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Jet set: Cattle fly out for China

Asciano under pressure

Bush towns missing out

Irrigators welcome water sale

IRRIGATORS have welcomed the CEWH's move to sell 20 GL of temporary water in the Goulburn river catchment by competitive tender process.

Wool market rallies

Barley price takes hit

Sheepmeat exports strong

ACCC mulls cotton classing change

THE ACCC is proposing to deny authorisation to the Australian Cotton Shippers Association in its push to change the way the industry classes cotton for contracts between growers and merchants.

9:40 AM THE ACCC is proposing to deny authorisation to the Australian Cotton Shippers Association in its push to change the...

That's gold! Canola defies dry finish

CANOLA shapes as a successful proposition for NSW growers, with strong prices on offer for this year's top-notch crop.

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1 CANOLA shapes as a successful proposition for NSW growers, with strong prices on offer for this year's top-notch crop.

Water price bursts rice bubble

3:00 AM THE sky-high price of water could squeeze rice out of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Valleys this summer.

Proposed Aus-Meat changes news to processors

MEAT and Livestock Australia’s proposal to move industry watchdog Aus-Meat into one streamlined company and remove its auditing arm is news to meat processors.

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After decades of horse trading...water policy is pretty much settled

Joel Fitzgibbon

COMMENTS

Brilliant John Carpenter : Seems the producer generally ends up on the bottom of the pile.

Proposed Aus-Meat changes news to processors

Growing food crops that shoppers and animals want to eat is key to success. NSW GM canola grower

That's gold! Canola defies dry finish

I think its healthy to have a discussion around all this. How much of irrigators water ends up

Water sharing plan costs users millions

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Murrumbateman Field Days were a huge success.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Irrigators welcome water sale

IRRIGATORS have welcomed the CEWH's move to sell 20 GL of temporary water in the Goulburn river catchment by...

Coles spends $100m to keep prices low

Dairy leader wins agri gong

Coles shines for Wesfarmers

Freedom cuts a2 stake

Pemcaw Merino average up $156

STRONG allegiance to Pemcaw bloodlines was apparent at the stud’s 39th annual ram sale at Dunedoo today when 66 rams topped at $4000 and averaged $1588, an increase in average of $156 on last year’s sale for 65 rams.

22 Oct 15 STRONG allegiance to Pemcaw bloodlines was apparent at the stud’s 39th annual ram sale at Dunedoo today when 66 rams...

Narromine store sheep meet cheaper market

22 Oct 15 IN one of the larger yardings in recent months 15,250 sheep comprising quality young and old first cross and Merino...

SHEEP

Sheepmeat export values stay high

AUSTRALIAN lamb export values for August increased 8 per cent on year-ago levels, totalling $139.6 million.

Wool market rallies

Lamb slaughter increases

Water shortage drives sheep offload

Live export protests hit streets

Laurie to run for AWI board FORMER National Farmers Federation president Jock Laurie is standing as a candidate for the Australian Wool Innovation board.

Lamb price strong despite dip THE sucker lamb market may have come off the boil in the past fortnight, but prices are still tracking well above this time last year.

Fine for fifty years

DARYL and Irene Croake have received a number of industry accolades for their superfine wool during their careers and they came close again this week in the Vitale Baberis Canonico Wool Excellence Award where they were selected as finalists.

20 Oct 15 DARYL and Irene Croake have received a number of industry accolades for their superfine wool during their careers...

Cherished memories at Weethalle

KEN Karsten has got behind the wheel of his harvester every harvest for the past 72 years, but animals are his first love.

18 Oct 15 KEN Karsten has got behind the wheel of his harvester every harvest for the past 72 years, but animals are his first...

CATTLE

Proposed Aus-Meat changes news to processors

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2 MEAT and Livestock Australia’s proposal to move industry watchdog Aus-Meat into one streamlined company and remove...

