- Time to get off your arses : Rolf’s advice to Aborigines | The Age. Rolf Harris says that he has little sympathy for some Aborigines, who he says need to get off their arses. The London based expat entertainer yesterday hit out at some people in Aboriginal communities who lamented their poverty and filthy conditions
- Farm ‘Shooting Spree’ is Under attack | The Age. Plans to convert Victorian farms into hunting zones have angered animal welfare groups , who have dubbed the idea ‘disgraceful’ and shooters as ‘bogans’
- Activists target Rudd’s net censorship plan | Sydney Morning Herald. The political activists who helped free David Hicks and abolish Work Choices have now set their sights on the Government’s plan to censor the internet, which is already facing a major backlash and a lack of political support.
- Climate Change to hit Murray Darling Hard | The Australian. The final CSIRO report on the Murray Darling is out. CLIMATE change will hit the most productive parts of the Murray-Darling food bowl the hardest, with some farmers to miss out on their full water allocations 80 per cent of the time by 2030.
- Plug The Pipe Protest Group denies intimidating Pipeline workers | ABC.The Plug the Pipe protest group has denied intimidating workers on Victoria’s north-south pipeline. The Australian Workers Union says a worker was threatened with an iron bar, another had a speeding car swerve at them and workers have also been verbally abused. The contentious pipe is being built between the Goulburn River and Melbourne, despite strong opposition to the project.
- Property Attracts Green Dollars | Stock & Land. THE desire to conserve endangered habitats along with the demand for carbon offsets has seen the landmark purchase of a property in the Wimmera-Mallee by Greening Australia.The land was purchased at $1360 per hectare…We just want to get in touch with farmers who are interested.
- Draft National Fruit Fly Strategy | ALP News. Agriculture Minister Tony Burke – Fruit fly is a major cost to Australia’s $6.9 billion horticultural industries and can affect both domestic and international trade. ‘This draft strategy would see us focus our efforts to better manage fruit fly in a coordinated way across Australia.’
- Grain Giants Sow Seeds Of $2.3Billion Merger | The Age. Those that opposed the resturcting of AWB shareholding warned this would happen. RIVAL grain operators AWB and ABB Grain are believed to have opened merger talks with an eye to creating a $2.3 billion giant dominating the nation’s agriculture export markets.
- Organic Wine Wonders | Sunshine Coast Daily. Organic foods and consumer products are becoming one of the fastest growing markets in the world. So what exactly is the difference between conventional and organic wines? The secret lies in the treatment of the grapes. Harvested without the use of chemical fertilisers, the emphasis on the organic farming of grapes is on maintaining a healthy biologically active soil.
- Indonesia Eyeing Beef Imports From Brazil | ninemsn. JAKARTA, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Indonesia is considering permitting imports of beef products from Brazil to help reduce dependence on a few exporting countries. Last year, Indonesia consumed a total of 396,500 tonnes of beef and beef products, 30 percent of the total was imported from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
- NLIS for Sheep Shows Promise | Stock & Land. Victoria MARYBOROUGH wool producer Alistair Calder sees a great future for electronic identification of sheep using radio frequency tagging.Working along side Gallagher and the Department of Primary Industries he has been quick to set it up among his mid-micron Merino self replacing ewe flock of 3000, which he runs alongside 1000 wethers.
- WA Farmer Charged with Animal Cruelty | Esperance Express. The RSPCA will allege that the accused was cruel to approximately 1,700 sheep and approximately 50 cattle as he did not provide them with proper and sufficient food, proper and sufficient water and the animals suffered harm which could have been alleviated by the taking of reasonable steps. RSPCA Inspectors found in excess of 100 dead sheep. A further 80 sheep were destroyed by Inspectors on humane grounds.
- Cattle Price Outlook Cops A Hiding | QCL. Cattle industry confidence has taken a blow this week with the sudden collapse of the market for cattle hides. Prices for yearling hides plunged to just $7 yesterday, down from recent highs of $28, as the impact of the global credit crunch and plummeting consumer demand for leather goods filtered down to the market for cattle hides. Values for bullock hides were similarly affected, dropping from around $60 earlier this year to just $13 now.
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