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Going with the grain
Adelaide will next month host hundreds of grains researchers, advisers, consultants and growers, connecting scientists with people working in the grains industry. The GRDC Grains…
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What AWI does for our woolgrowers
AWI chief executive John Roberts provides an overview of how it is undertaking R&D and marketing to address some of the key issues faced by…
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Farmers toast tales of the land
FARMERS involved in a series of weekly interviews compiled in the publication Over the Fence were invited to celebrate its launch at the Birchip Cropping…
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Rain gives cotton a boost
COTTON growers have an extra spring in their step following recent rain, which is expected to boost crop yields. Cotton Australia general manager Michael Murray…
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VFF war widens after dairyfarmers fight erupts
THE besieged Victorian Farmers Federation is now under attack on the dairy front. Federal Court Justice Jonathan Beach is expected to hand down his ruling…
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Making good time with belief, learning
THE one thing farmers can’t produce is time. Barham’s Lauren Mathers often wakes up and wonders where the past seven years have gone. She has…
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When rural goes wrong, Rural Aid is there
BORN from the 2015 El Nino declaration, Rural Aid started with the Buy A Bale campaign to aid drought-stricken producers. Eight years later, Rural Aid…
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Barham abbatoir set for April start
BARHAM livestock producer and advocate Lauren Mathers has returned to the board of the Murray Plains Meat Co-op, six months after standing down as its…
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Cash in on true value of carbon
A LACK of professional guidance has been blamed for farms with carbon projects being mistakenly discounted in land valuations. Research by the Carbon Market Institute,…
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Fiery warning about the harvest
FARMERS in – or heading into – harvest, cutting crops and hay, got a seriously expensive warning about the fire season potential when more than…
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Filling the feed gap
FILLING the late-summer and early-autumn feed gap is a constant challenge for woolgrowers in dryland farming regions such as the Mallee, north-west Victoria and south-west…
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Woolgrowers aim for $25m sale
MOULAMEIN’S Shippen family, one of Australia’s largest woolgrowers, is culling as much as $25 million worth of blue-ribbon Western District land from its portfolio. The…
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