All posts tagged "farming"

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  News and Views

  An important reminder about on-farm recycling

  Australia’s waste is growing around six times faster than the population according to Planet Ark, and National Recycling Week is a timely...

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  249

  Fast Facts

  Call for submissions on genetically modified cotton line

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) called for submissions on an application to permit a cotton line genetically modified to be resistant...

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  207

  News and Views

  Farm production to fall following record breaking year

  The gross value of Australian farm production is forecast to fall almost 9 per cent to $58 billion in 2017–18, primarily reflecting...

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  Must See

  Broken Hill farm safety event

  With less than two weeks until SafeWork NSW’s free community farm safety event at Broken Hill, SafeWork NSW is urging the local...

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  News and Views

  Farmers dux of the economic-performer class

  Australian farmers can take a bow with the latest national accounts figures revealing agriculture is now the nation’s biggest contributor to gross...

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  Must See

  National day to celebrate agriculture and related industries

  From Broome to Bordertown, Bundaberg to Brunswick, all Australians are encouraged to celebrate the nation’s farm sector on November 21, 2017.

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  News and Views

  Reef extension trainees get to work

  Farmers within the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) Catchments will benefit from the introduction of six new extension trainees.

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  News and Views

  Senate inquiry recommendations a ‘good start’

  The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed what it dubs ‘sensible’ and ‘fair’, recommendations made in a Senate Committee report looking at...

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  News and Views

  SEQ Regional Plan leaves agriculture wanting

  The recently released South East Queensland Regional Plan (Shaping SEQ) has failed to properly address agricultural producers’ concerns around longevity and prosperity...

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  Agribusiness

  Levelling the playing field for small business

  Legislation passed in the Federal Senate will help level the playing field for small businesses, including farm businesses.