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Elders hosts cane, cattle meetings
4:00 AM AEST | OVER the past two weeks, the Elders Mackay branch hosted a series of meetings from Proserpine to Sarina and inland to Nebo to bring both cane and cattle producers up to date on the latest in chemical weed control and cattle management.  | Pasture monitoring project sets ... | Graziers explore carbon trading ...
Big appetite for rubbish
20 Mar 10 | YOU may have seen the dinosaur feet rubbish bins in towns out west - well, now there's a new novelty bin on the block.  | NQ water projects committed to ... | School of the Air celebrates 50 ...
Agribusiness leads the way in
19 Mar 10 | THE contribution of agribusiness to one of Queensland’s industrial heartlands will be highlighted tomorrow when AgForce president John Cotter speaks at the Region of Choice Summit in Gladstone.  | Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ... | Radio-savvy snakes used to spy ...
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 in Western Australia.  | Cane toad a delicacy in China | Cane toad found in Wollongong
Tropical Cyclone Ului on the move: next stop QLD
19 Mar 10 | SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Ului continues to move slowly towards the QLD coast and is predicted to make landfall between Cardwell and Yeppoon sometime over the coming weekend.   | NT drying up | Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ...
Garrett unleashes cane toad plan
18 Mar 10 | FEDERAL environment protection minister Peter Garrett today invited comment on a new plan to tackle the ever-expanding cane toad menace.  | Cane toad found in Wollongong | Cane toad a delicacy in China
Cyclone Ului edges closer
18 Mar 10 | SEVERE Tropical Cyclone Ului is threatening the Queenland coast as it slowly makes its approach.  | Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ... | Cyclone Ului to head south ...
Rebuilding begins in flooded south west
17 Mar 10 | Social, economic and environmental recovery after the south west Queensland floods is hinged on assisting businesses on-farm and in town to get back on their feet, says AgForce president John Cotter who returned from inspecting the worst hit communities last night.  | North West communities cut off ... | Wettest day in almost a century ...
Barcaldine streets to become shearing festival
17 Mar 10 | GIVEN Barcaldine's long and significant history with the shearing industry, it is only fitting that shearing is set to become a focal point of this year's Tree of Knowledge Festival to be held over the May Day long weekend.  | Big muster at Nebo sale | Schultes Meat Tavern brings ...
Surfers prepare for monster swell as Cyclone Ului continues approach
17 Mar 10 | Lifesavers are urging caution after a high seas warning for Queensland which has the south-east's big wave surfers prepared for monster weekend swells.  | Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ... | NT drying up
Cyclone Ului to head south along coast
16 Mar 10 | Cyclone Ului is expected to head south today, running parallel to the Australian coast and avoiding a potentially destructive course through Queensland.  | Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ... | NT drying up
NT drying up
16 Mar 10 | The wet season could be on its way out as a pattern of generally dry weather is set to re-emerge for the end of March.  | Tropical Cyclone Ului on the ... | Lower Balonne cleared for water ...
Lower Balonne cleared for water sales
15 Mar 10 | FARMERS in Queensland's Lower Balonne looking to offload water will now be able to do so following a Supreme Court ruling allowing the sale of water rights.  | North West communities cut off ... | Mt Isa water costs to be tested
It's their second anniversary, but are Queensland councils celebrating?
15 Mar 10 | Thirty-two amalgamated councils across Queensland turn two years old today. But not everybody is celebrating.  | North West communities cut off ... | Mt Isa water is safe: Water ...
Tropical Cyclone Ului on the horizon
15 Mar 10 | Tropical Cyclone Ului is currently hanging off the coast of New Guinea, tracking slowly towards the QLD coast. Ului looks to be the last Cyclone of the season, and it could potentially be a big one.  | Dry Top End compared to wet east | An ap-PAUL-ling lack of cyclones
An ap-PAUL-ling lack of cyclones
14 Mar 10 | Tropical cyclones seem to have been giving Australia a wide berth of late, with none appearing since late January. But before the season ends, Australia could see just one more sneak in.  | Wet season not over yet | NT thunder in time for footy ...
14 Mar 10 | JAMES Cook University is appealing to its 40,000 past graduates for photographs and memorabilia of their time at the university.
Pest plant miconia in bee swarm
13 Mar 10 | IT was an unlucky day for pests in Innisfail when a biosecurity officer responded to a report of a suspect bee swarm, only to discover a dangerous pest weed lurking in its midst. Biosecurit  | Carmenta moth key to parthenium ... | Landholders walk the talk in ...
Landholders walk the talk in protecting biodiversity
12 Mar 10 | AGFORCE members across Queensland are contributing to the balance of biodiversity and production for real environmental wins by protecting almost 1.7 million hectares of private land in nature refuges.  | Breakthrough in fight against ... | Carmenta moth key to parthenium ...
NT thunder in time for footy finals
12 Mar 10 | AFTER a recent dry and warm spell, storms are returning to the Top End and will play a part in this weekend's major footy grand finals.  | D-Day for NT clearing moratorium | Mt Isa water is safe: Water ...
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