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Future of food, sustainable horticulture, and daughters in agriculture: WA's 2017 Nuffield Scholars
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Research into the future of food production, the way forward for daughters in agriculture, and sustainability in horticulture sees three Western Australian primary producers and managers awarded Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarships for 2017.
Topics: women-in-agriculture, vegetables, grain, canna-6627, walkaway-6528, katanning-6317
Despairing Tasmanian farmers call for backpacker tax to be dumped
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Dismayed and frustrated Tasmanian farmers travel to Canberra in the latest attempt to convince the Federal Government to dump its controversial backpacker tax.
Topics: regional, tax, agribusiness, fruit, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, parliament-house-2600
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
Near-infrared offering a look inside SA onions
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One South Australian onion packer is the nation's first to use near-infrared technology to sift out poor-quality onions.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-machinery, virginia-5120
From December, potatoes will be set free in WA
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Western Australia's Parliament clears the way for full deregulation of the state's potato industry, passing legislation to abolish a controversial body that regulates what types of potatoes can be sold and for what price.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, wa
Farmer frustration mounts over backpacker tax
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Some growers decide not to plant their usual fruit and vegetable crops this season, in case they cannot find workers to harvest them.
Topics: tourism, regional-development, regional, federal-government, agribusiness, fruit, vegetables, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, farm-labour, rural-tourism, parliament-house-2600
Food website links farmers with consumers, manufacturers and restaurants
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A Queensland grazier hopes a new national website will help farmers connect directly with consumers, food manufacturers and restaurants to directly market produce.
Topics: rural, vegetables, fruit, beef-cattle, agricultural-marketing, food-processing, bundaberg-4670, vic, wa, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
Tasmanian growers urge McCain Foods to raise potato prices 10 per cent
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Tasmanian growers who supply McCain Foods care calling for a $30 per tonne price rise this year.
Topics: agricultural-prices, vegetables, scottsdale-7260
Consumers urged to find out where and how their food is grown
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A leading thinker in the future of food says farmers should not be anonymous — consumers should know where and how food is produced.
Topics: beef-cattle, vegetables, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, sustainable-living, dairy-production, sydney-2000, canberra-2600
Japan market opens for melons and pumpkins
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Japan signs off on biosecurity rules which will allow Australia to export watermelons, honeydews, rockmelons and pumpkins.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, fruit, vegetables, agricultural-policy, quarantine, parliament-house-2600
'Generation suck' worries food researcher
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New packaging delivers healthy nutritious food in plastic pouches, but are we raising generation suck?
Topics: agricultural-prices, food-processing, vegetables, diet-and-nutrition, dairy-production, children---toddlers, sydney-2000
Introducing aquafaba: the new vegan miracle food made of smelly bean water
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There's a new ingredient being hailed as a game-changer for vegans, and it comes from a surprising source. Buffy Gorrilla investigates.
Topics: vegetables, vegetarian, vegetable-fruit-nuts, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-beverage, australia, united-states
Costa sees growth in berry and citrus sales as part of profit lift
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Costa, Australia's leading producer of citrus, mushrooms, tomatoes and bananas announces a $25 million profit after tax, up by 485 per cent.
Topics: agricultural-prices, fruits, vegetables, sydney-2000, renmark-5341, cairns-4870, st-george-4487, lismore-2480, tumbarumba-2653, launceston-7250
Male-dominated horticulture addressed at forum
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Women in horticulture call on men to 'champion change' to achieve gender diversity in leadership.
Topics: vegetables, women-in-agriculture, sydney-2000, mildura-3500, sale-3850
AUSVEG wants the Federal Government to pledge its commitment to reforming code of conduct
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National horticulture body AUSVEG is calling on the Federal Government to commit to implementing reforms for the industry's code of conduct.
Topics: rural, agricultural-policy, vegetables, fruit, agricultural-crops, government-and-politics, mackay-4740, australia
Is mung bean butter the answer to peanut allergies?
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'Peanut butter' may be back on the menu in schools, hospitals and airlines, after Australian researchers develop an almost identical but non-allergic product made out of the humble mung bean.
Topics: rural, vegetables, agricultural-crops, allergies, diseases-and-disorders, health, wa, perth-6000
Tassie spud grower urges finer definition of GM
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Tasmanian potato growers are worried cheap imports of frozen chips will increase, if the Australian Government allows genetically modified potatoes in processed foods.
Topics: genetically-modified-organisms, genetically-modified-food, vegetables, agricultural-prices, trade, winnaleah-7265
Food regulator reviewing GM potato for use within Australia
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Fancy a healthy French fry? A GM potato that produces less chemicals when frying is up for approval in Australia.
Topics: food-processing, diet-and-nutrition, vegetables, sydney-2000, adelaide-university-5005, wollongong-2500
Calls to give up plans for Australia to feed the world
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Australia is a victim of its own success and cannot become much more efficient when it comes to agricultural production, according to a researcher.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, fruit, vegetables, irrigation, beef-cattle, melbourne-3000
Community garden changing food habits in disadvantaged Tasmanian town
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Volunteers convert pasture to a market garden to supply vegetables to schools and a community house.
Topics: food-and-cooking, food-processing, community-organisations, community-development, diet-and-nutrition, vegetables, burnie-7320
Backpacker tax review gets underway
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Farmers and tourism operators have less than a month to make submissions to the latest government review of controversial backpacker tax changes.
Topics: federal-government, tax, agribusiness, rural, fruit, vegetables, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, parliament-house-2600
Murray-Darling Basin Authority begins decentralising jobs
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority says it is beginning a process to decentralise its operations throughout the basin.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, fruit, vegetables, irrigation, melbourne-3000
Trade Minister mounts full-throated defence of controversial Pacific trade pact
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Minister Steven Ciobo rejects suggestions that India trade talks have stalled, and mounts a vocal defence of the controversial Pacific trade deal, TPP.
Topics: fruit, agricultural-marketing, international-aid-and-trade, agricultural-subsidies, beef-cattle, trade, agreements-and-treaties, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, federal-government, wheat, agribusiness, vegetables, parliament-house-2600
Meet Tony Faranda, the farmer on the fringe
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For more than half a century, Italian man Tony Faranda and his family have been farming in a bountiful food bowl that is slowly being gobbled up by surrounding development.
Topics: vegetables, human-interest, werribee-3030
Queensland goes on show at the Ekka amid farmer protests
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Queenslanders have flocked to the Royal Queensland Show, known as the Ekka, amid protests by farmers over proposed changes to vegetation management laws.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, poultry-and-egg-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-shows, vegetables, fruit, brisbane-4000, brisbane-exhibition-4006
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