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Mutton dressed as lamb inquiry looks to WA for new standards
5/09/2008 | A Senate Committee has recommended the Rudd Government look west to develop a national set of standards for sheepmeat classifications following an inquiry into substitution, released this week.  | Rain and Aussie dollar good ... | August lamb slaughter lower
Share market pares back $30b in early losses
5/09/2008 | Australian shares have pared back $30 billion in earlier losses to close just over 2pc lower.  | Wool market finishes the week ... | Higher milk prices boost dairy ...
Greens unite across state borders to save the Coorong
5/09/2008 | Greens parliamentarians have united across state borders today in a bid to save the Coorong, with politicians from South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales meeting in Adelaide.  | Boorowa, NSW, property a ... | Garnaut plan to lift power ...
Garnaut plan to lift power price by 40pc, fuel by 10c/l
5/09/2008 | Electricity prices could rise by as much as 40pc and petrol prices rise by up to 10 cents a litre as a result of a carbon price and emissions trading targets proposed by economist, Professor Ross Garnaut, in his second report to the Government which was unveiled today.  | Share market pares back $30b in ... | Ilfracombe girl sworn in as ...
Ilfracombe girl sworn in as Governor General
5/09/2008 | Quentin Bryce has been sworn in as Australia's 25th Governor General at a special ceremony and reception in Canberra this morning.  | Share market pares back $30b in ... | Garnaut takes 'softly, softly' ...
Garnaut takes 'softly, softly' approach to climate change
5/09/2008 | Government climate change adviser Ross Garnaut is recommending that Australia adopt a gentle start to tackling climate change.  | Share market pares back $30b in ... | Southern cotton relies on ...
Iemma resigns as NSW Premier
5/09/2008 | Morris Iemma has resigned as NSW Premier, and Water Minister Nathan Rees has been annointed to take over.  | Share market pares back $30b in ... | $50 million for new water ...
AWB still not accredited to export wheat
5/09/2008 | The Wheat Export Authority has accredited six more companies to export bulk wheat this year, and again AWB is missing from the list.  | Share market pares back $30b in ... | Sugar cane profitability declines
$50 million for new water research alliance
5/09/2008 | The Federal Government has launched a joint initiative between the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO that will be the largest water information research project in the southern hemisphere.  | Now AWB has to deliver: NSW ... | Rain saves Wodonga cattle market
Rain keeps coming for Qld and northern NSW
5/09/2008 | More good rain has been received across the southern half of Queensland and northern NSW.  | CommentsComments (1) | No horse levy yet, says Burke | Wool up 7c/kg
Garnaut to advise caution on cuts
5/09/2008 | Australia should not expose itself by adopting an aggressive greenhouse reduction target, but it should make a "proportionate" adjustment as it waits to see how the rest of the developed world reacts, the Federal Government's top climate-change adviser will recommend today.  | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | Fielding destroys luxury car ...
Fielding destroys luxury car tax for farmers' sake
4/09/2008 | The Senate this morning blew a $555 million hole in the federal budget when it defeated an increase in the luxury car tax, with Family First Senator Steve Fielding voting against in order to protect farmers.  | CommentsComments (7) | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | Modiano says wool's time is ...
Garnaut backs soil carbon sequestration
4/09/2008 | In a boost for agriculture, Professor Ross Garnaut has thrown his influence behind the push to include soil carbon in the greenhouse accounting process.  | CommentsComments (5) | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | Fielding destroys luxury car ...
Rudd rejects Kernaghan's drought criticism
4/09/2008 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has rejected the lashing dished out by country music star and Australian of the Year, Lee Kernaghan, that the Government had abandoned drought stricken farmers.  | CommentsComments (1) | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | Fight for tree-clearing carbon ...
4/09/2008 | A southern NSW farmer has initially lost out in a Federal Court ruling handed down in Sydney last week, but the findings in the case arguing for compensation for land clearing targets could still have positive ramifications for farmers.  | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | No horse levy yet, says Burke
No horse levy yet, says Burke
4/09/2008 | The Government has moved to quell horse owners' fears about a levy to fund its disease response activities, saying the Bill passed by the House of Representatives does not impose a levy, but only provides a mechanism for a levy to be imposed if needed in the future.  | Ethanol an early battleground ... | Van Rooyen keeps secrets from ...
Ethanol an early battleground in US elections
4/09/2008 | Ethanol policy has become an early battleground issue in the race for the Whitehouse, with the Republican candidate John McCain arguing the market should stand on its own without government intervention, while the Democrats hopeful Barack Obama is backing further investment in renewable fuels.  | CommentsComments (1) | Van Rooyen keeps secrets from ... | Goondi pigs living free, easy ...
3/09/2008 | NSW Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries, has expressed concern over the lack of strategy employed by the Federal Government and the NSW Government in potential property purchases along the Darling River.  | Saving irrigation water via ... | Lyne by-election: Independents ...
Burke backs GM, despite WA Labor fighting to keep it out
3/09/2008 | There will need to be a growing acceptance of genetically modified crops throughout the world if global food shortages are to be properly dealt with, now and in the future, says Federal Minister for Agriculture, Tony Burke.  | CommentsComments (4) | Saving the Coorong could cost a ... | Interest rate cut saves average ...
Saving irrigation water via text message
3/09/2008 | Farmers can now make irrigation decisions based on extra information sent via a text message.  | CommentsComments (2) | Burke backs GM, despite WA ... | Govt passes controversial horse ... | VIDEO: Saving irrigation water via ...
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Future for young farmers not what it used to be

3/09/2008 | They say those who can do and those who can't teach, but in the current economic climate for agriculture, it could well be a future of young people who 'can' having to settle for providing services to agribusiness corporations rather than doing it themselves.
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