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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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Cropping

Rotation critical for herbicides

REPEATED application of herbicides with the same mode of action (MOA) is the single greatest risk factor for the evolution of herbicide resistance.
REPEATED application of herbicides with the same mode of action (MOA) is the single greatest risk factor...
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...
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...

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

Quota increase reported in Jakarta

LIVESTOCK industry groups are seeking to confirm media reports that Indonesia has lifted its beef import quota volume from Australia to meet increased demand this year, ahead...

Wool keeps climbing

FOR the third week running the wool market has gained ground with the Eastern Market Indicator this week closing 16 cents ahead at 1038 cents a kilograms.
FOR the third week running the wool market has gained ground with the Eastern Market Indicator this week...

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...

Agribusiness

'Roadmap' for food sector

AUSTRALIA’S first National Food Plan, first flagged by Labor ahead of the 2010 election, was launched in Brisbane this morning after almost two years in the pipeline.
AUSTRALIA’S first National Food Plan, first flagged by Labor ahead of the 2010 election, was launched in...

Landmark's Viterra grab

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

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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