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		<title>Open Letter to Commodity Councils &amp; Farming Organizations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open letter to Leaders of the State Based Farming Organizations. ***** I&#8217;m writing to you as President&#8217;s, Chairperson&#8217;s, executives and members  of commodity councils and Farming organizations, about a matter... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/open-letter-to-commodity-councils-farming-organizations/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Agriculture Saves Australia From Recession &#8211; So Why The Hell Is Kevin Rudd Kicking Us To Death?</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/agriculture-saves-australia-from-recession-so-why-the-hell-is-kevin-rudd-kicking-us-to-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central West New South Wales farmer Rob Wass writes: . Things are quite wet down in this neck of the woods. We have had about 50mls in the previous 24... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/agriculture-saves-australia-from-recession-so-why-the-hell-is-kevin-rudd-kicking-us-to-death/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Labor’s Concern For Australian Food &amp; Fibre Producers Goes Bush</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/labor%e2%80%99s-concern-for-australian-food-fibre-producers-goes-bush/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/labor%e2%80%99s-concern-for-australian-food-fibre-producers-goes-bush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agmates member and Australian Protectionist Party National Chairman Andrew Phillips writes: . I condemned the Rudd Labor Government for diverting Australian taxpayer&#8217;s funds from Australian needs to use the money... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/labor%e2%80%99s-concern-for-australian-food-fibre-producers-goes-bush/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New ABARE Report &#8211;  Kevin Rudd’s ETS Will Bankrupt Australia&#8217;s Food Producers</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/new-abare-report-kevin-rudd%e2%80%99s-ets-will-bankrupt-australias-food-producers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/new-abare-report-kevin-rudd%e2%80%99s-ets-will-bankrupt-australias-food-producers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, John Cobb writes: . Farmers will go broke and food prices will rise, are the main findings of ‘official&#8217; Government modelling into the... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/new-abare-report-kevin-rudd%e2%80%99s-ets-will-bankrupt-australias-food-producers/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tony Burke &amp; Kevin Rudd&#8217;s Silent Jihad Against Australian Farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/tony-burke-kevin-rudds-silent-jihad-against-australian-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/tony-burke-kevin-rudds-silent-jihad-against-australian-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 01:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agmates Editor Steve Truman writes: . It has just emerged that the Rudd Labor governments silent  &#8216;jihad&#8217; against Australia&#8217;s food and fibre producers knows no bounds. Agriculture Minister Tony Burke... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/tony-burke-kevin-rudds-silent-jihad-against-australian-farmers/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>We want the right to manage our property the way we know it should be.</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/we-want-the-right-to-manage-our-property-the-way-we-know-it-should-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/we-want-the-right-to-manage-our-property-the-way-we-know-it-should-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 02:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom &#38; Robyn Aisbett graziers and Agmates members from Mundubbera Qld have made the following submission to the QLD governments moratorium on clearing regrowth: . Submission &#8211; The message is... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/we-want-the-right-to-manage-our-property-the-way-we-know-it-should-be/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Barnaby Joyce &#8211; The National Party Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/senator-barnaby-joyce-the-national-party-manifesto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/senator-barnaby-joyce-the-national-party-manifesto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 08:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below  is National Party Leader in the Senate &#8211; QLD Senator Barnaby Joyce&#8217;s speech to the National Press Club in Canberra today. I call this the speech the National Party... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/senator-barnaby-joyce-the-national-party-manifesto/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers Beware &#8211; Monsanto Is Taking Global Control of Your Livestock &amp; Seed</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/farmers-beware-monsanto-is-taking-global-control-of-your-livestock-seed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/farmers-beware-monsanto-is-taking-global-control-of-your-livestock-seed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 03:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s giant Monsanto corporation is currently lodging patent applications in 159 countries to patent the Pig. Unbelievable I know, but if Monsanto is granted the patent in the USA every... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/farmers-beware-monsanto-is-taking-global-control-of-your-livestock-seed/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just Don&#8217;t Mention We Are Farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/just-dont-mention-we-are-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/just-dont-mention-we-are-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=5042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How did this happen? Just two decades ago it was a badge of honour to say that you were a farmer. The pride of being a landholder who fed and... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/just-dont-mention-we-are-farmers/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Survive Farmers Must Find One Voice</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/herald/to-survive-farmers-must-find-one-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/herald/to-survive-farmers-must-find-one-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agmates member Eye On The Outback writes: ***** This yarn in the SMH is a ripper and sums up the problems facing farmers very well when it comes to perceptions... <a class="meta-more" href="http://www.agmates.com/herald/to-survive-farmers-must-find-one-voice/">Read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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