Aus-Meat to be stripped back

INDUSTRY watchdog Aus-Meat could be set for an overhaul with plans to bring it under one company and strip it of its auditing services.

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2 INDUSTRY watchdog Aus-Meat could be set for an overhaul with plans to bring it under one company and strip it of its...

Female cattle kill hits herd IF Australia’s cattle producers keep turning off females at an unsustainable rate, Australia would be out of cattle by 2022.

Beef backs off THE sharp lift to young cattle prices has flattened as buyers seem reluctant to push the market past 600 cents a kilogram (carcase weight).

Honey Badger's beef tips for rugby

TELL-ALL: Honey Badger reveals why the wheels fell off the Wallabies Bledisloe Cup campaign (hint: it was their beef...

Reiland Angus donates to bipolar effort

Triplets bring smiles at Wallendbeen

Millah Murrah hits $150,000

Top of $16,000 for Benelkay Santas at Mullaley

CROPPING

Warm weather ignites cotton season

WARM temperatures have given cotton growers the perfect opportunity to start planting, but some still wait for more rain.

20 Oct 15 WARM temperatures have given cotton growers the perfect opportunity to start planting, but some still wait for more...

Sunrice boosts incentives

SUNRICE is hoping to entice extra grower commitment to this year's southern NSW rice planting effort with a promise of a $415 a tonne guarantee for medium grain Reiziq grain delivered to its 2016 crop pool.

16 Oct 15 SUNRICE is hoping to entice extra grower commitment to this year's southern NSW rice planting effort with a promise...

Medical cannabis fuels new sector

THERE'S a flurry of activity in the 'farm to pharma' sector based on the push to legalise medical cannabis.

Snooke steps down from PGA grain helm

Grain deliveries roll in

Nematodes ramp up pest fight

Sugar rallies on tight supply

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MACHINERY

Rolland targets Australia

EUROPEAN muck spreader manufacturer Rolland has teamed up with new distributors in Australia to kick start sales in...

Mahindra acquires Mitsubishi stake

Taking a tracked path

Shake up in Deere dealer land

Flexi-Coil founder dies

Major results from new Morris EARLY controlled traffic adopters, brothers David and Gordon Brownhill have reaped the reward of seeding section control this season on their Liverpool Plains, NSW property.

HORTICULTURE

Fruit fly council launched

A NATIONAL Fruit Fly Council has been announced today to provide national leadership and coordination to management of fruit fly in Australia.

20 Oct 15 A NATIONAL Fruit Fly Council has been announced today to provide national leadership and coordination to management...

Ausveg rejects proposed 457 changes

PROPOSED amendments to Australia's skilled migration scheme released last week by the Labor party have been slammed by the vegetable industry as ignoring the vital role of 457 visa-holders in rural economies.

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2 PROPOSED amendments to Australia's skilled migration scheme released last week by the Labor party have been slammed...

PROPERTY

Rare chance to bid for ‘Dowan Hill’

18 Oct 15 THOSE who have travelled in the convoy for the Yass circuit sheep sale would remember "Dowan Hill" well.

Fill your boots at ‘Fullerton’

CLOSE to a century of extended family ownership will come to an end next month with the public offering of Fullerton Station at Laggan.

17 Oct 15 CLOSE to a century of extended family ownership will come to an end next month with the public offering of Fullerton...

Block sales boom

Rural auctions take modern turn

Farmland a good buy

Vineyards attract newcomers

Chinese investors on buying spree

Cargill buys Tas gem

'Champagne' Qld cattle station sold

Ex-Woolies chief buys $6.5m farm

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RURAL LIFESTYLE

Inside JJ Leahy's pastoral empire

MEN who make a living - and in some cases, a fortune - from farming are by nature inclined to hold onto their trade...

Farm sitters settle in

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Of cakes and beef

Rural romance pioneer

Inside JJ Leahy's pastoral empire MEN who make a living - and in some cases, a fortune - from farming are by nature inclined to hold onto their trade secrets.