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Farm loans a 'trap' for Ludwig

17 May 13 | OPINION: JOE Ludwig has fallen into a trap by agreeing to prop up heavily indebted farmers operating uneconomic operations, writes TONY BOYD. |

Comments (3) | Budget lets ag down: NFF | Budget delivers $99.4m for farm...

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Five years of Labor neglect for agriculture

16 May 13 | AFTER five long years of neglect, anti-agricultural policies and no vision, Labor's only solutions are band aid assistance, says John Cobb. |

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20,000 leagues of incompetence

10 May 13 | OPINION: THE panicked rush from government to effectively white-ant a critical part of the beef industry was beyond any basic comprehension, writes agribusiness lawyer TRENT THORNE. |

Comments (10) | Live animal exports a struggle... | ABC loses balance over animal...

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Live animal exports a struggle to the death

09 May 13 | "IN the eyes of a butcher a horse is already dead,'' wrote Georges Bataille, and if the record of Australia's live export trade is anything to go by, you can take that as a given. |

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ABC loses balance over animal welfare

09 May 13 | THIS week the ABC broadcast footage of the shocking abuse of cattle in an Egyptian abattoir - the ABC has a responsibility to do more than provide a sensational story, especially when the story is truly sensational. |

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Farmers’ friend or miners’ mate?

08 May 13 | AFTER yet again presenting two conflicting views on CSG, it’s time for Tony Abbott to come clean about his real position on CSG, says Tony Windsor. |

Comments (8) | Howes attacks Labor over CSG | Miners fight CSG clampdown

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Working with local NRMs

24 Apr 13 | AGRICULTURE Minister Joe Ludwig asks: what are regional NRM organisations? Ask any farmer or land manager and they’ll tell you. |

Comments (4) | Protecting Australia’s resources

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Context 'redesigned'

24 Apr 13 | TONY Windsor responds to media reports about Barnaby Joyce and his "so-called ‘rednecks’ comment". |

Comments (4) | Why I'm taking on Windsor | Battle for New England heats up

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Education cuts rob rural youth

21 Apr 13 | OPINION: ASK a regional teenager what are the biggest issues confronting them and, invariably, access to education will come up. |

Comments (1) | Cuts to hit regional students | Time to stop urbanisation:...

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Why I'm taking on Windsor

18 Apr 13 | LIFE in politics is punctuated with major challenges that throw into question the authenticity of your political mettle if you avoid them, but if you accept could cost you your political career if you fail. |

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CSG no-go zones 'essential'

11 Apr 13 | WITH submissions closing on Friday on plans to introduce a 2km residential exclusion zone for CSG developments, it’s time for an urgent reassessment of CSG policy in this state, writes Lock the Gate's Drew Hutton. | Fracking fails the poll test

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Coalition's broadband policy 'out of touch'

11 Apr 13 | "JUST how out of touch the Coalition’s broadband policy is with regional Australia has to make you think," says Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig. |

Comments (12) | Abbott's NBN plan attacked | NBN exposes Coalition's soft...

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NBN exposes Coalition's soft underbelly

10 Apr 13 | THE national broadband network is the great failure in Tony Abbott's list of political attacks on Labor policy, writes Laura Tingle. |

Comments (7) | Scaled-down Abbott NBN to cost... | ACCC rejects NBN access pricing...

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Cutting edge tech on show at Beef2U

10 Apr 13 | JULIA Creek’s Beef2U Breeder Management Day was held yesterday at the Julia Creek Racecourse.

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Foreign cash key to ag

08 Apr 13 | WILL the financial wellbeing of rural Australia become threatened by increased foreign investment in the ag sector in pursuit of becoming a 'food bowl' for Asia? |

Comments (3) | Ag needs more people | Foreign labour OK: Gray

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Milk: do we want it?

04 Apr 13 | THE Australian dairy industry is in crisis. So how do we fix it? |

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CSG needs more examination

03 Apr 13 | MONDAY'S’s ABC Four Corners program highlighted worrying flaws in the approval and monitoring processes for CSG developments in Queensland and NSW. |

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How miners trumped farmers

30 Mar 13 | CRAIG Shaw owns farmland in the Bylong Valley not far from Eddie Obeid's place at Cherrydale - but he is not bending over backwards for coalminers to come in and disturb the serenity of his Arcadian acres. |

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Strength of central markets

26 Mar 13 | MUCH has been said about either the increasing or decreasing role of central markets.

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Pulses welcome southern rain

PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the...

How Australia cottoned on

VIDEO: IN THE early 1960s the papers were breathlessly calling cotton “white gold”, but there really was an element of goldrush in the building of the cotton industry.

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Forecast record crop casts pall on prices

THE USDA is forecasting a record global wheat crop this year, with a rise in plantings across the globe,...

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Feeling chipper for winter

PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.

Agco merges with GSI

AGCO Australia has merged with the GSI Group - a global supplier of grain storage, material handling, conditioning and drying solutions.

Wool

Wool's 30c bounce

THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the...

Wool's upward trend

THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend...

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Sharing a common goal

DAIRY farmer Wendy Wallace thinks it would "be a toss-up" whether the 150-cow, million litre organic dairy...

Cattle deaths at Qld research station

The RSPCA has backed an investigation into the deaths of 46 heifers at a state government research station.

No grazing in parks: Burke

CONTROVERSY has erupted over the federal government’s refusal to open up former cattle stations - now...

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Budget fails farmers: Greens

THE Greens say this week’s federal budget produced a disappointing result for farming and rural communities.

John Deere will weather squall

JOHN Deere's shares traded down as the company reduced its current-year sales growth target - and bad...

The dramaturgy in the ABC’s live exports presentations makes Psycho seem like Sesame Street

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Horticulture

Pollination services drive carrot seed production

SOME horticultural producers may see paying for pollination services as a necessary cost, but for one...

Ausveg launches hotline

AUSVEG has launched a 1800 Agronomist hotline for vegetable growers, an industry-driven initiative which will be introduced on a national basis to provide technical information...

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