eNewsletter - Volume 33
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For customers looking for economical horsepower in a durable, compact package, John Deere introduces a new line of 5003 Series MFWD Tractors, ranging in horsepower from 45- to 74-engine hp.

Networking women is a dynamic free information and referral service providing a vital source of information to inspire and empower women.

Jemalong Wool are conducting an information evening for local woolgrowers.

Order your Puma tractor or LBX baler before August 31 and take advantage of some BIG savings.

Jemalong Wool is Australia's original Regional Wool Broker. Established in 1980 at Forbes, Jemalong has evolved since then to be one of the leading regionally based wool marketing organisations in Australia today.
Crown rot, stripe rust, net blotch and herbicide resistance in wild oats are just some of the issues being examined in trials being conducted this winter across northern New South Wales by the Northern Grower Alliance (NGA).
Four species of exotic pest snails which wreck havoc across the southern cropping belt now have a new worst enemy – a tiny nematode endemic to Australia.
Joint research by the Department of Agriculture and Food and Murdoch University has shown cattle can be successfully introduced to grain-based diets in commercial feedlots without the use of feed additives.

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.
ABA Chairman, Brad Bellinger is calling for a full Royal Commission into Australia's beef industry.
The general exemption for mature bulls leaving a property, other than their birth property, without electronic National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) tag expired.
Finding the most effective mix of crops could double profit on most farms by optimising yields and reducing risks.

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SA barley growers should be on high alert for an early season outbreak of the net form of net blotch (NFNB) emerging in the Adelaide Plains, Mid North and Yorke Peninsula regions.
A leading researcher has called for an investigation of analgesics - or painkillers - not currently commercially available, which could assist the reduction of pain and discomfort experienced by sheep during mulesing.
Preliminary research on targeting worm treatments will give hope to sheep farmers for better management of the risk of drench resistance, while boosting efficiency.

Various winter warmer website specials at all locations.
Nearly 200 lamb producers, processors and industry representatives through Victoria and south-east South Australia are up-to-date with the latest research to ensure optimal production efficiency and eating quality.
The Winemakers’ Federation of Australia (WFA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that it is to implement a broad-reaching national strategy to tackle alcohol abuse through targeted intervention programs.
Australia’s brewers and winemakers have taken a strong stance to rule out the controversial overseas practice of replicating spirit based RTDs by manufacturing alcopops using ethanol stripped from wine or beer.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) announced the appointment of Ms Kate Carnell to the position of Chief Executive.
The commercial lobster industry can catch extra lobsters this coming year, thanks to its strong performing fishery, NSW Department of Primary Industries announced.
The total allowable commercial catch (TACC) for abalone will be reduced for the coming season to help re-build stocks in the State’s fisheries.
Despite a 2 per cent fall in the volume of Australian fisheries production in 2006-07, the gross value of production increased by 2 per cent to $2.18 billion.

Landcare is a national network of thousands of locally-based community groups who care for our country. The landcare movement is proud to boast more than 4,000 community landcare groups and many thousands of landcare volunteers in most towns across the country.
Industrial hemp is a step closer to becoming an exciting new production crop in NSW, following the passing of the Hemp Industry Bill 2008 through the NSW Upper House.
A new survey by consumer group Choice has reinforced the need for stricter labelling and regulation for free range eggs in Australia.
It may sound strange to us, but one of the ways to figure out how many whales are in the ocean is to figure out how many whales observers don’t see.

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Bringing together the latest science from research groups around Australia, the report includes chapters on each of Australia’s major agricultural sectors, with a focus on steps that can be taken to adjust to the ongoing changes in our climate.
In a positive development, Australia has recorded its first trade surplus in more than six years in April, according to revised estimates of these figures released by the ABS.
The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has praised Federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon MP, for recognising the need to address the rural health crisis in Australia, but ...