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With time running out until Federal Parliament pulls up stumps for the year, the backpacker tax ball is now firmly in Labor's court.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, work, business-economics-and-finance, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, rural, agribusiness, australia
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| UpdatedAs the push to develop northern Australia continues, one region in North Queensland is looking to shift from its traditional roots of cattle and cane.
Topics: rural, business-economics-and-finance, industry, agricultural-crops, mackay-4740
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Topics: agricultural-crops, grain
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A broad Parliamentary inquiry into South Australia's primary industries is to address the "imbalance of power between producers and retailers".
Topics: state-parliament, grain, viticulture, agricultural-crops, mount-gambier-5290
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NT Farmers CEO Shenal Baysnake says while he was surprised with some of the figures in the survey, Territory farmers have always been quiet achievers.
Topics: agricultural-prices, economic-trends, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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An economic survey has found Darwin's agricultural zone is worth more than double the Ord Irrigation Scheme.
Topics: agricultural-prices, economic-trends, agricultural-crops, grain, fruit, agricultural-policy, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAn opposition party leader in Fiji is criticising the Ministry of Agriculture over what it calls bureaucracy gone mad.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, pacific, fiji
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Gold Coast cane farmers are "gutted" after a fire has severely delayed crushing operations at the Rocky Point Sugar Mill
Topics: rural, sugar, agricultural-crops, norwell-4208
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About 70 hectares of rice is grown at Mt Keppler Station this year, down from 130 hectares.
Topics: agricultural-crops, rice, adelaide-river-0846
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Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, rice, adelaide-river-0846
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Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, rice, adelaide-river-0846
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Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, rice, adelaide-river-0846
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| UpdatedA fire at a Gold Coast sugar mill threatens to bring an abrupt end to the local cane harvest season, frustrating growers who are already three months behind their harvest schedule.
Topics: rural, industrial-fires, sugar, agricultural-crops, woongoolba-4207
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Topics: agribusiness, rural, agricultural-crops, vegetables, vegetarian, gardening, vegetable-fruit-nuts, lindenow-3865
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Hydroponic lettuce grower Russell Fingleton has two properties to offset the risk of storm damage
Topics: rural, hydroponics, vegetables, agricultural-crops, palmwoods-4555
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Topics: rural, hydroponics, vegetables, agricultural-crops, palmwoods-4555
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Topics: rural, hydroponics, vegetables, agricultural-crops, palmwoods-4555
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Topics: rural, hydroponics, vegetables, agricultural-crops, palmwoods-4555
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| UpdatedA Queensland lettuce farmer says having two properties helps to offset the risks of the summer storm season.
Topics: hydroponics, rural, vegetables, agricultural-crops, storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, pomona-4568
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Sunscreen is being used on pineapples to minimise production losses from the Northern Territory sun.
Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, humpty-doo-0836
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Topics: internet-technology, secondary-schools, agricultural-crops, pest-management, albany-6330, bridgetown-6255
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WA students have begun working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to create a snail-detection app, as part of coding club.
Topics: agricultural-crops, internet-technology, information-technology, mobile-phones, pest-management, albany-6330, bridgetown-6255, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAnalysis of agricultural exports shows commodities already trading with China, Japan and Korea are the biggest winners from the early years of free trade agreements.
Topics: agricultural-policy, federal-government, trade, livestock, agricultural-crops, dairy-production, wool, australia, melbourne-3000, perth-6000, sydney-2000, japan, korea-republic-of, adelaide-5000, china
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Topics: grain, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, agricultural-crops, horsham-3400
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Topics: grain, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, agricultural-crops, horsham-3400