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Make 2020 the year you stop smoking

Sustainable future secured for Warwick saleyards with recycled water plan funding

Prospect Park auction on July 9

Funding flows for regional development

Coronavirus

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It's a roller coaster ride for global sport as coronavirus restrictions ease

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ICPA welcomes Qld Health boarding school COVID guide

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Battle for the remote resumes as NRL re-enters our lounge rooms

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Travel debate continues in UK, US passes 100,000 deaths

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Should Australia ditch COVID-19 state border restrictions?

is almost 70 days of border restrictions enough?

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PM challenges premiers on border closures

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EvokeAg 2021 cancelled - plans to reschedule

Covid-19 sees internationally recognised agtech conference postponed to 2022

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Coronavirus outbreak hits The Americas

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Beef

Zanda's beef industry legacy continues | Video

Zanda McDonald's vision for increased animal welfare practices continues to grow.

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Improving bull development

New research shows supplemented heifers reared bull calves that were heavier at weaning.

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Severe undernutrition of cattle increases methane production

New research shows that if animals are fed below their maintenance energy requirements, their methane production is higher.

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Cattle market strength holds but there's talk of a plateau

Will grass go to waste come spring?

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Agribusiness

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Louis Dreyfus takes lead role in Namoi's cotton marketing business

More restructuring at Namoi Cotton has effectively giving its multi-national partner control of trading and warehousing activities.

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Hatching a plan for carbon neutrality

Low carbon eggs and chicken meat on the horizon

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With friends like these... How US-China deal makes ag trade tougher

Australia's celebrated bilateral free trade deal with China is losing some of its shine with farmers

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Trip home allows an insight into WA dairy

Almost all the WA farms visited have invested in large rotary dairies which is a significant difference from Qld.

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Property

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Hurdle Estate sold at auction

Injune property Hurdle Estate has sold at a Nutrien Harcourts auction for $4.175 million.

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John Purcell's Yatton makes $7.4 million

The Purcell family's Central Queensland property Yatton has sold at auction for a stellar $7.4 million.

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Prospect Park auction on July 9

The 1559 hectare Bauhinia property Prospect Park will be auctioned by Hourn & Bishop Qld on July 9.

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Gray's Texas property Uambi offered | Video

Quality Southern Downs property Uambi is being offered through an expression of interest process closing on June 23.

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Moo-vers and Shakers

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Designing the right way

Safety for producers and livestock is at the heart of the design and construction process for Atlex Stockyards.

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Allflex tech's powering up Litchfields' dairy op

The Litchfield family's investment in technology from Allflex Livestock Intelligence is paying dividends within their southern NSW-based dairy farming operation.

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Right on track for customers

Fourteen years ago Onetrak burst on the scene and is now a big player in mining, materials handling, forestry and extraction industries.

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Advice pays dividends

Getting the right advice might pave the way to success for family-run agricultural businesses.

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Celebrating Aussie beef

The countdown has officially started for the ever-popular triennial Beef Australia expo to be held in Rockhampton, from May 2 to 8 in 2021 with the events digital launch taking place from May 18 to 22.

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Agents are in safe hands

As the trusted national peak industry body for livestock and property agents, member engagement is a top priority for the Australian Livestock and Property Agents Association.

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Searching for tags faster

Just Better, 4tags.com.au aim to solve some of the issues usually faced by producers when purchasing tags.

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The ProWay to handle livestock is a good way

Reliability and a passion to service the needs of customers is part and parcel of the ProWay approach.

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Photos & Video

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Zanda's beef industry legacy continues | Video

Zanda McDonald's vision for increased animal welfare practices continues to grow.

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Gray's Texas property Uambi offered | Video

Quality Southern Downs property Uambi is being offered through an expression of interest process closing on June 23.

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Brooklyn aggregation passed in for $4.3m | Video

The 6805 hectare Brooklyn aggregation in South East Queensland was passed in for $4.3 million.

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McCauley's luxury Valinor Park heads to auction | Video

Ian and Di McCauley have listed their luxury 204 hectare property Valinor Park property at Mount Kilcoy.

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Drivers dicing with death caught on camera

Drivers who fail to give way to cane trains in the Burdekin will be caught on camera and have their details passed on to police.

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Cropping

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Stats show barley sector will struggle to replace China

The difficulties replacing China as a buyer of Australian barley become apparent when looking at export data over the past ten years.

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Series of quality seasons needed for Darling Downs producers

The last decent cropping season for Cambooya farmer Murray Todd was 2016.

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Grower concern regarding export reliance on China

Barley producers have concerns over Australia's apparent overreliance on China as a buyer of our grain according to a Farmonline survey.

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Australia and China's turbulent trade relations

The recent Chinese decision to implement prohibitive tariffs on Australian barley is just the latest in a lengthy history of trade problems.

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Europe's wheat production concerns spook world markets

World wheat markets are in the hands of the weather gods, creating waves in futures markets.

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Machinery

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Valtra upgrades lineup

Agco offer new options on Valtra range of tractors

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Honda quit quad market

Honda are removing ATV quad bikes from sale in Australia from 2021

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EvokeAg 2021 cancelled - plans to reschedule

Covid-19 sees internationally recognised agtech conference postponed to 2022

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New transmission launched

Case IH have launched its new transmission in the Maxxum

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Lexion demonstrations reaping results

New Claas Lexion tested across Australia last harvest

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New look for Deere six-series

John Deere update the 6M lineup of tractors

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Move to lease utility vehicles

Kubota RTVs prove popular as fleet rentals for farms, solar and mining

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City to subsidise bush internet and a lift to minimum speeds

New telecommunications reform will benefit rural and regional Australia

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Sheep

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Fighting against parasites with poo

New research will look into whether sheep poo holds the key to developing the next generation of antiparasitic treatments.

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How viable are sheep prices ahead of winter?

The reduction in lamb numbers at eastern states markets last week helped drive the market higher.

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Is there more to supply drop than the usual winter slump?

Sheep and lamb yardings at physical markets are reducing week-by-week, but is there more to it than just the usual winter drop off in supply?

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Wool must be made 'essential' | Comment

Wool needs to be an essential part of human existence.

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Dairy

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Tasmania's milk production on the rise, latest figures reveal

Australia's milk production jumped in April, up 6.4 per cent.

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Trip home allows an insight into WA dairy

Almost all the WA farms visited have invested in large rotary dairies which is a significant difference from Qld.

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Fonterra Australia boss talks about milk price

Fonterra Australia talks about milk price following the NZ farmgate forecast and Bulla's opening price announcement.

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COMMENT

Peak farm body wrongly avoids conflict with its dairy code contract

Fair prices are important in milk contracts, but more significant will be the complaint resolution procedures which processors agree to

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Milk price uncertainty as Oceania braces

XCheque analyst Jon Hauser says farmgate milk opening prices will be difficult to pick as Australia won't really know the true impact of the coronavirus crisis on the local dairy industry until August.

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Opinion

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COVID cloud has silver lining for Reef farmers

COVID-19 has put the brakes on parts of the state government's ineffectual Reef regulations.

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Powering the future of hydrogen energy on-farm

It might not be long before hydrogen is an affordable option for use on-farm.

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Wool must be made 'essential' | Comment

Wool needs to be an essential part of human existence.

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