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| UpdatedThe Coalition's 19 per cent backpacker tax compromise looks set for defeat in the Senate, with Labor and Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie pushing for a 10.5 per cent rate
Topics: federal-government, agribusiness, tourism, rural-tourism, fruit, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, livestock, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedA family-owned station in the Top End is giving troubled kids a second chance, teaching them pastoralism, and in this case, how to catch wild bulls.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, livestock, borroloola-0854, nt, australia
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The Queensland Government seeks to hand over stock route management in a move that raises concerns from farmers and councils.
Topics: agribusiness, livestock, agricultural-policy, longreach-4730
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One Australian expert believes the humble dung beetle could win the war against parasitic worms.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, livestock, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedThe Cattle Council of Australia has welcomed recommendations to improve competition and transparency in the national cattle and beef supply chain, with some reservations.
Topics: rural, livestock, beef-cattle, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-policy, agribusiness, mackay-4740
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Topics: rural, disasters-and-accidents, livestock, floods, tas, latrobe-7307
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Topics: rural, disasters-and-accidents, livestock, floods, tas, latrobe-7307
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The competition watchdog has found plenty of room for improvement in the way livestock is bought and sold in Australia. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission made 14 recommendations on how to do just that, in a wide-ranging report on the red meat sector, released on Monday.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, livestock, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe competition watchdog is investigating allegations of bid-rigging and attempts to squeeze out livestock buying rivals, arising from its inquiry into the red meat industry.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, livestock, parliament-house-2600, barnawartha-3688
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The Margaret River High School farm is growing the next generation of farmers.
Topics: education, rural, food-and-cooking, livestock, schools, secondary-schools, margaret-river-6285
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The rapid growth in organic farming in Australia could see prices drop because of increased supply.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, fruit, fruits, beef-cattle, livestock, sheep-production, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedFive days a week, sometimes toiling in primitive kitchens, often in remote districts of Australia's sheep belt, Dick and Cheryl Duggan prepare up to 100 meals a day.
Topics: livestock, human-interest, sheep-production, coleambally-2707, nsw, vic
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Dairy farming families facing the hardships of the milk price crisis from Murray Goulburn AGM.
Topics: dairy-production, livestock, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, food-processing, food-and-beverage, company-news, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000, tongala-3621
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Australia's $23 billion red meat industry is facing tough international competition and changing consumer tastes, according to a new report.
Topics: food-processing, livestock, regulation, agribusiness, beef-cattle, brisbane-4000
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Topics: rural, livestock, beef-cattle, bow-bridge-6333
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Topics: rural, livestock, beef-cattle, bow-bridge-6333
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Topics: rural, livestock, beef-cattle, bow-bridge-6333
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Queensland's agriculture minister, Leanne Donaldson, says everyone had their chance to have their say on concerns about the Hendra vaccine
Topics: rural, livestock, equine-production, veterinary-medicine, hendra-virus-infection, diseases-and-disorders, health, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland's Agriculture Minister says everyone had a chance to have a say on concerns about the Hendra vaccine, despite allegations some people felt silenced during the parliamentary investigation.
Topics: rural, equine-production, livestock, animal-diseases-and-disorders---equine-influenza, veterinary-medicine, hendra-virus-infection, diseases-and-disorders, health, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Hancock Group defends its bid for the Kidman cattle empire, denying an alternative all-Australian offer is superior and saying Gina Rinehart is "from a long line of great Australian pastroralists".
Topics: rural, agribusiness, livestock, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, qld, wa, sa, nsw
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| UpdatedGina Rinehart's Hancock Group has come out in defence of its joint Australian-Chinese bid for the Kidman cattle empire, denying an all-Australian offer is superior.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, livestock, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, australia
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| UpdatedBega Cheese shares fall as company confirms troubles with exporting infant milk powder to Asia.
Topics: dairy-production, livestock, bega-2550, china, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedPressure is mounting on the Queensland Government to apologise and compensate graziers whose cattle properties may have been mistakenly made into national parks.
Topics: rural, livestock, government-and-politics, maryborough-4650, qld, bundaberg-4670