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Irrigated agriculture now worth more than $15 billion
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The value of irrigated agricultural production in Australia has hit more than $15 billion.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, goat-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, crop-harvesting, wool, wheat, viticulture, vegetables, sugar, rice, oilseeds, herbs, grain, fruits, fruit, flowers, cotton, agricultural-prices, bundaberg-4670, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
Multi-million dollar expansion of cotton seed processor
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A $41 million redevelopment of Australia's only cotton seed provider's processing plant is due to start early next year, after the project gained State Government approval.
Topics: cotton, agricultural-crops, wee-waa-2388
Trump uncertainty could impact ag commodity prices (audio)
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The controversial rhetoric of presumptive republican nominee Donald Trump has commodity traders nervous, according to one analyst.
Topics: us-elections, federal-elections, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, grain, oilseeds, cotton, beef-cattle, rockhampton-4700, united-states
Federal Treasurer doubles time for Cubbie's Chinese owners to sell down their stake
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Scott Morrison has granted Shandong Ruyi an extra three years to comply with an original condition of the sale, to sell down its stake from 80 per cent to 51 per cent. The Chinese company was unable to meet the October 2015 deadline.
Topics: agribusiness, cotton, irrigation, textiles, company-news, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
Wine and cotton research receives $3m boost for monitoring systems
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There are hopes the Commonwealth's plans to boost research and development in the wine and cotton industries will help make producers more competitive.
Topics: viticulture, federal-elections, cotton, dubbo-2830, orange-2800, muswellbrook-2333, newcastle-2300, broken-hill-2880, wagga-wagga-2650
Debate rages as chemical giant Monsanto marks 20 years of GM crops in Australia
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Growers debate the merits of GM as Monsanto claims genetically modified cotton and canola have generated an extra $1.4 billion for farmers.
Topics: genetically-modified-organisms, grain, cotton, sydney-2000, cootamundra-2590, birchip-3483, esperance-6450, williams-6391, toowoomba-4350
Queensland irrigators hit by power price hike
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Queensland rural lobby groups say electricity price hikes of more than 10 per cent this year will spell doom for the agriculture sector.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, regional-development, cotton, sugar, unemployment, small-business, townsville-4810, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, toowoomba-4350, bundaberg-4670, mount-isa-4825, longreach-4730
Vote Compass: Australians want closer eye on farm sales to foreigners
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Vote Compass data shows three in four Australians want more control over foreign ownership of farm lands.
Topics: agribusiness, food-processing, banking, livestock, dairy-production, agricultural-crops, government-and-politics, cotton, food-and-beverage, trade, australia
Expansion on the cards for Cotton Seed Distributors
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The nation's only provider of cotton seeds is planning a $41.2 million redevelopment of its seed processing plant at Wee Waa, in northern New South Wales.
Topics: cotton, regional-development, community-and-society, regional, wee-waa-2388
Regional Australia takes centre stage as Election 2016 kicks off
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While Australian elections are often fought in the suburban marginals, the 2016 campaign kicked off in the regions.
Topics: food-and-beverage, regional-development, regional, federal-election, elections, federal-elections, federal-government, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, nationals, agribusiness, beef-cattle, cotton, agricultural-prices, dairy-production, food-processing, agricultural-policy, parliament-house-2600
Farmers want clarity on backpacker tax future
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Queensland farmers frustrated the National Party hasn't outlined a clear stance on the proposed backpacker tax slated to be introduced in July.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, vegetable-fruit-nuts, fruit, vegetables, cotton, agricultural-crops, dalby-4405
Federal Government commit $5.9 million to Cotton R&D Corporation
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Queensland farmers welcome Federal Government's $5.9 million for research and development to boot cotton crop yields.
Topics: cotton, research, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, dalby-4405
Queensland irrigators welcome groundwater buybacks
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A fifth tender worth $10 million is announced for groundwater licence holders in the Upper Condamine Alluvium, to recover water for the environment as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
Topics: agribusiness, murray-darling-basin, water-supply, water-management, water, agricultural-crops, cotton, grain, cecil-plains-4407, brookstead-4364
Growing tomatoes and cotton in the same paddock
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Cotton and tomatoes might seem like an odd couple but one cropping group is succeeding in using both in a crop rotation.
Topics: cotton, irrigation, vegetables, fruit, lake-boga-3584, swan-hill-3585
FIRB chairman backs farmland register, defends national interest test
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The chairman of Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board says his role is a little like walking on a barbed-wire tightrope.
Topics: federal-government, agricultural-subsidies, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, beef-cattle, dairy-production, cotton, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, parliament-house-2600, darwin-0800
Hot, dry end to cotton growing season reduces yield potential in north west NSW
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High temperatures and a lack of water have prevented a strong summer cropping finish in north west NSW.
Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, cotton, moree-2400, pallamallawa-2399
Qld irrigators have high hopes for northern basin review
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Queensland irrigators are hoping the Murray Darling Basin Authority's northern basin review will find they can achieve balance for the river system, even with a reduced amount of water returned.
Topics: rural, murray-darling-basin, environment, water-management, cotton, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, toowoomba-4350
GM cotton gets an extra gene to keep bugs at bay
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It's all in the genes as the latest weapon in the arsenal to keep Australia's cotton crops free of insect pests is launched.
Topics: rural, genetics, cotton, narrabri-2390, burkina-faso, united-states
Getting on with it: Farmers reflect on Cyclone Marcia (audio)
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Recovery from Cyclone Marcia is mixed, with some central Queensland farmers believing they have come back stronger and others still trying to find their feet.
Topics: agricultural-insurance, agricultural-prices, cotton, fruit, grain, oilseeds, cyclone, cyclones, rockhampton-4700
New app to identify birds on Australian cotton farms
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A new smartphone application to help cotton farmers identify and protect bird populations on their properties has been launched in the Southern Queensland town of Goondiwindi.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, birds, environment-education, environment, internet-technology, cotton, goondiwindi-4390
Will it or won't it? Cotton trials continue at Willow Tree, NSW
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Cotton continues to fare well in the more traditional NSW sorghum growing region of Willow Tree.
Topics: rural, cotton, willow-tree-2339
Cotton growers urged to get fertiliser right before government steps in
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Cotton growers are told they need to self-regulate their fertiliser use before the government has reason to step in and do it for them.
Topics: rural, fertilisers, cotton, gunnedah-2380
Text message alerts may minimise herbicide spray drift
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A text message warning farmers that weather conditions are not suitable for chemical spraying is just one idea being flagged to minimise costly spray drift.
Topics: rural, agricultural-chemicals, pest-management, cotton, moree-2400, toowoomba-4350
NSW cotton crops badly damaged by super cell
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Damage to dryland cotton crops is expected to be extensive after a super cell storm tore through a small area of north west NSW.
Topics: rural, cotton, storm-event, bellata-2397, moree-2400
Cotton crops firing along at Forbes
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Cotton is being grown for the first time commercially in the NSW Central West.
Topics: cotton, agricultural-crops, forbes-2871
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