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Fonterra to unwind Beingmate venture

Hot temperatures, hot prices at Corryong

Code essential to stop unfair contracts

Helou ordered to pay $200,000 penalty

Agribusiness

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News South Wales to Leongatha

A trip from Candello, near Bega in NSW, to the Leongatha saleyards was a long, but necessary haul for James McMillan.

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All dressed up with nowhere to go… | Grain Brokers Australia

Grains is still waiting for clarity, and action, around the trade truce between the US and China.

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Brace for ag chemical price hikes as China shortages bite

Drought has quarantined Australian farmers from chemical market price rise tension experienced overseas

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Aussie farm produce remains above average

Farmers are expected to produce $58 billion worth of goods in the current financial year.

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Beef

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New grain-fed standard to open lucrative beef doors

Grain Fed Finished standard added to the suite for high-quality beef marketing.

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Hot temperatures, hot prices at Corryong

Soaring temperatures were no match for the red-hot Corryong cattle prices.

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Biosecurity trumps free trade on beef imports, says Heffernan

Debate over US sending beef to Australia ramps up.

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News South Wales to Leongatha

A trip from Candello, near Bega in NSW, to the Leongatha saleyards was a long, but necessary haul for James McMillan.

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Live trade’s value drowned out

Mortality rates continue to drop; value of trade very high - but that is all being ignored.

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Buyers increase the pressure

Northeast and interstate buying increased the demand for Barnawartha store cattle

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Quality sells well in very mixed Leongatha offering

In a smaller offering at Leongatha, quality was very mixed and generally poor.

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Trade barriers a stubborn problem, say beef exporters

AMIC urges creative thinking to address non-tariff barrier problem.

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Hot temperatures, hot prices at Corryong

Soaring temperatures were no match for the red-hot Corryong cattle prices.

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News South Wales to Leongatha

A trip from Candello, near Bega in NSW, to the Leongatha saleyards was a long, but necessary haul for James McMillan.

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Quality sells well in very mixed Leongatha offering

In a smaller offering at Leongatha, quality was very mixed and generally poor.

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Pakenham Show Hoof and Hook

Jack Nelson judges the on hoof section of Pakenham Hoof and Hook

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Argentina regains beef access to the US

Argentina's run on the global beef market steps up a notch.

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Live trade’s value drowned out

Mortality rates continue to drop; value of trade very high - but that is all being ignored.

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Buyers increase the pressure

Northeast and interstate buying increased the demand for Barnawartha store cattle

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Trade barriers a stubborn problem, say beef exporters

AMIC urges creative thinking to address non-tariff barrier problem.

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Slaughter falls in northern states

Queensland is the main driver behind weaker cattle slaughter.

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Sheep

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Prime Dorper Lamb Marketplace project “on hold”

It was meant to be about clear sales with full traceability, but the doors have suddenly closed on the pilot project PDL Marketplace.

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Merino sector strong despite slight market dip

The Australian wool market dipped slightly on the previous week.

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Big changes made after sheep exports mea culpa moment

Opinion: National Farmers' Federation President Fiona Simson says an entire supply chain is watching the actions of live sheep exporters.

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Ewe flock heads for obscurity

Australia’s sheep breeding flock could be headed down a slippery slope below 40 million head for the first time in recent history.

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Maintaining China’s desire for Aussie wool

Advertiser content: Trade between China and Australia is fundamental for the Australian wool industry. In 2018, AWI has marked more than half a century of a cross-cultural partnership between Australia and China – spanning trade through to design.

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Combating invasive species

Advertiser content: The Centre for Invasive Species Solution has launched 21 projects to combat key invasive species problems. Supported by AWI, government departments, research institutions and other RDCs, the centre is a national collaborative research, development and extension (RD&E) organisation formed to tackle the ongoing threat from invasive species, such as wild dogs, foxes, rabbits, wild pigs and feral deer.

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Learn about wool

Advertiser content: Easy Drench, the on-farm concept pitched by a team from the University of Tasmania has won the 2018 Australian eChallenge Wool Innovation.

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Cropping

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Canola hay risk no greater than other products

There is no greater risk of nitrate poisoning from canola hay than there is from other high protein fodder products.

