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Looking Back: 2001 Pt II

Looking Back: 2001 Pt II
Let’s Look Back continues its exploration of 2001 this week with samples of a North Queenslander Ser...

BJD could be new strain

BJD could be new strain
THE Bovine Johne's Disease (BJD) outbreak which rocked the Queensland cattle industry last year may ...
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Lloyd has door closed in his face

Lloyd has door closed in his face
THE contentious subject of closed betting rings is back on Queensland Racing‘s agenda after an incid...

Send cattle to PNG: Entsch

Send cattle to PNG: Entsch
QUEENSLAND Liberal MP Warren Entsch is seeking to export 150,000 head of Australian cattle into Papu...
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Cowboys already against the ropes

Cowboys already against the ropes
THE North Queensland Cowboys 2013 campaign that held so much promise before the first official match...

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Reducing China reliance
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Plant 'telepathy' breakthrough

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Win a Casterton Kelpie

Win a Casterton Kelpie
YOU could win a Casterton Kelpie - the prize pup “Go Getta Law” is valued up to $3000. To enter, rea...

FutureBeef Northern Muster 2013

FutureBeef Northern Muster 2013
Information for the rural business in North Queensland

Laurie Spina Shield 2012

Laurie Spina Shield 2012

Landcare In Focus

Landcare In Focus

News from the CSIRO

News from the CSIRO

Horse Deals May issue out now

Horse Deals May issue out now
Horses for sale plus hours of great reading.
 Markets 

markets

GRAIN
Prices     →    NSW  | SA  | VIC  | WA

HAY
Prices     →    NSW  | SA  | VIC

CATTLE
Over the hooks     →    NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
Indicator prices     →    NATIONAL
Physical markets     →   NATIONAL | NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
SHEEP
Over the hooks     →    NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
Indicator prices     →    NATIONAL
Physical markets     →   NATIONAL | NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA

Cropping

Stock & Land

Planting on schedule

WILLAURA district farmer Anthony Evans is well on track with his cropping program after rain in the past fortnight delivered more rain than he had received for the entire year prior to that.
WILLAURA district farmer Anthony Evans is well on track with his cropping program after rain in the past...
Farm Weekly

Growers in class action

MORE than 70 growers and grain traders have registered their interest in a potential class action against independent grain marketing company Emerald Grain.
MORE than 70 growers and grain traders have registered their interest in a potential class action against...
The Land

Feed stock fallout

ACROSS the State farmers are desperately trying to source feed grain and grain traders are flat out fielding buyer enquiries while being fobbed-off by farmers who have spare, but have decided to hold instead of selling.
ACROSS the State farmers are desperately trying to source feed grain and grain traders are flat out...

Machinery

Feeling chipper for winter

PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.
PARKLANDS have released a new wood chipper just in time for the colder months.

Agco merges with GSI

AGCO Australia has merged with the GSI Group - a global supplier of grain storage, material handling, conditioning and drying solutions.

Sheep

Stock Journal

Rain ends lamb price slide

WIDESPREAD rain and fewer sheep numbers have revived producers' hopes that lamb prices may head back up to $5 a kilogram in coming months.
WIDESPREAD rain and fewer sheep numbers have revived producers' hopes that lamb prices may head back up to...

Lamb exports hit record high

WIDESPREAD dry conditions have bolstered Australian lamb exports to a record high of $271 million for the first quarter of 2013.
WIDESPREAD dry conditions have bolstered Australian lamb exports to a record high of $271 million for the...

Livestock

Beaut bull pulls $10K at Ponderosa

A TOTAL of 145 bulls sold to gross $435,500 - with the top price bull sold for $10,000 - at the 14th Annual Ponderosa Sale.
A TOTAL of 145 bulls sold to gross $435,500 - with the top price bull sold for $10,000 - at the 14th...

No mandatory EID, says NSW LHPA

THE NSW LHPA is encouraging producers, saleyard operators and agents to partner with them to ensure compliance of the current mob-based system of traceability for sheep and goats in NSW.
THE NSW LHPA is encouraging producers, saleyard operators and agents to partner with them to ensure...
The Land

EU quota boosts market options

IF YOU run a closed cattle herd, why aren’t you European Union (EU) accredited?
IF YOU run a closed cattle herd, why aren’t you European Union (EU) accredited?

Agribusiness

Landmark's Viterra grab

LANDMARK has snapped up Viterra Australia's agriproducts and wool businesses following 18 months of negotiations.
Stock & Land

Food summit targets Asian boom

TURNING Australia’s mining boom into a dining boom was explored at the Great South Coast Food Summit in Warrnambool today.
TURNING Australia’s mining boom into a dining boom was explored at the Great South Coast Food Summit in...

Horticulture

Pollination plans paramount

THE Pollination Program is warning Australia’'s apple and pear industries to take more notice of the lessons learnt in New Zealand, where the invasion of the Varroa mite has caused significant damage to the beekeeping industry and subsequently impacted the production of pollination reliant crops.
THE Pollination Program is warning Australia’'s apple and pear industries to take more notice of the...
Stock & Land

Fruit science focus at Tas grower conference

Fruit Growers Tasmania will host over 200 delegates at their annual May conference which starts in Hobart later this week.
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