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eNewsletter - Volume 34
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New technology in planting, tilling and spraying crops leads to higher, denser yields per hectare.
Staff at the Best Western All Settlers Motor Inn are celebrating after winning the 2008 Restaurant and Catering Award in the category of Best Restaurant Caterer. 
Jemalong Wool are conducting an information seminar for local woolgrowers. 
John Deere introduces a completely new line of sprayers, the 4730, 4830 and 4930 Series Self–Propelled Sprayers.
Elders is a truly progressive agribusiness with a focus on client and customer service. The Elders network provides rural producers with inputs, services, products and support in our core areas of wool, livestock, rural finance, insurance, merchandise and real estate. Around 95 per cent of the tags currently used by Queensland producers under the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) are being produced by just two companies and AgForce Cattle is keen for more competition.
The farming sector has embraced the commercialisation of 1080 pest animal bait, with more than 100 accredited retailers and manufacturers soon to distribute the product across Victoria.
Residents living near port areas in the Pilbara are being urged to report sightings of unusual birds, following the recent discovery of a sparrow.
Brooks Building has always built quality sheds and buildings. And now, they have the Management and Staff to provide the best service to stand side by side with their "Built to Last" quality products! The Red Meat Action Group supports the Australian Beef Association in its call for a Judicial Inquiry into the Australian Beef Industry.
Australian beef exports to South-East Asia/Chinas during 2007-08 grew 32% compared with the previous year to total 85,425 tonnes swt – the highest volume for the past nine years.
GrainCorp released more details of its corporate realignment. The details emphasise the renewed focus on the core business of the company; supply chain solutions, logistics and grain marketing.
Hyundai has made its highly anticipated move into the Australian light commercial vehicle market in the form of the Hyundai iLoad – a three-seat van and six-seat crew van. Total Australian wool production is forecast to decline slightly in the 2008/09 season, despite expected higher output in Queensland and NSW.
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers’ Association wants to bring together the haves and the have-nots of present-day agriculture – those who have grass and those who don’t at a time of record low rainfall in the state.
A tour of apple orchards in France and England has led to the discovery of 15 ‘new’ cider apple varieties in Australia.
Rural Finance announced the launch of its Agcess Visa Card. Rural Finance Chief Executive Officer Dugald Graham said the card had been introduced to enhance the Corporation’s already comprehensive range of products. Peak horticulture organisation Growcom said that Australia’s food security should remain top of mind among Australian politicians as global demand continues to outstrip supply and the cost of farm inputs such as fertiliser, fuel and pesticides continue to rise.
Commercial fishing in the Timor Sea Fishery has been secured for another five years.
Native fish including the recreationally important Australian bass now have improved access to over 300 kilometres of upstream habitat thanks to changes to two causeways in the Gloucester region.
Best Western welcomed a new property to the group, the Best Western Reef Motor Inn, Batemans Bay, NSW. CSIRO Energy Technology Chief, Dr David Brockway, said the milestone followed the Garnaut Report’s recognition that Australia has an important role to play in developing low emission coal technologies such as PCC.
The NSW Farmers’ Association says suggestions that a CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) report found that droughts would occur one in every two years in the future is incorrect.
CSIRO research underway in Central Queensland’s cattle country is investigating whether the integration of trees, pasture and livestock into a single agricultural system will produce greater net returns for producers and the environment.
In 2003 the Australian Alpaca Association implemented a service for all members to assist them in achieving their individual breeding objectives. Australian know-how and Indian building expertise have merged to provide inexpensive steel door frames for the domestic market in India.
The National Farmers’ Federation is dismayed by Australian Fair Pay Commission decision to increase minimum and award rates of pay by $21.66 per week, effective from 1 October 2008.
Prof John Wakerman, Chair of the National Rural Health Alliance, has welcomed the establishment of the new Office of Rural Health in the Department of Health and Ageing and committed the Alliance to working co-operatively with it to improve the health of people in rural, regional and remote areas.
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Even though agriculture cannot be covered by an Emissions Trading Scheme, the Australian Government must take steps to ensure consumers can still afford basic food items as substantial price hikes become ‘the norm’.
The Ross Garnaut Draft Report on Climate Change released has acknowledged that agriculture faces huge costs and challenges from an Emissions Trading Scheme, according to the Queensland Farmers’ Federation.
The release of the Garnaut Report has recommended agriculture not be included in any initial emissions trading scheme as Australia moves to a carbon constrained economy.
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