Agricultural Crops
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Bee deaths caused by insecticides drifting from cotton farms, keeper says
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The largest commercial honey bee pollinator in one of Australia's key food bowls claims he can no longer base his 2,000 hive operation in the region because of chemical use by the emerging cotton industry.
Topics: agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-crops, rural, darlington-point-2706
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Extreme heat dashes hopes for Australia's mungbean crop
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What had been shaping up as Australia's best mungbean season ever is spoiled by last week's extreme weather.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-crops, qld
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Topics: agribusiness, weather, agricultural-crops, qld
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Boom time for Australian-grown wheat in South East Asia
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South East Asia has a taste for Australian wheat, securing 44 per cent of export volumes.
Topics: agricultural-crops, wheat, wagga-wagga-2650
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A Big Country: Native flavours for gin renaissance Audio
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Gin distiller Eddie Brook is using up to 18 different native botanical flavours in his Cape Byron craft gin. Read more
Topics: bush-tucker, food-and-beverage, agricultural-crops, bangalow-2479, byron-bay-2481
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Topics: wetlands, environment, sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, alberton-4207
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Yandina Creek Wetlands seen in the distance beyond an adjacent cane field image
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Topics: wetlands, environment, sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, alberton-4207
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Sale of Sunshine Coast wetlands for development leads to confusion
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Farmers, residents and conservationists on Queensland's Sunshine Coast say they are receiving contradictory information about plans for a multimillion-dollar land sale.
Topics: environmental-impact, environment, environmental-management, environmental-policy, sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, wetlands, conservation, yandina-4561, maroochydore-4558
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Ord Valley farmer learns Brazilian lesson on tropical agriculture and wet season cropping Feature
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A WA farmer passionate about improving agriculture in the nation's north says there are important lessons that can be learned from South America's tropics.
Topics: rural, land-management, trade, agricultural-crops, kununurra-6743, brazil
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Topics: disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, viticulture, agricultural-crops, rural
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First gluten-free barley heading for German brewery
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The first commercial shipment of gluten-free barley leaves Mount Gambier on its way to Germany to be made into beer.
Topics: agricultural-crops, mount-gambier-5290
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Topics: agricultural-crops, hagley-7292
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'Amaizing' Tasmanian maize crop shaped into map of Tasmania maze
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A Tasmanian farm has a new maze to entertain the kids, shaped into a crop of maize.
Topics: agricultural-crops, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, community-and-society, family-and-children, human-interest, offbeat, hagley-7292
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Topics: disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, viticulture, agricultural-crops, rural
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WA farmers assess flood damage to property and livestock
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An agricultural consultant says he is shocked the floods in Western Australia's south have not yet been declared a natural disaster.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, rural, sheep-production, livestock, agricultural-crops, dumbleyung-6350, newdegate-6355
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Farmers call for energy strategy as power prices rise
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Farmers want to rein in electricity prices, saying their supply has become more unreliable as it has become more expensive.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, agricultural-subsidies, agricultural-prices, agricultural-crops, cotton, fruit, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: rural, grain, agricultural-crops, coorow-6515, wa, australia
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Topics: grain, agricultural-crops, coorow-6515, wa, australia
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Topics: grain, agricultural-crops, coorow-6515, wa, australia
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Blocked irrigation, missed opportunity
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A north-west Queensland grazier says having his Flinders River irrigation application blocked is an opportunity gone begging.
Topics: irrigation, pasture, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, water-supply, water-management, water, richmond-4822, julia-creek-4823
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Topics: solar-energy, agricultural-crops, renmark-5341
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GM bananas set to return to Northern Territory
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A Top End trial of genetically modified bananas will begin in a few months after a five-year trial received approval from the gene technology regulator.
Topics: rural, bananas, agricultural-crops, batchelor-0845
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Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, united-kingdom
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Sign warning of lettuce shortages in London supermarket image
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Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, united-kingdom
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Lettuce hope Britain can romaine calm as 'vegetable crisis' bites
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The rain in Spain is largely to blame for a "vegetable crisis" across the UK, with some vegetable variety prices soaring 300 per cent.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, united-kingdom
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