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eNewsletter - Volume 26
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You depend on your equipment for your livelihood. That’s why it pays to protect it.
Japoonvale cane grower and Canegrowers Innisfail Board Member Jamie Zammit was last night announced as the runner-up in the RNA Young Farmer of the Year Award.
Elders FarmFest is located on its own dedicated site in Kingsthorpe, just 20 kilometres west of Toowoomba in the heart of the Darling Downs, one of Australia’s richest agricultural regions.
Designed with more power and performance, the 7050 Series Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters bring increased capacity, faster transport speeds and enhanced operator comfort.
Best Western is a family of hotel owners and hospitality professionals from around the world in corporate offices, reservation centers and individual hotels all focused on delivering the best value, quality and superior customer service. This year’s unusually high summer rain in the Northern Midlands has led to the germination of the declared weed Bathurst burr on two properties in Mingenew.
The APVMA announces that it has concluded the final component of its review into atrazine, a herbicide used in Australia for decades to control grass and weeds.
The valuable role that stock routes play in the movement of livestock throughout Queensland’s pastoral regions will live on with the announcement by the State Government.
Online Livestock is Australia's first real classified site dedicated to Livestock. Designed with the Australian Farmer in mind, Online Livestock is focused on delivering a superior website with time saving features but still retain a personal approach. The Australian livestock export industry has applauded the Federal Government’s announcement of the resumption of the live cattle trade to Egypt, following the development of a new facility at the Egyptian port of Sokhna.
Victorian wheat growers are expecting to plant over 3.7 million hectares over the coming two months. Many farmers have already started their cropping programs and if a decent season break occurs, a record cropping program is likely.
The Victorian Farmers Federation's (VFF) Grains Group announced that members should expect a survey from the VFF asking growers' views on the proposed grains brokerage service.
Whether your company operates just one machine or a large fleet of trucks, you’ll appreciate that controlling vehicle maintenance costs without compromising engine performance is crucial to protecting your livelihood and achieving a healthy bottom line. Orange-based researchers are developing cost effective ways to match lambs and their mothers in a bid to boost genetic gain and sheep producer’s returns through greater knowledge and use of animal pedigree.
The future of new shearers and wool handlers entering the wool industry has taken a step in the right direction. That’s the view of Marcus McShane, Chairman of the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association Wool Council, following the good news that the shearing school at “Malahide” will continue.
After receiving a State Government grant last year to become eco-efficient, Queensland’s iconic Buderim Ginger factory is slashing water use by 35 megalitres, saving $200,000 a year in energy bills and producing better-tasting products.
Want to carry all kinds of cargo - and haul in up to $700.00 factory cash back in the process? Then you need a John Deere Gator™ utility vehicle.New research has been released that will help protect Australia’s pollination-dependent plant industries and provide a pathway for the honeybee industry to deal with potentially devastating pest outbreaks.
The fresh fruit and vegetables we eat could become even healthier, thanks to a Perth high school student who will now be competing against the world’s best biotechnology students.
By any yardstick, Rocky Lamattina & Sons is an impressive carrot producing organisation. The family company grows carrots at two separate Victorian locations
and supplies up to 600 tonnes of carrots to customers 52 weeks of the year.
United Farmers Co-operative's Chairman of the Board, Max Johnson, is a third generation farmer. Hailing from the north-east wheatbelt of Western Australia, near the town of Morawa, he manages a mixed enterprise of cereal cropping and livestock. Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Minister, Rory McEwen has welcomed the signing of a new agreement which will place South Australian seafood on the menus of some of Europe’s top restaurants.
Mandurah’s professional fishers have pledged to further improve their environmental performance to help protect the Peel-Harvey Estuary.
Western Australian Premier Alan Carpenter witnessed the first shipment of ore from Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloud Break mine, cementing the group as a major new force in the State’s iron ore industry.
In any burning-off operation outside the declared fire danger season the owner of the land risks prosecution under section 83 of the Fire and Emergency Services Act , should the burn off escape and cause damage to others. Colombia is rich in mineral resources and the development and processing of these resources is an important economic activity that has helped build a competitive business sector.
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has said that Victoria's State Budget announcements, contain some positive investments not only on agriculture through the pre-announced Future Farming strategy but also on regional development.
All natural is “not good enough” for a growing base of concerned consumers who demand a real alternative to synthetic products in their daily beauty regimes.
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The Government values the contribution Australian women make in our workplaces, homes and communities across the country. This Budget will secure Australia's future and build a strong economy to deliver for women and their families.
The federal budget fails to deliver for the bush, say the Australian Greens. "This is simply a re-badging of old programs, with no real new money. We are not seeing the strategic application of services and measures needed to address systemic issues in rural Australia."
Skyrocketing inputs costs - fuel, water, fertiliser and the looming shadow that rising interest rates are casting across Australian farms, will continue to be the focus of farmers, even after the Rudd Government handed down its first Federal Budget.