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Business as usual for Qld's dairy farmers

Charbray cross steers sell for 378c at Eidsvold

Cows and calves hit $2100/unit at Emerald

New mayors set to take helm of northern councils

Coronavirus

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Closure of firearm dealers outrages rural Queensland

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Wool faces weak world demand for six months warns AWI boss

Australian Wool Innovation chairman Colette Garnsey has written to grower shareholders to update them on how the company is dealing with coronavirus.

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Keep the wheels turning

Titan Australia believe tyre stocks in Australia are good, however there may be some minor delays on wheel parts.

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Coronavirus gives AuctionsPlus a connectivity headache

Coronavirus has forced more bandwidth resources to healthcare and government services which has given online seller, AuctionsPlus, a headache.

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SunRice weighs up local supply security options as Vietnam bans sales

SunRice now faces a worrying freeze on exports from its backup operations in Vietnam which currently supply Australia and overseas markets

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Australia Post to work alongside Woolworths for grocery deliveries

Customers will be able to order an $80 box of groceries full of essential supplies which will be delivered by Australia Post.

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Govt lands $300m package to help country airlines fight COVID-19

Federal aid to help pull the airline sector out of its coronavirus tailspin now totals more than $1 billion after a $300m initiative to help keep services flying to the bush

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Australian companies to get wage subsidies

Businesses will be given wage subsidies to help keep employees on during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Beef

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Coronavirus gives AuctionsPlus a connectivity headache

Coronavirus has forced more bandwidth resources to healthcare and government services which has given online seller, AuctionsPlus, a headache.

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Beef price lifts are a flow-on from record cattle market, not profiteering

Retailers move to explain drivers of red meat retail prices

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World semen record broken at Mayura sale |PHOTOS

WORLDWIDE interest in Mayura's inaugural high performance production online sale, helped it achieve a world record for a beef semen package of $68,000 a straw.

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Pandemic response complimented at Blackall sale

Numbers were up and prices were down slightly as Blackall's Livestock Agents Association ran its weekly sale under an adjusted regime that met coronavirus containment social distancing requirements.

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Agribusiness

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SunRice weighs up local supply security options as Vietnam bans sales

SunRice now faces a worrying freeze on exports from its backup operations in Vietnam which currently supply Australia and overseas markets

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Business as usual for Qld's dairy farmers

QDO thanks members for maintaining normalcy.

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Panic buying pushes futures

Wheat futures have been pushed higher by panic buying of wheat-based products.

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Govt lands $300m package to help country airlines fight COVID-19

Federal aid to help pull the airline sector out of its coronavirus tailspin now totals more than $1 billion after a $300m initiative to help keep services flying to the bush

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Property

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Tanumbirini, Forrest Hill settle for $70 million

Rallen Australia has settled Tanumbirini Station and Forrest Hill Station for $70 million.

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Saxby Downs offered with 20,000 cattle

Tenders for the major North West Queensland cattle property Saxby Downs will close on May 7.

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The Patrick sold before auction

Barcaldine property The Patrick has sold prior to its scheduled auction.

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Clearwater offers development opportunity | Video

The 1300 hectare Glenmorgan property Clearwater will be auctioned by Colliers International on April 24.

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Bowen Downs heads to auction

Bowen Downs will be auctioned online by Rural Property and Livestock and JLL Agribusiness on May 6.

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Photos & Video

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Around the ring at Big Country 2020

There was plenty of action at Big Country 2020. See snaps from around the ring.

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Great greys pull a big crowd in at Big Country

See who was around the ring during the second day of the 2020 Big Country Brahman Sale in Charters Towers today.

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Big Country 2020 social photos

See who was at the first day of Big Country 2020 at Charters Towers today.

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Northern dam levels replenished

Whether they're for recreation, irrigation, town supply or a mixture of them all, dams in the state's north have generally been recording good inflows in the past few days.

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Goldfield Ashes success in 2020

Wet weather didn't deter crowds at the annual Charters Towers Goldfield Ashes.

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Cropping

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Panic buying pushes futures

Wheat futures have been pushed higher by panic buying of wheat-based products.

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Rain, not supply problems causing fears about crop inputs

Elders farm supplies boss, Richard Norton, says deliveries of fertilisers and crop chemicals are on the way.

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GOOD NEWS

CSIRO scientists still at work

Agricultural researchers on the job for essential research and diagnostics

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Plummeting ethanol production erodes global corn demand

All this erosion of corn demand comes as Brazil and Argentina are forecasting near-record corn harvests, despite the continued dry weather.

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Ag supply chain soldiers on

Despite some supply issues, it is business as usual at Nutrien Ag Solutions

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Machinery

Keep the wheels turning

Titan Australia believe tyre stocks in Australia are good, however there may be some minor delays on wheel parts.

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New hopper boosts productivity

Amazone will launch the FTender hopper early next year

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Predicted upswing in sales

Flexi-Coil is gearing up to take advantage of government stimulus

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Defence aircraft go under the hammer

Australian Frontline Machinery hold historic auction of defence aircraft

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GOOD NEWS

Gearing up for sowing

Claas Harvest Centre said it is business as usual

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Retrofit no-till specialists get a shake-up

RFM Ag gear up for sowing

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Raking it in

New Holland have released the Rolabar Model 230 V-rake

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Robot used to welcome patients to hospital

A humanoid robot has been trialled at a NSW Hospital

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Sheep

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Inaugural Charleville dorper sale a winner

The sale of all rams offered at the inaugural invitational dorper and white dorper ram sale at Charleville has underlined the growth in the meat sheep industry in southern Queensland.

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Covid-19: MLA shuts offices, bans market officers from saleyards

Meat & Livestock Australia has closed all its offices for a month to ride out the coronavirus risk.

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Thomas Foods International is keeping calm and carrying on

Thomas Foods International says meat processing at its two major plants is operating as normal.

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Panic meat buying can't stop slide in lamb prices

Export uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to impact Australia's lamb and mutton markets.

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Dairy

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Business as usual for Qld's dairy farmers

QDO thanks members for maintaining normalcy.

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Pasture research aims for $100m benefit

Pasture is front and centre of an $8.5 million a year research project based at the Ellinbank Research Centre in Gippsland.

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Uses for genomic testing

Genomic testing is a great advance for agriculture - but how can it be used on dairy farms in Australia?

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There's more to feeding cows

The DairyBio and DairyFeedbase projects are assisting dairy farmers to improve feedbase productivity and animal health.

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Dairy Australia appoints acting chair

Dairy Australia has appointed an acting chair as chair Jeff Odgers takes a leave of absence following the death of his son in a farm accident.

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Opinion

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Business as usual for Qld's dairy farmers

QDO thanks members for maintaining normalcy.

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Hold the pangolin - give 'em beef

If there is a silver lining to be gleaned from the scourge of COVID-19, it could be for a premium protein producer like Australia.

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Farmers show the way in a crisis | EDITORIAL

Farmers have been working from home long before a virus forced everyone to.

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