clay to the sandy soil, according to a clay-delving expert.

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ASIC will not pursue AWB bribe claim

15 Mar 10 | THE Australian Securities and Investmentst Commission has decided not to pursue claims by former AWB director Xavier Martin that he was offered an incentive to vote for the grain handler's constitutional change. | AWB top-up to barley payment Visit Stock Journal

| AWB rumour mill grinds over ... | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales

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Canola fills need for feed

13 Mar 10 | A CENTRAL West farmer expects more people will see canola in a new light because of the benefits he’s seen in growing dual-purpose varieties on his Wellington farm, “Spicers Run”.

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Nicoletti to build silos if CBH stays co-op

11 Mar 10 | THE patriarch of Australia's biggest farming family is a man willing to put his money where his mouth is. |

Comments (10) | Sitting members under attack in ... Visit Farm Weekly

| CBH to meet growers over ... Visit Farm Weekly

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GM disallowance motion voted down

11 Mar 10 | FARMERS and grains industry members have attended a critical sitting of WA Parliament, to support Agriculture Minister Terry Redman, and witness a fiery debate over a disallowance motion proposed in the Legislative Assembly, designed to prevent the growing of Genetically Modified canola in the State this year. |

Comments (5) | Meeting called to address bush ... Visit Farm Weekly

| Redman to attend crisis meeting Visit Farm Weekly

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No need for wheat quality body: GrainCorp

11 Mar 10 | GRAINCORP has weighed into the wheat quality debate, saying that an overarching body promoting Australian wheat is unnecessary and would represent an additional cost to growers. |

Comments (7) | Grains Council revamp meets ... | Emerald Group partners Sumitomo Visit Farm Weekly

| GALLERY: Still more pictures of the ...

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Combat carbon emissions with legumes

10 Mar 10 | LEADING soil scientists are promoting legumes within grain rotations as the key to reducing carbon emissions related to grain growing, primarily through their nitrogen replacing qualities. |

Comments (6) | Graingrowers have good reason ... | Grains Council revamp meets ... | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular

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US ag groups urge court to overturn GM alfalfa ban

10 Mar 10 | The US Supreme Court will evaluate this April whether a lower court wrongly banned the cultivation of biotech alfalfa. |

Comments (1) | Grains Council revamp meets ... | Graingrowers have good reason ... | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular

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Aphids teach scientists a thing or two

09 Mar 10 | IN RECENTLY unravelling the genome of the pea aphid, an international consortium of researchers has taken a major step towards understanding how to better control this bane of farmers and gardeners across the world. |

Comments (2) | Farm groups back wheat quality ... | GM crop production continues to ... | VIDEO: Spectacular conclusion with ...

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Graingrowers have good reason to go Google

09 Mar 10 | GRAINGROWERS throughout the southern cropping region will be able to access crop variety trial data when locating trial sites through Google Maps. |

Comments (3) | Abbott plans big new tax on ... | The great storm clean up begins Visit Stock & Land

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Grains Council revamp meets opposition

08 Mar 10 | AN AMBITIOUS plan to set up a new national peak body to replace Grains Council will have to overcome a lack of support from the largest state farmer organisation in NSW and WA. |

Comments (14) | AWB, ASIC settle privilege ... | Farm groups back wheat quality ... | GALLERY: Photos flood in from Queensland

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WA Nuffield Scholar in search of the right mix

07 Mar 10 | EARLIER in the decade, specialisation was in vogue. Farmers were advised to focus on one aspect of their enterprise and be the best they could at it, whether it was cropping or livestock. | Animals Australia attacks Egypt ... Visit Farm Weekly

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