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Recognition for special whistle blower

Recognition for special whistle blower

Dedication to umpiring country football games saw Herbie Hart receive a special award at the launch of the Landmark Country Football Championships last week.

Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

A quick look around the traps at some of the players and topics making news in agribusiness

Agribusiness leader nominations sought

Agribusiness leader nominations sought

This year's trans-Tasman leadership awards for agribusiness leader and emerging leader will be announced at a dinner in New Zealand.

Property rights inquiry launched

Property rights inquiry launched

The Upper House Standing Committee on Public Administration will conduct an inquiry into private property rights.

Showing the best of the breed you're producing

Showing the best of the breed you're producing

Every year, the Frost family of Hillden Poll Dorset stud, Bannister, NSW, make the 650-kilometre trip to the Australian Sheep & Wool Show.

Drought, climate change drive up water prices in Murray Darling

Drought, climate change drive up water prices in Murray Darling

The simple truth is lack of rain is the main factor driving up the cost of water: ABARES

Harvey Beef a good fit for Nixon family

Harvey Beef a good fit for Nixon family

For the Nixons at New Norcia, feedlotting cattle is a means of utilising a portion of their annual grain crop to add value in a livestock enterprise increasingly being overshadowed by the returns in cropping.

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Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

A quick look around the traps at some of the players and topics making news in agribusiness

Agribusiness leader nominations sought

Agribusiness leader nominations sought

This year's trans-Tasman leadership awards for agribusiness leader and emerging leader will be announced at a dinner in New Zealand.

Want a good investment return? Buy north Australian ag land

Want a good investment return? Buy north Australian ag land

Northern Australia represents good value and good long-term capital gains for local or overseas investors says Troy Setter

Aussie boss for tractor giant

Aussie boss for tractor giant

Brandon Stannett new boss of Case IH and New Holland

Dairy needs more skilled labour

Dairy needs more skilled labour

Attracting skilled labour is a priority for the dairy industry

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Landmark kicks straight with sponsorship

Landmark kicks straight with sponsorship

LANDMARK's support of country football was reinforced at the launch of the Landmark Country Football Championships, at the Lathlain Function Centre, Perth, last Thursday night.

Upper Great Southern claims Landmark win

Upper Great Southern claims Landmark win

Upper Great Southern, Great Northern, the Regional Allstars and South West have claimed the Landmark Country Football Championships Grand Finals.

Quality yarding for Elders Boyanup sale

Quality yarding for Elders Boyanup sale

The Elders Boyanup sale on Friday, July 19, will be a good one for backgrounders and grass fatteners to secure cattle requirements with confidence.

Party chats with community stakeholders

Party chats with community stakeholders

THE Nationals WA packed out the Old Power Station function room at the Premier Mill Hotel in Katanning on July 1.

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Mackay Macadamias offered with 32,000 trees | Video

Mackay Macadamias offered with 32,000 trees | Video

Mackay Macadamias features 54 hectares of trees with scope for expansion.

Bundaberg macadamia opportunity

Bundaberg macadamia opportunity

A Bundaberg macadamia farm with 16,600 trees in full production is on the market.

Grassed-up Avalon sold prior to auction

Grassed-up Avalon sold prior to auction

The grassed-up Mitchell property Avalon has sold prior to auction.

Maleny acreage raises the bar

Maleny acreage raises the bar

Maleny property 176 North Maleny Road will be auctioned by Re/Max Hinterland on August 10.

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Australia celebrates 30th anniversary of Korean beef sales

Australia celebrates 30th anniversary of Korean beef sales

Recognition has been given to the 30th anniversary of the opening of Korea as a market for Australian beef.

'Intensive farming Diamantina-style' | Lake Eyre in pictures

'Intensive farming Diamantina-style' | Lake Eyre in pictures

Every cloud has a silver lining and for February's devastating monsoon in north west Queensland, that lining is now radiant in the western and southern parts of the Channel Country.

Mackay Macadamias offered with 32,000 trees | Video

Mackay Macadamias offered with 32,000 trees | Video

Mackay Macadamias features 54 hectares of trees with scope for expansion.

