
Calls for removal of beef trade barriers
Australia Farming Related News
TECHNICAL barriers to trade are costing the Australian beef industry $1.25 billion annually, delegates at the AgForce Southern Inland Queensland Regional Forum were told recently.
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Import inquiries to protect processors
Australia Farming Related News
THE federal government has asked the Productivity Commission to undertake two inquiries into the impact of imports of processed fruit and tomatoes on Australian producers.
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Weed threat for North West
Australia Farming Related News
CALOTROPE, also known as rubber bush, is a fast developing weed threat in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Northern Territory.
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CQ drives chickpea boom
Australia Farming Related News
CENTRAL Queensland crop producers are embracing the economic and break-crop benefits of chickpeas, with the area planted to the pulse more than doubling in the region over the past four years.
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Report Benefits Pastoralists
Australia Farming Related News
A NEW report will give pastoralists a clearer understanding of the different land types in the Victoria River District (VRD) to enable better, more informed decisions.
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Upside Of Urea Boom
Australia Farming Related News
FARMERS look set to benefit from a rise in nitrogen fertiliser stocks around the globe in the next five years.
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Canola Crop First In FNQ
Australia Farming Related News
THE old adage ?you can?t grow Canola north of the NSW border? has been well and truly dispelled with the crop flourishing on the Atherton Tableland region at present.
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Genetics Exports Go Begging
Australia Farming Related News
AUSTRALIAN beef and dairy genetic exporters have been "picking the low hanging fruit" by concentrating mainly on sales of excess females, at the expense of a total genetic export approach, according to consultant Don Nichol.
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