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Rann hope for 'sweetest victory'

21 Mar 10 | LABOR won a probable third term in power in South Australia last night but felt the sting of defeat in Tasmania. | Liberals show commitment to ... | Labor faces fight to hold on

Agribusiness and General - Political

Stormy times for Perth?

21 Mar 10 | As Perth emerges from one of its driest summers on record, the city and indeed many parts of Western Australia could finally see some decent rain. | Moroccan delegation ... Visit Farm Weekly

| Falling grain prices influence ... Visit Farm Weekly

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Labels that devour $5.2b in food

21 Mar 10 | FAMILIES are throwing out record amounts of edible food because of confusion over ''use-by'' and ''best-before'' labels, say environmental groups. | SE can be Aust's future salad bowl | US animal standards fight ... | VIDEO: Strath steers to $2.10/kg

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Hunters and activists jump the gun on duck season

21 Mar 10 | DUCK hunters and activists alike were caught jumping the gun on the start of the Victorian season yesterday by starting too early. | Duck-hunting season extended Visit Stock & Land

| Duck-shooting fight is on for ... Visit Stock & Land

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It sounded like a freight train: Airlie Beach resident

21 Mar 10 | Residents in cyclone-affected areas of Queensland are counting their lucky stars they were spared injury when "freight train" Cyclone Ului hit the coast last night. | Surfers prepare for monster ... Visit North Queensland Register

| Cyclone Ului to head south ... Visit North Queensland Register

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Our People: Back in black

21 Mar 10 | SHELTER from the storm soon turned into a new business venture and lifestyle change for Bud and Lana Stephenson. | Trials prove strengths of durum | SARDI issues net blotch alert

Agribusiness and General - General

Bushfire response should be prevention: AFI

21 Mar 10 | THE best fire-fighting units available are worthless in the face of a bushfire whipped up by heavy fuel loads - so why does bushfire policy pay such scant attention to fire prevention? | With pressure at home, Kevin747 ... | 25% emissions cut at $4 a week ... | GALLERY: Photos from SA's Mid North ...

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US animal standards fight restarts in Ohio

21 Mar 10 | The Ohio House voted 90 to 0 last week to establish the Ohio Livestock Standards Board. |

Comments (1) | Arki beefs up presence in ... | US states take action against ... | GALLERY: Photos from SA's Mid North ...

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SE can be Aust's future salad bowl

20 Mar 10 | POPULATION pressure in traditional vegetable growing areas, water quality and good growing conditions all point to the Mount Gambier district being Australia's summer salad bowl. | Random fruit fly roadblocks net ... | Pt Augusta to boost local ...

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Govt commits $632m to GP shortage

20 Mar 10 | THE understated difficulty in seeing a doctor in the bush underscored the Government's latest big health announcement to significantly boost training places for general practitioners. | Nothing Rudd does is good ... | States push back against ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

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Something fishy about 60 Minutes ag chemicals story

19 Mar 10 | CHANNEL Nine program 60 Minutes is planning to run a story on chemical use within the Australian agriculture industry on Sunday night. |

Comments (2) | Soy delivers benefits over ... | Fertiliser shortage on the cards | VIDEO: Ardrossan Angus sale hits ...

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Irrigators hail on-farm funds as a win-win

19 Mar 10 | THE National Irrigators’ Council has welcomed the long-awaited announcement of the first round of funding for the Commonwealth Government’s $300 million On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program. | Below average rainfall crimps ... | Wong blocks out irrigator ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Health from an eggshell

19 Mar 10 | ABOUT 60 years ago, Hollis Osborne bought a feed supply business at the border of Missouri and Arkansas and built it into one of the country's five largest commercial egg producers: Moark LLC. | Buying organic to save planet? ... | Eggs, meat important to fetus | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

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Climate needs "science" focus

19 Mar 10 | CAUGHT off-balance by the politicisation of climate science, Australia’s major climate agencies are trying to wrest the global warming debate away from opinion columns, blog sites and the front steps of Parliament House, and bring it all back to the science. |

Comments (10) | Climate doubt begins to grow in ... | 25% emissions cut at $4 a week ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

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Feds must step in to manage flood water

19 Mar 10 | THERE are calls for the Federal Government to step in and manage all big future floods, following confirmation this week of extra flows from the big Queensland wet to South Australia. |

Comments (1) | Flood of promises to secure water | SA irrigators to receive ...

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El Niño conditions persist in Pacific

19 Mar 10 | SEA surface temperatures across the central tropical Pacific have shown little change over the past fortnight, and hence remain at levels typical of an El Niño event. | Climate doubt begins to grow in ... | Abbott carbon plan 'unworkable' | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

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Macquarie interest in grain business elevated

19 Mar 10 | DEREGULATION of the grain markets in Australia has sparked plenty of interest from offshore market participants. | Trials prove strengths of durum | Rain sets up winter crops ... Visit North Queensland Register

| GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...

Agribusiness and General - Finance

Radio-savvy snakes used to spy on cane toads

19 Mar 10 | THE cane toad's impact on native snakes will be tracked by radio-transmitters surgically implanted in 20 wild pythons. | Seven habits of highly ... Visit Farm Weekly

| The toads are a-comin'... Visit Farm Weekly

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Abandoned camp fire triggers bush blaze

19 Mar 10 | Careless campers were responsible for a bushfire that threatened a South West property, the Department of Environment and Conservation said. | Bushfire threat remains for ... Visit Farm Weekly

| Esperance farms in need of rain Visit Farm Weekly

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Life in the shadow of coal central

19 Mar 10 | THE massive expansion of the mining industry in the Upper Hunter Valley is making people sick, say concerned residents who have campaigned for a decade for the government to establish independent air-quality monitoring and to conduct a proper health study. | Caroona strikes back in Supreme ... Visit The Land

| Wildlife park operators fear ... Visit The Land

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