Country's sheep on showcase at Bendigo

Country's sheep on showcase at Bendigo

The 142nd Australian Sheep & Wool Show promises to be much more than an agricultural event.

Herd of Hope delivers outback charity to city kids

Herd of Hope delivers outback charity to city kids

Rural charity reaches out to give children from organ donor families a taste of station life.

Australian Ag gets insight into virtual tools

Australian Ag gets insight into virtual tools

Augmented, or virtual, reality is now used in many industries and by business in Australia and round the world. This week Australian Agriculture is getting an idea of the tools it can provide to help them and also how it is being used to market what they produce to global consumers.

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Wildlife ruffling feathers at Yaraka

Wildlife ruffling feathers at Yaraka

Two emus walked into a bar in Yaraka the other day. No, they really did.

International honour for Aussie cooking history

International honour for Aussie cooking history

An Australian book that celebrates simplicity in cooking, much of it thanks to the ingenuity of outback women, has produced a sizzling result internationally.

The Land launches its first podcast

The Land launches its first podcast

Attention all podcast lovers, this one is for you.

Race to space began as a daring dream

Race to space began as a daring dream

This series is a joint initiative with CSIRO, Australia's national science agency www.csiro.au

Dick Smith talks farming, feeding the growing global population

Dick Smith talks farming, feeding the growing global population

Podcast: Dick Smith chats about the future of agriculture and how we'll feed nine billion people by 2050.

Herd of Hope delivers outback charity to city kids

Herd of Hope delivers outback charity to city kids

Rural charity reaches out to give children from organ donor families a taste of station life.

Australia to face NZ dark horses at polocrosse World Cup

Australia to face NZ dark horses at polocrosse World Cup

Australia will be pitted against polocrosse dark horses New Zealand in the last of four matches that will determine who is in the final of the Adina Polocrosse World Cup 2019.

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More talk, but where's the action?

More talk, but where's the action?

Opinion: Government summit meeting sheds light on the bush, but risks being seen as a hollow gesture.

We must act on soil health

We must act on soil health

Joining the dots to grow our most valuable natural asset.

Time to support WA dairy industry

Time to support WA dairy industry

The Australian Dairy Plan is a collective initiative of different industry groups, including the Australian Dairy Industry Council, Dairy Australia and Australian Dairy Farmers.

Why we need to clean out the Grain Shed

Why we need to clean out the Grain Shed

In this week's The Gauge Oscar Pearse compares the reform currently underway in the red meat sector to the grains industry.

Industry service organisations choose 'incremental change over transformation'

Industry service organisations choose 'incremental change over transformation'

Opinion: In a new report, strategy and innovation advisor and former Australian Pork CEO Brian Ramsay outlines why agribusinesses are turning away from traditional industry service organisations.

Perfect storm brewing in lamb industry

Perfect storm brewing in lamb industry

Seasonal conditions across large sections of Australia continue to bite rapidly driving ewe numbers down writes Jason Trompf

Barty party's over but we're having a ball

Barty party's over but we're having a ball

Politics

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Property rights inquiry launched

Property rights inquiry launched

The Upper House Standing Committee on Public Administration will conduct an inquiry into private property rights.

Barnaby says higher Newstart payments are better for the bush

Barnaby says higher Newstart payments are better for the bush

Joyce breaks ranks with government policy to argue for regional constituents who rank among most disadvantaged in the country.

More talk, but where's the action?

More talk, but where's the action?

Opinion: Government summit meeting sheds light on the bush, but risks being seen as a hollow gesture.

How Scott Morrison's Bush Summit speech went down in Dubbo

How Scott Morrison's Bush Summit speech went down in Dubbo

Binnaway farmer Kym Monkton said while he appreciated all "the little bits and pieces" of support governments offered farmers doing it tough, he wanted to see a more "permanent fix".

Morrison's plan to boost rural industries

Morrison's plan to boost rural industries

The PM has pledged to set up a new parliamentary committee to examine the future needs of rural and regional Australia.

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