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St Pat’s day reminder to control ‘green bridge’
10:59 AM ACDT | THE Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is reminding grain growers to control volunteer cereal plants and weeds that could be harbouring over-summering rust spores.  | Increasing yields with clayCTF, no-till perfect fit
River boost for lower Murray
10:15 AM ACDT | MAJOR flows could reach the lower River Murray following a New South Wales Government decision to fill the massive Lake Menindee.  | Time to tackle tax strategyWettest March on record for ...
Wettest March on record for West Coast
7:13 AM ACDT | LAST weekend's thunderstorms have taken parts of South Australia's West Coast to its wettest March on record and wettest month in more than 10 years.  | Farmers play weather rouletteIs wind the answer to west's ...
CTF, no-till perfect fit
4:00 AM ACDT | AGRONOMIST Tim Neale, Toowoomba, Queensland, says for farmers wanting to get a start in controlled traffic, the best option can be using the machinery they already have.
Increasing yields with clay
4:00 AM ACDT | YIELDS of crops grown on sandhills can be doubled by adding clay to the sandy soil, according to a clay-delving expert.
Time to tackle tax strategy
4:00 AM ACDT | RURAL South Australian business owners are urged to take stock of their finances now and not leave tax planning to the end of the financial year.
Schultes Meat Tavern brings home the bacon
15 Mar 10 | WINNERS in the inaugural Bacon Week Awards For Excellence were announced today by Australian Pork Limited.  | Pastoral zone off to flying startPrices keep processors in check
Allocations increase to 62pc
15 Mar 10 | River Murray allocations will increase to 62 per cent following the latest assessment from the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.  | CommentsComments (1) | Scientists unite over rivers ...Andamooka flooded and left with ...
15 Mar 10 | The Australian Plague Locust Commission expects to commence aerial control operations within the next few days to manage any areas of the current population that represents a significant threat to agriculture in more than one state.  | Scientists unite over rivers ...Andamooka flooded and left with ...
Kidman logs profit after station sale
15 Mar 10 | AUSTRALIA'S largest land holder S. Kidman & Co has returned to profit after two years in the red.  | Our People: Operation Flinders ...Gilles Downs sells for $1.5m
Flystrike management workshop
15 Mar 10 | The latest innovations in flystrike management will be discussed on Friday, March 26 in a workshop being held in conjunction with the annual Angaston Agricultural Bureau Hogget Competition.  | Honoured for life servicePastoral zone off to flying start
ASIC will not pursue AWB bribe claim
15 Mar 10 | THE Australian Securities and Investmentst Commission has decided not to pursue claims by former AWB director Xavier Martin that he was offered an incentive to vote for the grain handler's constitutional change.  | AWB top-up to barley paymentAWB rumour mill grinds over ... | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales
New training centre in pipeline at Cleve
15 Mar 10 | WORK will soon be under way on a new skills and trade training centre designed to teach students dryland farming techniques at Cleve Area School's Sims Farm.
Feedlot beefs up Lameroo farm
15 Mar 10 | IN AN effort to cut out the middle man, and after previous success in custom feeding cattle, Lameroo farmer Trent Walker could not pass-up managing his own feedlot when presented with the opportunity.
Prices keep processors in check
15 Mar 10 | HIGH lamb and mutton prices, and short supply, have forced most sheep processors to re-think their business strategies in the past few months.
Flood of promises to secure water
14 Mar 10 | Wild storms and severe flooding in the Darling River’s upper tributaries are still threatening towns along the Condamine, Balonne, Warrego, Paroo, Macintyre and other rivers.  | Farmers play weather rouletteIs wind the answer to west's ...
Landmark changes for West Coast kid
14 Mar 10 | RETIRING in January as the Landmark South Australia state manager, Tony Wiseman has come a long way from the time he first started as a Southern Farmers clerk in his hometown of Cowell in 1970.
Barley grass a growing concern
14 Mar 10 | BARLEY grass is becoming a major problem, particularly in low rainfall areas with cereal on cereal plantings, according to University of Adelaide researcher Ben Fleet.
13 Mar 10 | CLIMATE change may mean south eastern Australia's climate will resemble that of northern Africa by 2050. But according to Tasmania's pasture seed company TasGlobal Seeds' Bob Reid, Australia's farmers should not be alarmed by the prospect of longer heatwaves, more summer thunderstorms, and up to a 10 per cent decline in annual rain.
Honoured for life service
13 Mar 10 | ONE of South Australia's most passionate Shorthorn breeders Andy Withers, Belmore stud, Naracoorte, has been recognised for his more than 40-year contribution to the breed, with life membership of Shorthorn Beef.
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12 Mar 10 | NATIONAL Farmers' Federation chief executive officer Ben Fargher has challenged the government to expand its probe into rural R&D. Here is his address to the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology national conference.
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