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THE Federal Budget announced this week "robbed Peter to pay Paul", according to Victorian Farmers Federation president Peter Tuohey.
Season gets a wet start
VICTORIA is slowly getting a start to the season, with most of the far south-west corner of the stat...
Chewing the fat
COMMENT: IN WELL over a century, we have become very effective at fattening stock.
Farmers win as dollar dips
AUSTRALIAN farmers are getting an ironic flow-on benefit from a global decline in commodity markets ...
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Cropping

PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the 2013 planting season into full swing, but also to lessen the risk of plantback issues.
PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the...
VIDEO: IN THE early 1960s the papers were breathlessly calling cotton “white gold”, but there really was an element of goldrush in the building of the cotton industry.
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THE USDA is forecasting a record global wheat crop this year, with a rise in plantings across the globe, but this bearish news had not brought back wheat prices in the past week.
THE USDA is forecasting a record global wheat crop this year, with a rise in plantings across the globe,...

Machinery

PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.
PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.
AGCO Australia has merged with the GSI Group - a global supplier of grain storage, material handling, conditioning and drying solutions.

Wool

THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the first time in four weeks.
THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the...
THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend could continue.
THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend...

Livestock

DAIRY farmer Wendy Wallace thinks it would
DAIRY farmer Wendy Wallace thinks it would "be a toss-up" whether the 150-cow, million litre organic dairy...
The RSPCA has backed an investigation into the deaths of 46 heifers at a state government research station.
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the federal government’s refusal to open up former cattle stations - now national parks - in northern Queensland, for emergency grazing.
CONTROVERSY has erupted over the federal government’s refusal to open up former cattle stations - now...

Agribusiness

THE Greens say this week’s federal budget produced a disappointing result for farming and rural communities.
THE Greens say this week’s federal budget produced a disappointing result for farming and rural communities.
JOHN Deere's shares traded down as the company reduced its current-year sales growth target - and bad weather is the  excuse.
JOHN Deere's shares traded down as the company reduced its current-year sales growth target - and bad...

Horticulture

INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened risk of fruit fly infestation, according to Agriculture Minister Gail Gago.
INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened...
SOME horticultural producers may see paying for pollination services as a necessary cost, but for one Australian seed company it has made them a world leader in carrot seed production.
SOME horticultural producers may see paying for pollination services as a necessary cost, but for one...
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