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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
Ethical edge could boost superfine wool premium
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The peak body for superfine wool growers says the industry needs to market ethical production to increase premium prices.
Topics: wool, sheep-production, kyneton-3444
Ballarat's woolly art installation aims to promote environmental awareness
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A woolly art installation using more than 1,000 hand-knitted pieces stitched by people around the world goes on display at the Ballarat Art Gallery.
Topics: visual-art, craft, environment-education, climate-change, human-interest, wool, ballarat-3350
Foreign ownership should look at value: CBRE Agribusiness
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The Federal Government's long-awaited farm ownership register would be more helpful if it looked at land value, rather than size CBRE Agribusiness regional director says.
Topics: forms-of-government, beef-cattle, sheep-production, pasture, agricultural-policy, agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, wool, perth-6000
Vendors say high Merino prices prove strong market
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Vendors at the annual Gippsland Merino Ram Sale say high prices prove a strong market and demand for dual-purpose sheep.
Topics: sheep-production, wool, rural, livestock, bairnsdale-3875
Blade shearing renaissance
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Blade shearing nearly disappeared in Australia but now hundreds of young shearers are flocking to take up the tradition.
Topics: sheep-production, wool, rural-youth, canowindra-2804
Seven-time national champion John Dalla shows us how it's done. Video
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Seven-time national champion John Dalla shows us how it's done.
Topics: sheep-production, wool, rural-youth, canowindra-2804
Australia vulnerable to foot-and-mouth disease, says chief vet
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Victoria's chief veterinary officer says the Australian sheep industry is no better equipped to respond to a "crippling" outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease than the United Kingdom was 15 years ago.
Topics: agricultural-policy, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-insurance, wool, sheep-production, infectious-diseases-other, melbourne-3000
Victorian Government mandates electronic ear tags for sheep and goats
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The Victorian Government announces mandatory electronic tags for sheep and goats, despite strong opposition from national industry groups.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, sheep-production, wool, melbourne-3000
UQ uses sheep to cut grass at Gatton solar research farm
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A small flock of sheep helps University of Queensland scientists reduce operating costs at Australia's largest solar research facility west of Brisbane.
Topics: solar-energy, sheep-production, wool, research, university-and-further-education, gatton-4343, toowoomba-4350
Business of shearing runs through generations and keeps family strong
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For Maree Smith and her family, shearing is in the blood. The work is tough, physical and taxing on the body, but it is a lifestyle the family proudly embraces.
Topics: wool, sheep-production, women-in-agriculture, esperance-6450
Farmer says wool industry would benefit from non-mulesing
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A New South Wales sheep producer says the practice of mulesing will come to an end and it will benefit the wool industry.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, wool, livestock-welfare, young-2594, wagga-wagga-2650, quandialla-2721
Triple-threat ram tops Sheepvention sale at $30,000
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Can you pick the difference between a $3,000 ram and a $30,000 ram? Commercial operators say they want strong fertility, meat traits and quality wool.
Topics: agricultural-shows, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, sheep-production, wool, hamilton-3300
Award-winning wool designer comes face-to-face with sheep for the first time
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Adelaide student designer Toby Andrews wins Australasian Young Designer Wool award.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-marketing, fashion, art-and-design, wool, hamilton-3300
Guaranteed water supply does not guarantee harmony
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Construction on a western New South Wales pipeline goes ahead despite a lack of unanimous landholder support.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-crops, women-in-agriculture, environment, water-management, water-supply, sheep-production, wool, wagga-wagga-2650, hay-2711, griffith-2680
Bullock team sets a record for Tasmanian wool growers Feature
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Imagine seeing a dozen bullocks pulling a heritage wagon, loaded with wool in your main street — you'd wonder what century you were in.
Topics: wool, livestock, carnivals-and-festivals, 19th-century, agribusiness, oatlands-7120, launceston-7250
Analysts predict steady Australian lamb production despite another year of record processing
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Meat and Livestock Australia says national lamb supply will remain steady through to 2020, despite record slaughter rates and widespread drought.
Topics: sheep-production, wool, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, agricultural-crops, hamilton-3300
Wool auctions stop for winter break with optimism
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Australia's wool market heads into the winter break in a buoyant mood, despite a slight fall in the main indicator this week.
Topics: agricultural-prices, wool
Mulesing alternatives still elusive while pain relief options become available
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The industry body AWI says there'll be more pre-mulesing pain relief products on the market this year.
Topics: wool, sheep-production, sydney-2000, wagga-wagga-2650, bordertown-5268
Brexit creates uncertainty for wool market
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Wool market analysts say Britain's exit from the European Union creates a huge uncertainty for the wool market, but the bigger driver is a wool shortage this year.
Topics: agricultural-prices, wool, sydney-2000, ballarat-3350
Farmers, scientists call for bipartisan leadership on climate
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The major political parties are accused of ignoring the need for farmers to adapt to climate change and the need to move away from fossil fuels.
Topics: agricultural-prices, wool, food-processing, beef-cattle, regional, drought, floods, climate-change, federal-election, federal-elections, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, research, vegetables, dairy-production, sheep-production, rural-youth, sydney-2000, parliament-house-2600
Bush apprentices hone their stock work skills with HayInc
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Bush apprentices are honing their stockwork skills through the HayInc gap year program.
Topics: wool, rural-youth, rural-women, education-collaborative-projects, hay-2711
AWI selects committee to investigate Wool Exchange Portal
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A working group will decide on the fate of a national wool exchange portal by October.
Trump and Brexit impacting wool sales
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The Donald Trump campaign for US presidency and the potential Britain exit from the European Union are having an impact on the Australian wool market according to a wool industry consultant.
Topics: wool, world-politics, mount-gambier-5290
High prices belie disruption in wool supply chain
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The Australian wool market plateaus with prices 20 per cent higher than last year, but what does the future hold?
Topics: agribusiness, wool, sheep-production, agricultural-prices, launceston-7250, deddington-7212
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