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CSIRO researchers win rural research awards
3:29 PM AEST | CSIRO’s Dr Anthony Keyburn and Chris Cowled were among the winners at the Smart Geelong Network’s Researcher of the Year Awards dinner last weekend.
3:04 PM AEST | Researchers have completed the first stage of development work on a comprehensive model of the spread of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle to evaluate policy surrounding the management of FMD and other exotic diseases should an outbreak occur in Australia.
Focus falls on feral drafter
19/08/2008 | The Queensland-based RPM Rural Products organisation says it has secured the manufacturing and sales rights to technology that can identify animals and control their movements through automated gates, limiting or increasing their access to water and feed points.  | MF65 auction excites vintage ... | Autumn tractor sales highest in ...
Live exporters to 'lose millions' from court ruling
13/08/2008 | A coalition of live sheep importers and exporters has taken court action against the Federal Government, claiming it will lose millions of dollars from a decision to reduce stock numbers on vessels bound for the Middle East.  | CommentsComments (10) | Wool pays for Hollywood product ... | Focus now on high output grain ...
Angus tastes success in Ekka interbreed
9/08/2008 | The Angus breed tasted success at this week's Brisbane Royal Show, winning both the male and female interbreed titles.  | Angus studs post strong start ... | Imported beef most affected by ... | VIDEO: Angus breed tastes success at ...
Angus studs post strong start to season in NSW
9/08/2008 | Three of the most prestigious Angus studs conducted their bulls sales in the New England this week with remarkable results.  | Imported beef most affected by ... | Lamb numbers return to yards
Rising costs risk chook farmers flying the coop
6/08/2008 | Every few months, four delivery trucks rumble down the driveway of Michael Shaw's Moorooduc, Vic, chicken farm, but like most Australian farmers rising input costs are making it harder for Mr Shaw to make ends meet.  | Questions remain on grocery ... | Rudd price check: he's powerless
Wellard to spend $250m on two new livestock ships
5/08/2008 | Italy-based Siba Ships and Wellard Rural Exports will spend $US250 million on two new, state-of-the-art livestock carriers.  | CommentsComments (9) | Brazilian feedlot expansion ... | Spry's Shorthorn bulls hit ...
Calendar plan can cut cattle costs
29/07/2008 | Cattle producers should be making every effort to adhere to an annual planning calendar to focus on the "big picture" herd management objectives to lower production costs.  | Rain in the west, cold in the east | NSW farmers facing even less ...
Price premiums increase for MSA beef
25/07/2008 | During 2007-08 the average price premiums improved for wholesalers and butchers selling beef graded under Meat Standards Australia, according to data collected by Millward Brown’s National Field Services.  | Cows up 7c/kg at Roma, Qld | Mixed week for young cattle
Russian meat ban extended to four Aus abattoirs
21/07/2008 | Russia's mystery decision to temporarily ban meat products from a list of abattoirs from around the world has expanded to now take in four Australian processing plants.  | CommentsComments (3) | ACCC targets Dairy Farmers for ... | Time for Doha to deliver for ...
Beef groups call for judicial inquiry
20/07/2008 | Frustrated beef producers have called for a judicial inquiry into the industry as low prices and high input costs continue to put the squeeze on profits.  | CommentsComments (3) | Russia bans beef from ... | Lamb to live by the code
Lucerne and chicory the right mix to boost lambing
18/07/2008 | Victorian farmer Don Price is successfully using a summer active, lucerne-chicory pasture mix to boost his lamb enterprise profits.  | Heavy lamb prices highest since ... | Leaner grown steer numbers on ...
Sheepvention turns 30
18/07/2008 | On the fourth and fifth of August some 25,000 people are expected through the gates of Victoria's Hamilton Showgrounds for Sheepvention 2008 - the 30th anniversary of the event.  | Feedlot cattle numbers increase ... | Let the lamb good times roll | SLIDESHOW: Sheepvention turns 30
The haves and have-nots of Tas farming
17/07/2008 | The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers' Association wants to bring together the haves and the have-nots of agriculture: those who have grass and those who don't at a time of record low rainfall in the State.  | CommentsComments (1) | Feedlot cattle numbers increase ... | Kidman warns of climate pain ...
Let the lamb good times roll
17/07/2008 | Lamb producers can expect good times ahead, according to Fletcher International chief executive Roger Fletcher.  | Feedlot cattle numbers increase ... | Kidman warns of climate pain ...
Kidman warns of climate pain for livestock sector
17/07/2008 | S Kidman & Co managing director, Greg Campbell, says Australian agriculture is still "digesting the doomsday scenarios from Garnaut and the CSIRO", but warns assistance for the livestock sector may fall short.  | CommentsComments (8) | Rudd duds farmers on climate ... | What food price backlash? US ... | VIDEO: Kidman warns of climate pain ...
Vendor declarations strengthen farm biosecurity
15/07/2008 | New research by Animal Health Australia has shown that livestock producers are highly aware of National Vendor Declarations and are using them effectively.  | CommentsComments (2) | Speedy Dubbo, NSW, sale clears ... | US manufacturing beef import ...
15/07/2008 | Western Australian Agriculture Minister Kim Chance says the WA is the first Australian jurisdiction to provide a voluntary code of practice for animal welfare management in a whole-of-supply chain approach.  | CommentsComments (1) | Vendor declarations strengthen ... | Speedy Dubbo, NSW, sale clears ...
Horses abandoned as rising feed costs take toll in US
14/07/2008 | Rising feed and energy costs are putting pressure on all involved in the US livestock sector, with horse owners increasingly being forced to abandon stock in order to make ends meet.  | Life's easier without the worry ... | Just 32 farmers receive Govt ...
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Buy back the water licences; then what happens Mr Rudd?

17/08/2008 | The Federal Government has bolstered the cash available to buy back water licences, the greens have published their wishlist of properties to be targeted, and the drought has more farmers than ever classing themselves as 'willing sellers'. But after the water is gone, has anyone wondered what happens next?
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