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Story Added Wed, 1st of Aug 2012
Agriculture Minister Terry Redman announced the whole farm nutrient mapping project today to conduct soil sampling and farm nutrient mapping on more than 200 farms.
He said the $1 million project ...
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Story Added Wed, 1st of Aug 2012
Included in the new product roll out was New Holland’s latest addition to its harvester range, the CR 9090, an all-new large square baler and several precision management tools.
The CR9090 is ...
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Story Added Wed, 1st of Aug 2012
Peter Walsh said since the bounty was introduced nine months ago, with an audit showing a total of 79,277 foxes and 282 wild dogs submitted by June 30.
He said with 1900 Victorian hunters taking ...
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Story Added Wed, 1st of Aug 2012
According to the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety, a total of 23 deaths were reported on farms from January 1 to June 30 in the media this year, with six deaths from quad bikes ...
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Story Added Wed, 1st of Aug 2012
More than 100 societies across the state have been invited by Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh to apply for the grants.
“Agricultural shows and field days are a highlight of ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Twenty-six Western Victorian farms will provide the blueprint for measuring the true dangers in running a modern cropping enterprise.
A SafeWork project being run by New Zealand's Massey University ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Researchers at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience are looking at whether it is possible to mimic the insecticidal peptides found in spider venom compounds for use ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Don't let it be three strikes – or at least three bad seasons – and you're out.
Because there is no time to go slow in the war against snails as the problem continues to escalate across ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Seven high-profile grower groups in Australia's southern cropping region are working with CSIRO to assess the productivity and financial implications of growing broadleaf crops.
The five-year ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Weeds growing freely on fence lines can move into cropping fields and contaminate harvest.
They can also serve as alternative hosts to various pests.
As a result grain growers prefer to control ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Run by the NSW Department of Primary Industries, industry experts and leading herbicide company specialists will examine management options in major cropping zones.
DPI broadacre cropping manager ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
The Wool ComfortMeter is a pretty self-explanatory machine.
Developed by the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry, CSIRO, Australian Wool Innovation, the Australian Wool Testing Authority, ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
DPI biosecurity leader Michael Moerkerk said with mesquite declared a state prohibited weed and one of Australia’s weeds of national significance, it had the potential to seriously impact ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Queensland Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps said the allocation for Flinders River is 80 000 megalitres while Gilbert River allocation is 15 000 megalitres, which could support ...
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Story Added Tue, 31st of Jul 2012
Last week Australian Wool Innovation recommended growers vote change the current marketing and research and development ratio levy spend to 60:40 for the 2013/14 and 2015/16 years.
WoolProducers ...
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