Rain has fallen, but the dry hasn’t let go. One cattle farmer near the border says it costs him $3 a head a day just to keep them alive. Help is heading to Inverell and Glen Innes.
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Posted inAgriculture, Feature, NSW News
Vegetable supplier admits price fixing
Australia’s second-largest fresh vegetable supplier has admitted fixing prices on broccoli, cauliflower, and lettuce sold to ALDI. A $12 million penalty is proposed, but a judge has the final say.
Posted inAgriculture, Feature, National News
Murrami rice farmer is new NFF vice president
A Murrami rice, sheep, and walnut farmer with an environmental law degree is the National Farmers’ Federation’s new vice president, as four new committee chairs are also named.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, NSW News
Farms of the Future bus hits 10,000km
A bus packed with virtual reality and farm tech has covered more than 10,000km, from Lismore to Broken Hill. Find out how your group or school can request a visit.
Posted inAgriculture, Feature, Federal Politics, Water
Coalition water taskforce targets Basin buybacks
Water buybacks are in the Coalition’s sights. A new taskforce will tour the Basin to hear from irrigators and push for dams and a ban on more buybacks.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, General News, News
Farmers push parties to reject EU deal
The coalition is against the EU trade deal, the trade minister says that would be “economic self harm”, and farmers say the agreement leaves them behind. Who blinks first?
Posted inAgriculture, Legal
Beef company faces court over Niangala wetland channels
A prime beef company faces fines of more than $2 million per charge over 6km of channels allegedly dug through a Niangala district wetland. Its first court date is Friday, 30 October.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Health
One in three young women low in iron
One in three young Australian women are low in iron. For Iron Awareness Week, MLA is taking its message into GP waiting rooms, social media feeds, and overseas markets.
Posted inAgriculture, Science and Research
Wheat prices up, but not from shortage
Wheat prices are rising, but the world is not short of grain. Rabobank says disrupted shipping is the cause, and growers face higher fertiliser and fuel bills as well.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Armidale, Science and Research, What's on
Armidale livestock unit celebrates 50 years
From a handful of traits to trillions of data points, an Armidale unit has spent 50 years reshaping Australian livestock. Now it is throwing a party, and auctioning a heifer.