Big rate cut looms as deflation the new risk
1/12/2008 | The possibility of a deeper rate cut from the Reserve Bank has gathered pace, with the possibility of deflation emerging as the latest threat from the global financial crisis.  | Investors welcome AWB, ABB talks | Heavy rain, flash floods in ...
Futuris cuts forecast, changes name to Elders
1/12/2008 | Futuris Corporation has foreshadowed a further earnings downgrade and a small profit loss this financial year in announcing a major restructure in which it well sell $350 million worth of assets and rebrand the company as Elders.  | AWB, ABB merger must benefit ... | Big rate cut looms as deflation ...
Is the Top End property market over-heating?
1/12/2008 | More than $500 million worth of cattle stations is on the market in Australia's Top End as owners seek to take advantage of the weak Australian dollar, strong demand for beef in Asia and high land prices.  | NT properties on mahogany row | Debt-ridden farmers forced to ...

Naracoorte weaner market opens a month early
1/12/2008 | The southern weaner sales have kicked off almost a month early, with 2800 head offered at Naracoorte, SA, on Thursday, where the cattle still presented in excellent condition despite the season.

A new look at three-day sickness
1/12/2008 | Cattle producers with livestock they suspect is suffering from or has died as a result of Bovine Ephemeral Fever, better known as three-day sickness, are being encouraged to provide information for a new study into the disease.
1/12/2008 | The selling season for stud cattle has finished on a strong note at the Wilangi, Charters Towers, and Elrose, Cloncurry, auctions over recent days, with a new $42,000 record price for a herd bull achieved at Elrose.
Coles to push Aussie pork message
Over the next few weeks Coles supermarkets will start to use distinctive labels to help ...

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