Another lift for Vic cattle prices after that rain
20/05/2008 | Widespread rain in the northeast of Victoria before the Wangaratta monthly store cattle sale on Friday saw keen competition for breeding cows with young calves at foot, with prices $50-$80 dearer than those of the previous Wangaratta sale of a month ago.
Stakeholders to evaluate Murray Darling water purchase
20/05/2008 | Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today announced a Stakeholder Consultative Committee to evaluate the success of the first ever Commonwealth Government water purchase in the Murray Darling Basin.
Cathrina Claas: Fresh face of farm machinery
20/05/2008 | Cathrina Claas has confirmed that the tractor side of the Claas Group’s famous harvester ‘footprint’ is now core business. The group’s globe-trotting senior executive was speaking during a flying visit to Australia late last month.
System pares back input costs in SA
With reduced input costs and improved operating efficiencies of between 10 per cent and 15pc, ...

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Rural SA in wait and see mode
15/05/2008 | SOUTH Australia's agricultural sector will have to adopt a wait-and-see approach before knowing the full effect of the Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday. The South Australian Farmers' Federation yesterday (Wednesday) said that it had concerns about the lack of funding specifically targeted for SA.
Wool, Lambs pay in Mallee
15/05/2008 | AS IF to showcase just how diverse broadacre farming has become in South Australia in recent years, a Mallee property at Karte, north of Parilla not only caters for sheep, prime lambs and cereal crops, but also engages in an interesting mixture of other rural pursuits.
Farmers can wear the cuts, but not the uncertainty
15/05/2008 | As the dust settles on Labor's first budget, it's the lack of detail, not the funding cuts, which should have farmers upset.
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