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Agribusiness
12:12 PM | THE Australian Agricultural Company has sold a 19,404ha (48,000 acre) portion of its Goonoo aggregation at Comet on the Central Highlands.
CPC loss 'due to live ex ban'
8:30 AM | AUSTRALIA'S largest live cattle exporter, Consolidated Pastoral, has taken a $34 million hit on the value of its property portfolio.  | Cattle deaths at Qld research... | On the road and spoilt by feed
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2:00 AM | THE impact of the SPC Ardmona cuts could be an "execution" of the Victorian fruit industry, according to growers, as the company halves production this year and shreds long-term contracts.
Lion not deterred
2:00 AM | BEER may be the beverage that built Lion's parent company Kirin Holdings, but despite enduring tough times in the Australian milk market the Japanese giant is not deterred by its recent experiences.
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Show us the money: Cobb
14 May 13 | SHADOW Agriculture Minister John Cobb says the best thing the Labor government could deliver in this year’s budget is a change of attitude towards agriculture.   | CommentsComments (14) | $100b to protect reforms | Budget needs ag focus: Farley
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Getting sowing dates right

THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector.
THE ISSUE of optimum sowing dates is something that is intensely scrutinised among the farming sector.

Pulses welcome southern rain

PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the 2013 planting season into full swing, but also to lessen the risk of plantback issues.
PULSE producers will welcome the rain across Victoria and South Australia, not only as a chance to get the...
The Land

How Australia cottoned on

VIDEO: IN THE early 1960s the papers were breathlessly calling cotton “white gold”, but there really was an element of goldrush in the building of the cotton industry.
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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.

Wool

Wool's 30c bounce

THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the first time in four weeks.
THE Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) has jumped 30 cents this week, pushing above 1000c a kilogram for the...

Wool's upward trend

THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend could continue.
THE wool market kicked 26 cents a kilogram last week and industry experts are tipping this upward trend...

Livestock

Queensland Country Life

Longreach, Blackall cattle sales cancelled

A LACK of numbers and a prediction of rain for south west parts has caused the cancellation of Longreach and Blackall cattle sales this week, the third week in a row that the yards at Longreach have been quiet.
A LACK of numbers and a prediction of rain for south west parts has caused the cancellation of Longreach...
Stock & Land

Rain gives confidence at Wodonga

STEERS sold to a top of $672 at the Wodonga store sale last Thursday where about 2000 cattle were yarded.
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Buyers market at Wangaratta

STEERS sold to $630 at the Wangaratta store sale on Friday last week where about 800 cattle were yarded.
STEERS sold to $630 at the Wangaratta store sale on Friday last week where about 800 cattle were yarded.

Agribusiness

Queensland Country Life

AACo sells Central Highland property

THE Australian Agricultural Company has sold a 19,404ha (48,000 acre) portion of its Goonoo aggregation at Comet on the Central Highlands.

CPC loss 'due to live ex ban'

AUSTRALIA'S largest live cattle exporter, Consolidated Pastoral, has taken a $34 million hit on the value of its property portfolio.
AUSTRALIA'S largest live cattle exporter, Consolidated Pastoral, has taken a $34 million hit on the value...

Horticulture

Stock Journal

State fruit fly threat grows

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...

Pollination services drive carrot seed production

SOME horticultural producers may see paying for pollination services as a necessary cost, but for one Australian seed company it has made them a world leader in carrot seed production.
SOME horticultural producers may see paying for pollination services as a necessary cost, but for one...
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