Graincorp announces takeover offer for Ridley
16/05/2008 | Ridley Corporation has been placed in a trading halt as of 2.05pm, following today's announcement that GrainCorp intends to make an off-market takeover offer for all the used shares in Ridley.
NT mine offers hope for fertiliser price relief
16/05/2008 | An Australian mining company will produce an essential ingredient in fertiliser production that could soon help ease the pressure on local fertiliser supply and pricing.
Chance to stand down in a year as WA's ag minister
16/05/2008 | WA's Agriculture Minister Kim Chance will leave politics in about a year.
Outback angels keep flying
The Royal Flying Doctor Service continues to be a valued service in the bush.

Sunny
Sunny
Current temperature: 22.6°C

SLIDESHOW: E-tags in the shed

E-tags in the shed
15/05/2008 | New electronic eartags are being put under a fierce test in a century-old woolshed in western Victoria where some 4000 stud sheep at Nareeb Narreb, Glenthompson, have been tagged with the new National Livestock Identification Scheme electronic tags.

Steers reach $605 at Sarina
14/05/2008 | The Sarina cattle sale has proven to hold its value for vendors.
16/05/2008 | Aldborough House in Charters Towers, Qld, has sold for $580,000 to a local couple.
Farmers can wear the cuts, but not the uncertainty
15/05/2008 | As the dust settles on Labor's first budget, it's the lack of detail, not the funding cuts, which should have farmers upset.
Q: Do you support the Federal Government's initiatives in re-opening the live export trade with Egypt?




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