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$25,000 grants available for flooded SW Qld producers

08 Feb 12 | QUEENSLAND Agriculture Minister Tim Mulherin has today welcomed the Prime Minister's approval of Category C assistance of grants up to $25,000 for communities in South West Queensland affected by flooding.

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Growing landholder interest in carbon sink opportunities

03 Feb 12 | THE number of landholders investigating carbon sink opportunities with CO2 Australia, the largest provider in the sector, has increased by 681% since the introduction of the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in August 2011. |

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Mission for Mars

03 Feb 12 | MEAT and Livestock Australia says it has no immediate plans to find a replacement for board director Iain Mars, who is due to finish soon as JBS-Australia chief executive officer.

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Grazing tax set to squeeze

02 Feb 12 | ANOTHER massive new tax on Queensland grazing - costing $100 million a year or more - will be imposed by the State Government when charges on stock routes and road reserves pass through Parliament this month. |

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Dried range bears fruit online

25 Jan 12 | WHEN Cameron and Muppi Dean leased a fruit-drying facility near Gin Gin two years ago they brought with them a strong marketing and business management focus that spurred them to put their products online.

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Strong start for QR in 2012

24 Jan 12 | QR National has got off to a strong start in 2012, with relatively dry weather boosting hopes of a healthy half year earnings report next month, as well as the railroad group's share price – which recently hit a new high of $2.78.

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Toowoomba tannery terminates trading

23 Jan 12 | A COMBINATION of the high Australian dollar, tough international conditions and processing cost increases have forced Toowoomba-based tannery New Wave Leather to close after more than a decade in operation.

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Coming up roses after flood

22 Jan 12 | QUEENSLAND commercial rose grower Stephen Spierling has more riding on Valentine's Day than most men.

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Plant biosecurity needs funding boost: Growcom

19 Jan 12 | PEAK horticulture body for Queensland, Growcom, is today launching its biosecurity platform as the first of its priorities for the upcoming state election. At its core the policy is calling for a significant boost to plant biosecurity funding in line with animal biosecurity funding.

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Jock Whittle new head of Macquarie Pastoral Fund

19 Jan 12 | JOCK Whittle has been appointed chief executive officer of the Macquarie Pastoral Fund and its operating entity Paraway Pastoral Co.

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Russia, China in roo meat moves

14 Jan 12 | AUSTRALIA's largest kangaroo meat processor says the long awaited resumption of trade with Russia and China could take place within the next six months. |

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Suncorp finds its silver lining

12 Jan 12 | SUNCORP Group has claimed a boost to its share of the personal insurance market within its home state of Queensland one year after the state's devastating floods incurred industry claims of more than $1.62 billion.

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Decision pending on Wharton's farm

09 Jan 12 | RICHMOND Mayor John Wharton is expected to today find out whether his family holdings Runnymede and Red Rock are safe from foreclosure.

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Bank Watch: back to the future

05 Jan 12 | AN aggressive 1980s campaign against banking foreclosures - Bank Watch - will be relaunched in Queensland by North West Queensland mayor and landowner, John Wharton. |

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Govt releases carbon farming in Qld guide

03 Jan 12 | THE Queensland Government has released a 44-page document outlining potential on-farm activities under the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative. |

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Adaptation key in cattle game

30 Dec 11 | THE ability to spread risk - a key driver for increased land holdings - showed its worth over the past 12 months as many cattle businesses weathered the Indonesian ban on accepting cattle over 350 kilograms, the floods, the 14 percent rise in the value of the Australian dollar and the ban on Indonesian live exports. |

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Queensland Airports refinances

21 Dec 11 | Queensland Airports Ltd has completed a $532 million refinancing of its senior debt facilities with funding from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, Westpac Banking Corp and Royal Bank of Canada.

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QR National's 'missing link' opens

20 Dec 11 | A CRUCIAL 69-kilometre rail track officially opened yesterday may have cost $385 million, but it could mean millions more to Queensland's economy, according to the state government. |

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Wharton negotiations continue

15 Dec 11 | NEGOTIATIONS between Bankwest and Richmond Shire Mayor and landholder John Wharton may yet resolve the stand-off over the bank's intervention in the mayor's finances.

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