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eNewsletter - Volume 06
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Australia, with its vast spaces, technical expertise and diverse climates, produces a wide range of highly sought after agricultural, fisheries and forestry products
We will have more droughts, more fires and more extreme weather events. We can slow it down but we can’t prevent it now. 
Paul Pearce is Managing Director of Hydrosmart International Pty Ltd and Aqua-co Australia Pty Ltd. 
Agriculture has become a very complex, global business. Isn’t it time you put the power of precision to work in your operation?
Plants native to a small group of sub-tropical islands off the north western coast of Africa could be the answer for making the pastoral areas of Australia more adaptable to drought and climate variability. Get Farming will launch its new look eZine at the end of November, packed with the biggest stories relevant to your state. Details will be released through the getfarming eNewsletters - watch this space!
Correspondence from a major customer of Australian wool published in Rural Press publications this week
The TAS Minister for Racing, Michael Aird, announced that 2,000 equine influenza vaccines would soon arrive in Tasmania.
WA Fisheries Minister Jon Ford has delivered a comprehensive solution to the sharing of fish resources near Busselton and the removal of commercial shoreline fishing
Almost nine in 10 Queenslanders in high-risk bushfire areas report they have made some preparations for a possible blaze and most would stay to defend their property in the event of a fire, a State Government-commissioned survey has found.The State Government is inviting Western Australian organisations to apply for the first round of grants from the $36.5million Low Emissions Energy Development (LEED) Fund.
Western Australian Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed calls from Australia’s largest food manufacturer to all States
The maturing of the competitive Victorian energy retail market means that small businesses can get better value for money on their energy bills
A re-elected Coalition Government will implement a $6 million Natural Sequence Farming (NSF) national demonstration and study. Nationals’ candidate for Leichhardt Ian Crossland has criticised the Labor Party’s deal with the Greens, which he says will have a devastating impact on Far North Queensland communities.
Hover Fly pupae, which resemble large grape seeds and stick to a plant, have been found on lupin crops in WA.
To kick-start a discussion on topical issues click here; You might feel the major political parties' policies leave you in the shade, recycled sewage leaves a bad taste in your mouth or expensive innovations in farming practice only benefit the rich...whatever, have your say!
The introduction of sex semen technology to New Zealand this season could be the answer to many a farmer’s prayers, allowing them to pre-determine the gender of about 90 per cent of next season’s calves. The Rann Government’s rainwater tank rebate scheme has been further expanded coinciding with the payment of more than 1,000 rebates.
The manufacturing industry in Western Victoria will gain more than 100 qualified workers
A discussion paper released by the Fair Employment Advocate has shown many Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) are eroding the working conditions of ordinary Western Australians.
A NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) scientist has won a national pest animal management award for leading national efforts to map the numbers and distribution of vertebrate pests throughout Australia.Farmers planning their summer crops are being encouraged to get their hands on copies of NSW Department of Primary Industries’ (DPI) 2007-08 Gross Margin Budgets for Summer Crops
NSW Department of Primary Industries has begun to install 55 new road signs to let motorists know which equine influenza zone they are entering
Beef producers on the wet coast Tablelands need to be aware of the unusually high number of pasture-sucking leaf hoppers this spring and early summer.
Farm improvement company, LIC, has purchased FarmKeeper, a farm mapping program sold through distributorships in New Zealand and Australia. Biosecurity Queensland's Chemical Use and Food Safety group has spray drift offenders in their sights this season
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries is establishing a temporary tropical rock lobster research trial on Green Island (off Cairns)
Greens launch health plan outside the accident and emergency unit of St George's Hospital in Kogarah, Southern Sydney.
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