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Cropping

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...
WE can't hear it, but scientists are finding that in the apparently silent world of plants, a whole lot of communication is going on.
WE can't hear it, but scientists are finding that in the apparently silent world of plants, a whole lot of...
FARMERS currently harvesting sorghum crops across southern Queensland and the Liverpool Plains are pleased with the way prices for the feed grain are holding up.
FARMERS currently harvesting sorghum crops across southern Queensland and the Liverpool Plains are pleased...

Machinery

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

Sheep

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...
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

THE wool market has continued its upwards climb, with the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) hitting a six-week high yesterday of 1040c a kilogram.
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...
CHARTERS Towers combined agents yarded a total of 542 cattle at the weekly store and prime sale held on May 22.
And at the Roma Store Sale held on May 21 a total of 8500 head of cattle were penned.
CHARTERS Towers combined agents yarded a total of 542 cattle at the weekly store and prime sale held on...

Agribusiness

A NEW Supplier Advocate will help businesses win new markets, having positive “flow-on effects back to the farming sector”, says the NFF.
A NEW Supplier Advocate will help businesses win new markets, having positive “flow-on effects back to the...
GRAINCORP shareholders keen to take advantage of the ADM takeover deal could find themselves waiting at least until year's end for their share sale windfall.
GRAINCORP shareholders keen to take advantage of the ADM takeover deal could find themselves waiting at...

Horticulture

Fruit Growers Tasmania will host over 200 delegates at their annual May conference which starts in Hobart later this week.
INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened risk of fruit fly infestation, according to Agriculture Minister Gail Gago.
INDUSTRY will have to pay for increased roadblocks entering South Australia in response to a heightened...
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