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eNewsletter - Volume 31
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Now John Deere can help you farm more hectares per day with the World Record Breaking Performance of a new 9030T Series Track Tractor.\.
A Queensland farming family has sown the seeds of hope into fertile ground with Australians digging deep and raising $50,000 so far for heart and lung transplant research at Brisbane’s Prince Charles Hospital. 
The world’s finest wool bale will be offered at auction on Thursday 26th June 2008. 
Elders is a truly progressive agribusiness with a focus on client and customer service. Everything we do relates to providing our clients and customers with the very best service from our 400 Australian branches, agencies and our overseas offices. Scientists from CSIRO and the University of Melbourne in Australia, and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, are on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of new, safe, more sustainable ways of controlling the world’s worst agricultural insect pest.
The NSW Farmers’ Association has acknowledged commitment by the State Government to maintain frontline services provided by Rural Lands Protection Boards, under the restructure recommended by an independent review.
AgForce is celebrating excellence in Queensland’s red meat industry and raising awareness about every segment of the industry from production, processing, marketing and consumption through the annual Rabobank Red Meat Awards.
RACV is making it easier for green-minded travellers to continue their environmentally friendly activities while on holiday with the introduction of Green STAR Accreditation to its accommodation choices. You can buy a kilo of prime Aussie beef more cheaply in Japan than in Australia, says Athol Economou, and he reckons the market might of retail behemoths Coles and Woolworths is largely to blame.
A novel technique with potential to identify wheat cultivars that will perform well in drought and compacted soil conditions offers hope to WA graingrowers.
While conditions across the Australian grains belt have been variable, there is optimism regarding winter grains production in 2008-09, as a result of a forecast increase in the area planted.
Correct and regular coolant maintenance is a simple way to avert expensive breakdowns in diesel engines. The influence of genetics on lamb quality is being investigated by the Department of Agriculture and Food as part of the as part of the CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation.
Research by the Co-operative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation is providing producers with simple options to greatly improve the survival of weaner sheep.
Dairy Australia Chairman, Max Roberts, put the word out that his Board of Directors is seeking an appropriately qualified milk producer to join them in late 2008.
Polaris is again leading the ATV market with four great value offers designed to whet the appetites of farmers and enthusiasts across the nation. Small landholders are advised that the coming month is the time to check for Cape Tulip development.
The 2008 Australian sugarcane harvest is underway, with the sounds of the cane harvesters’ firing up around north Queensland.
Cotton bunchy top disease (CBT) has been found widely in cotton crops and on non-cultivated cotton plants this cotton season.
David Trebilcock is a Yanmar stalwart; having worked at Yanmar’s exclusive Australian Distributor Power Equipment for 14 years makes him some what of a Yanmar expert. New research assisted by Peel locals has debunked the myth that winter rains sweep infant crabs out into the Indian Ocean.
The Department of Fisheries will begin survey work next week to confirm the presence and check the extent of a marine pest, which has not previously been found in WA.
Following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s recent announcement that benefits of carbon sequestered in soil should be investigated for use in new carbon emission reduction markets.
The Rockdale SES Unit has received a $3,000 donation towards new equipment from the Bexley Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank. Queensland now has a state-of-the art analyser to help improve safety in mines where diesel engines are used.
Dr Wilson says record world demand for minerals now means the seafloor around Australia is increasingly being seen as a new frontier.
Dr Pep Canadell from CSIRO and the Global Carbon Project, and Dr Michael Raupach from CSIRO – say the billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) absorbed annually by the world’s forests represents an ‘economic subsidy’ for climate change mitigation worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Landmark, one of Australia’s biggest agribusiness companies, has joined forces with innovative online trading company E*TRADE Australia to facilitate online share trading services for rural and regional clients.
Professor John Wakerman, Chair of the National Rural Health Alliance, says the comprehensive review of primary care and Medicare, announced by Minister Roxon, is a decision of major potential importance for the health of people in rural and remote areas.
AgForce remains the only farm group in Australia undertaking a sustained rural image campaign to engage and communicate with the urban population about how and where food and fibre is produced.