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10:34 PM ACDT | Boulia Shire mayor in north-west Queensland says his community is celebrating this week's widespread, flooding rains - a huge boost in the previously drought-stricken cattle country. |

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Birregurra, Vic, weaner heifer sale lifts after slow start

10:36 PM ACDT | The gusto of the previous day’s Victorian weaner sales dropped off at the opening of the Birregurra, Vic, heifer sale on Tuesday. But in later sales, all classes of heifer weaners sold dearer, ranging from 165-175c/kg, and the lighter weights making a fraction more. | Northern weaner cattle buyers ... | Vic's 70,000 calf bonanza to ... | VIDEO: Heavier Vic heifer weaners sell ...

AWB wheat pool up $17/tonne

10:47 PM ACDT | AWB has increased its 2008-09 Wheat Pool estimates, lifting the benchmark APW grade by $14 a tonne in the western pool and $17 a tonne in the eastern pool, on the back of a rise in international futures. | Chicago wheat prices lift off ... | Smaller grain crop in 2009 likely

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VIDEO: Heavier Vic heifer weaners sell to 175c/kg liveweight

5:17 PM ACDT | Despite a slow start to the Birregurra heifer weaner sale on Tuesday, with joined heifers mostly achieving meat value, weaners achieved strong rates, with all classes sold dearer. Feedlotters and processors put a floor in the market, pushing the heavier end of heifers to 165-175c/kg.

VIDEO: Encouraging start to January Vic weaner sales

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Bio-farming leading the way

4:00 AM ACDT | FERTICO markets a range of organic-based fertiliser products from its Adelaide head office. Fertico services - through its network of distributors - farming clients throughout Victoria and South Australia.

A warmer than average year

8:55 AM ACDT | Data collected by the Bureau of Meteorology indicate that, overall, Australia’s annual mean temperature for 2008 was 0.41°C above the standard 1961-90 average, making it the nation’s 14th warmest year since comparable records began in 1910.

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Interstate buyers prominent at Wodonga, Vic, sale

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Dubbo's rebel importer sets eyes on fert

Dubbo, NSW, based importer, Craig McMahon, hopes to join a small but growing number of importers ...

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