31 Dec 09 | Last week’s AWB annual general meeting was vaudeville masquerading as corporate business.
31 Dec 09 | NO MATTER what part of Australia you call home, the agriculture sector has again experienced significant challenges this year with a volatile global economy and weather conditions making it difficult to predict farm incomes.
31 Dec 09 | THE US Department of Homeland Security, which now conducts food and agricultural inspections at US borders, has opened a new Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC) aimed at ensuring the safety of foods imported into the country.
31 Dec 09 | RODEO can rightly claim to be a true family sport going on the number of couples, siblings and family groups who have qualified for the National Finals Rodeo.
31 Dec 09 | THE State Government will provide $1.1 million to help north Queensland landholders comply with new Great Barrier Reef regulations which take effect on 1 January.
31 Dec 09 | AS THE rain gradually eases from New South Wales, it continues to hammer parts of Queensland with falls over 200mm in some areas.
30 Dec 09 | SCIENTISTS have gained a glimpse into how the koala, one of the nation's most loved creatures, may have acted tens of millions of years ago.
30 Dec 09 | THE US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is producing cellulosic ethanol and processing one tonne a day of feedstock.
30 Dec 09 | AS A ''get out of jail'' card, the Nufarm board could hardly have done better than the deal struck with the Japanese chemicals group Sumitomo, after being left in the financial equivalent of no man's land by its one-time Chinese partner, Sinochem.
30 Dec 09 | AS THE year draws to a close residents of Queensland will be happy to know that the rain will keep on coming... at least until the end of next weekend.
30 Dec 09 | THERE are many hidden mysteries in the Australian Outback.
30 Dec 09 | A ROCKHAMPTON teenager suffered severe chemical burns last night when a home-made bomb exploded in a wheelie-bin.
29 Dec 09 | IT'S got such a simple ring to it: People's Bank. And it's not only pithy, it's also easily understandable and catchy too.
29 Dec 09 | THE federal opposition is considering declaring a war on camels as part of its climate change policy, arguing that the desert pest is responsible for more emissions than the exhaust of 300,000 cars.
29 Dec 09 | KEVIN Rudd has flown back to Australia after a gruelling few days in Copenhagen having just agreed with other world leaders to do, well … not that much on climate change.
29 Dec 09 | IT could be seen as a break with tradition or as a fresh start. Whatever the case, the Queensland Reds of 2010 will assume a strikingly new appearance when the Super 14 season begins.
29 Dec 09 | SUSTAINABLE farming experts have been known to promote the idea of matching soil types to suitable crops.
29 Dec 09 | NORTH West Queensland missed out on the much needed rain that South East Queensland and North West New South Wales received over Christmas and Boxing Day.
28 Dec 09 | MINISTER for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke has launched a new initiative that provides financial and mentoring support for up to ten young Australians who are committed to contributing to Australia’s rural sector.
28 Dec 09 | WHOEVER ''invented'' poetry probably wasn't thinking about places with underground opal mines or names such as Nuriootpa.
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