Graincorp announces takeover offer for Ridley
16/05/2008 | Ridley Corporation has been placed in a trading halt as of 2.05pm, following today's announcement that GrainCorp intends to make an off-market takeover offer for all the used shares in Ridley.
NT mine offers hope for fertiliser price relief
16/05/2008 | An Australian mining company will produce an essential ingredient in fertiliser production that could soon help ease the pressure on local fertiliser supply and pricing.
Chance to stand down in a year as WA's ag minister
16/05/2008 | WA's Agriculture Minister Kim Chance will leave politics in about a year.
Farm day bid to bridge the city-bush gap
GONE are the days of city children visiting their country cousins on school holidays – and with ...

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SLIDESHOW: E-tags in the shed

E-tags in the shed
15/05/2008 | New electronic eartags are being put under a fierce test in a century-old woolshed in western Victoria where some 4000 stud sheep at Nareeb Narreb, Glenthompson, have been tagged with the new National Livestock Identification Scheme electronic tags.

Rural SA in wait and see mode
15/05/2008 | SOUTH Australia's agricultural sector will have to adopt a wait-and-see approach before knowing the full effect of the Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday. The South Australian Farmers' Federation yesterday (Wednesday) said that it had concerns about the lack of funding specifically targeted for SA.
Wool, Lambs pay in Mallee
15/05/2008 | AS IF to showcase just how diverse broadacre farming has become in South Australia in recent years, a Mallee property at Karte, north of Parilla not only caters for sheep, prime lambs and cereal crops, but also engages in an interesting mixture of other rural pursuits.

17/05/2008 | Government cracks down on dole cheats, giving Centrelink investigators easier access to welfare recipients' bank accounts.

16/05/2008 | A 19-year-old flight attendant has been accused of setting a fire aboard a commercial airplane after he lost his tempter.
Farmers can wear the cuts, but not the uncertainty
15/05/2008 | As the dust settles on Labor's first budget, it's the lack of detail, not the funding cuts, which should have farmers upset.
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