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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
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| UpdatedA $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
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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
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| UpdatedScott 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
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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
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| UpdatedGrowers 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
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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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedWhile 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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedA 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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedHigh 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
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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
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| UpdatedIt'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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedCotton continues to fare well in the more traditional NSW sorghum growing region of Willow Tree.
Topics: rural, cotton, willow-tree-2339
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| UpdatedCotton 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
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| UpdatedA 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
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| UpdatedDamage 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
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Cotton is being grown for the first time commercially in the NSW Central West.
Topics: cotton, agricultural-crops, forbes-2871