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Ending live ex a key priority for Animal Justice Party

The candidate for the Animal Justice Party on the verge of winning an Upper House seat in Victoria has spoken on his vision for agriculture.

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Bayer job cuts no concern for Aussie grain growers

The leader of one of Australia's grains industry peak bodies is not concerned about Bayer's plans to shed 12,000 jobs.

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Growers want undivided GrainCorp

Growers like the idea of the LTAP injection of capital into GrainCorp but are lukewarm over a rival proposal to split the business.

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Seed treatment beefed up

Bayer has boosted its EverGol seed treatment with another mode of action.

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Dairy

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Dairy’s watershed year

Australian Dairy Farmers president Terry Richardson says 2018 a watershed year for Australian dairy industry with sale of Murray Goulburn meaning farmers need to find their voice through industry organisations.

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ACCC forces dairy processors to improve farmer contracts

The competition watchdog has examined where dairy processors should offer milk producers a fairer deal

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Open letter to Dairy Australia

Bernhard Lubitz's open letter to Dairy Australia, asking how and why the dairy industry has fallen into the 'doldrums'.

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Joyce demands inquiry into Australian dairy farming and supermarkets

The future of the Australian dairy industry is at risk if nothing changes, the MP warns.

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Water

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Release Sefton report now: ADIC

ADIC, Speak Up, call for the immediate release of the socio-economic impact report

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Victoria has lost out over water buybacks: VFF

The VFF claims Victoria is the biggest financial loser, when it comes to water buybacks

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Murray River operating plan upgraded

MDBA takes of account of ongoing dry conditions.

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Socio-economic consultation fears expressed

Water recovery socio-economic consultation report due for release

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Cross-border support for Neville

A NSW based lobby group has welcomed the re-appointment of the Victorian Water Minister

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Storages rising slowly

Another increase in high-reliability water share allocation.

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Retired farmers take to the skies

Retired farmers see new G-MW technology in action.

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South Australian is new brokers’ president

Self-regulation is the key issue for the new water brokers president.

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Machinery

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Better internet and mobile across the board

Regional, Rural and Remote Communications Coalition respond to telecommunications review

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The new digitised farm

Opinion: Andrew Lai, Sprout X - the digital farm

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Report welcomed, but Government had better deliver

BIRRR respond to the Regional Telecommunications Review

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The bread box that will orbit the earth

CSIRO announce purchase of Australian Inovor CubeSat

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Built to work hard

Can-Am launch new Outlander quad bike

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NFF support independent review

The National Farmers Federation respond to the Regional Telecommunications Review

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Victorian dealer’s expansion

Victorian machinery dealer O'Connor is looking to brighter times ahead

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Property

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Allandale sold for $1.215m | Video

The inner Darling Downs property Allandale has sold at a Ray White Rural auction for $1.215 million.

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Middle Ridge sold at auction | Video

Mike and Robyn Condon’s Glen Innes lifestyle property Middle Ridge has sold at auction for $810,000.

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Superb grazing land with water aplenty

"Yeo-Haven" is a productive rural landholding suited for investment and/or as a lifestyle choice.

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Gilalli makes $2.67 million | Video

Peter Camm has emerged as the buyer of the 386 hectare Atherton Tableland property Gilalli for $2.67 million.

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Buyers increase the pressure

Northeast and interstate buying increased the demand for Barnawartha store cattle

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Hot temperatures, hot prices at Corryong

Soaring temperatures were no match for the red-hot Corryong cattle prices.

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Yea prices fluctuate wildy

Prices varied wildy for weaner steers at Yea’s November store cattle sale

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Weight king in big CVLX penning

Feedlot buyers and specialist grass finishers were hungry for weight at Ballarat

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Stuck sheep gets lifted out of silt by excavator

Watch the moment a sheep is lifted out of silt by an excavator after getting stuck.

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Quality sells well in very mixed Leongatha offering

In a smaller offering at Leongatha, quality was very mixed and generally poor.

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Five things you need to know about drought

National Agricultural News Editor Penelope Arthur believes the debate on many agricultural issues is being driven not by science or common sense but by ideology.

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Big changes made after sheep exports mea culpa moment

Opinion: National Farmers' Federation President Fiona Simson says an entire supply chain is watching the actions of live sheep exporters.

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