No till know-how
Australia Farming Related News
THE Victorian No Till Farmers Association (VNTFA) is pleased with the success of its mentoring program, linking young farmers with an experienced grower in their region.
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Cruelty 'repulsive': Gillard
Australia Farming Related News
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has dismissed suggestions a review of Australia's livestock industry was needed following Friday's export cattle cruelty allegations.
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Drought plan lacks detail
Australia Farming Related News
IT'S hard for producers to be prepared for drought when they?re still no clearer on the details of a new national program designed to improve drought preparedness more than seven months after it was announced, say farm lobby groups.
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Visit builds bridges
Australia Farming Related News
THREE Indonesian students from the NTCA pastoral exchange program will never forget their short time in Canberra.
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Qld roos out of control
Australia Farming Related News
FRUSTRATIONS are growing among Queensland landholders battling to spell precious pastures from plagues of kangaroos.
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R&D key to food security
Australia Farming Related News
FOOD shortages and soaring prices might be big concerns for world leaders as the planet's population zooms towards nine billion in the next 40 years, but in fact food has never been cheaper.
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Farm lending slows
Australia Farming Related News
INTEREST rates are edging down and farmers are more focused on repaying bank debt than they have been in years, yet Australia's $60 billion farm lending bill is proving remarkably hard to whittle down.
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Burdekin bat dispersal
Australia Farming Related News
The Burdekin Shire Council will this week begin using more intrusive methods in an effort to disperse flying foxes from Home Hill?s Lloyd Mann Park.
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