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Despite the Indonesian Government suspending the importation of Indian buffalo meat, many still believe the ban will not last.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, cattle-feedlots, trade, agricultural-policy, darwin-0800, indonesia
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An Australian vegetable grower plans to target export market for capsicums, Lebanese cucumbers and potentially zucchinis in the Middle East and Asia.
Topics: vegetables, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, geraldton-6530
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ASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket
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| UpdatedASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket, somerset-7322, tas, renmark-5341, mildura-3500
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Andrew Campbell, CEO of ACIAR, discusses scientific diplomacy and exporting ideas.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, melbourne-3000
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An agricultural research body says exporting agricultural knowledge could become a big industry alongside more traditional exports like coal and wool.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, melbourne-3000
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The Blackall region is in its fifth year of drought, but many cattle producers are still "born optimists".
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-marketing, blackall-4472
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Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-marketing, markets, weather, blackall-4472
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Lydia Burton talks to cattlemen at the first Blackall sale for 2017, it is tale of two seasons in western Queensland but everyone is looking for rain
Topics: beef-cattle, drought, agricultural-marketing, blackall-4472
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Dr Jed Goodfellow, senior policy officer with RSPCA discusses live exports to China
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe RSCPA expands its argument against live cattle exports, saying local abattoir jobs will be lost with the live trade to China.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, melbourne-3000
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The Food and Grocery Council is warning producers and manufacturers the supermarket price squeeze will continue for some time yet.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, fruit, grain, vegetables, wheat, beef-cattle, dairy-production, sheep-production, mining-rural, melbourne-3000
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Gary Dawson from the Australian Food and Grocery Council discusses supermarket pricing
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, fruit, grain, beef-cattle, dairy-production, melbourne-3000
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Live exporters look to the south for cattle as Top End wet season slows movement of livestock.
Topics: beef-cattle, trade, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, rainfall, drought, longreach-4730, nt
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The Australian avocado industry says it is the closest it has ever been to securing new export agreements for lucrative avocado markets in Thailand and Japan.
Topics: fruit, pest-management, markets, agricultural-marketing, geraldton-6530, brisbane-4000, perth-6000
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| UpdatedTwo and a half years on, since Australia's largest sugar producer signalled its intention to exit the industry's sugar pool, there is still no resolution in sight between sugar milling company, Wilmar, and its 1500 or so growers. New sugar laws in Queensland have failed to deliver growers the choice in marketing they were promised it would. Federal agricultural minister Barnaby Joyce met late last year with Wilmar and warned he was prepared to act if the sugar milling giant was not able to find a solution of its own to the continuing deadlock.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-marketing, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedThe Australian Sugar Milling Council has labelled talk of a 'sugar strike' as disappointing, and threats of more government intervention in the ongoing marketing dispute as 'unhelpful'. Chief executive Dominic Nolan says progress is being made in the commercial negotiations between sugar giant, Wilmar, and Queensland Sugar Limited, and it should be left to the two parties to get on with it.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-marketing, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedBarnaby Joyce warns Wilmar his patience has run out as growers threaten to leave this year's cane crop in the paddock.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-marketing, cairns-4870, bundaberg-4670, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000
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Queensland's horticulture industry plans to develop a new national 'ethical labour' certification for farmers, for those wanting to prove they are not exploiting their workers.
Topics: fruits, fruit, agricultural-crops, rural, vegetables, agricultural-marketing, agribusiness, farm-labour, work, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558
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Australia's largest and oldest dairy continues with plans to export fresh milk to China despite the resignation of its chief executive.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-marketing, woolnorth-7330
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| UpdatedSome North Queensland cane growers consider withholding their crop this year if a marketing agreement with sugar miller Wilmar is not reached.
Topics: rural, government-and-politics, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, agribusiness, sugar, agricultural-crops, mackay-4740
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Topics: sheep-production, advertising-and-marketing, advertising, agricultural-marketing, sydney-2000
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The annual Australia Day lamb ad often gets tongues wagging, but is it helping get chops on to the barbecue?
Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-prices, advertising, advertising-and-marketing, australia-day, agricultural-marketing, mildura-3500
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Ashley James from Frontier International and Tom Stockwell from the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association speak about the demand for Australian cattle.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedA shortage of productive heifers might signal a difficult year ahead for those operating in the live cattle export sector.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia