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Food waste fighter wins AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award

Food waste fighter wins AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award

North Queensland banana farmer rewarded for her market-based solution.

Supermarket drought milk 'half-baked'

Supermarket drought milk 'half-baked'

But Aldi ignores the 'drought milk' concept entirely and continues on, business as usual.

Plans are man’s but the odds are God’s

Plans are man’s but the odds are God’s

Unpacking risk management and the opportunities of wool forward markets.

Exporters take on chilled beef access to China

Exporters take on chilled beef access to China

Red meat builds commercial ties to push chilled access to China over the line.

Supermarket drought milk 'half-baked'

Supermarket drought milk 'half-baked'

But Aldi ignores the 'drought milk' concept entirely and continues on, business as usual.

Grain Growers behind TPP

Grain Growers behind TPP

Grain Growers is calling for bipartisan support in Parliament to push through legislation for the Trans Pacific Partnership.

Young leader wants ag sector to be bigger and braver

Young leader wants ag sector to be bigger and braver

New AACo executive says ag needs good leaders to listen, learn, dream big and be authentic

Butchers go pink for breast cancer

Butchers go pink for breast cancer

Pink hair, beards, aprons across the nation's butcher shops give back to breast cancer support.

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

Five massive Ultra-Class Liebherr T 282 C Dump Trucks have arrived at BHP’s Peak Downs mine site.

Young leader wants ag sector to be bigger and braver

Young leader wants ag sector to be bigger and braver

New AACo executive says ag needs good leaders to listen, learn, dream big and be authentic

Big increase in CBH storage capacity

Big increase in CBH storage capacity

CBH has put in a whopping 1.5 million tonnes of additional storage for the upcoming Western Australian harvest.

Exporters take on chilled beef access to China

Exporters take on chilled beef access to China

Red meat builds commercial ties to push chilled access to China over the line.

Butchers go pink for breast cancer

Butchers go pink for breast cancer

Pink hair, beards, aprons across the nation's butcher shops give back to breast cancer support.

Plans are man’s but the odds are God’s

Plans are man’s but the odds are God’s

Unpacking risk management and the opportunities of wool forward markets.

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

Five massive Ultra-Class Liebherr T 282 C Dump Trucks have arrived at BHP’s Peak Downs mine site.

Big increase in CBH storage capacity

Big increase in CBH storage capacity

CBH has put in a whopping 1.5 million tonnes of additional storage for the upcoming Western Australian harvest.

Rotten harvest: PM’s work-for-dole fruit pick plan slammed

Rotten harvest: PM’s work-for-dole fruit pick plan slammed

Farmers repeat calls for ag visa as fruit picking season approaches

Rotten harvest: PM’s work-for-dole fruit pick plan slammed

Let’s crash the fake food party

Testing the power of lentil flour

Big data, big picture, big business, big crime

Meet The Team

Andrew Marshall - Agribusiness

Agribusiness with Andrew Marshall

Sheep and Wool with Kristen Frost

Sheep and Wool with Kristen Frost

Gregor Heard - Grains and Sugar

Grains and Sugar with Gregor Heard

Shan Goodwin - Beef

Beef with Shan Goodwin

Rural Affairs with Mike Foley

Rural Affairs with Mike Foley

Machinery and Ag Technology with Sharon O'Keeffe

Machinery and Ag Tech with Sharon O'Keeffe

Agribusiness

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Young leader wants ag sector to be bigger and braver

Young leader wants ag sector to be bigger and braver

New AACo executive says ag needs good leaders to listen, learn, dream big and be authentic

Three elements of success for luxury wine brands

Three elements of success for luxury wine brands

A Nuffield scholar has revealed the three key elements of success that luxury brands possess allowing them to command price premiums for their products.

Rabobank leadership accolades to Nuffield and AACo stars

Rabobank leadership accolades to Nuffield and AACo stars

Tomato farmer, turned Nuffield International boss, Jim Geltch, has been recognised as one of Australian agriculture's unsung heroes

Government trying to make order on the phoenix

Government trying to make order on the phoenix

The agriculture sector is behind plans to clamp down on directors setting up 'phoenix' companies but say more work is needed.

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Rotten harvest: PM’s work-for-dole fruit pick plan slammed

Rotten harvest: PM’s work-for-dole fruit pick plan slammed

Farmers repeat calls for ag visa as fruit picking season approaches

Levy payer registers: a range of benefits

Levy payer registers: a range of benefits

In this opinion piece for FarmOnline, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Daryl Quinlivan has outlined the benefits that levy payer registers will deliver for RDCs.

Banks must give farmers fair go says Treasurer

Banks must give farmers fair go says Treasurer

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says it is the wrong time for banks to be foreclosing on farmers.

Minister backs glyphosate, Fitzgibbon calls for review

Minister backs glyphosate, Fitzgibbon calls for review

Federal politicians have weighed into the glyphosate debate.

GST guarantee for states debate rages on

GST guarantee for states debate rages on

The GST debate is set to rage on ahead of the draft laws being introduced to parliament next week.

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Butchers go pink for breast cancer

Butchers go pink for breast cancer

Pink hair, beards, aprons across the nation's butcher shops give back to breast cancer support.

Exporters take on chilled beef access to China

Exporters take on chilled beef access to China

Red meat builds commercial ties to push chilled access to China over the line.

Let’s crash the fake food party

Let’s crash the fake food party

BeefEx told the answer to fake meat is to give consumers what they want.

Big data, big picture, big business, big crime

Big data, big picture, big business, big crime

BeefEx hears about artificial intelligence, blockchain and AI

Aussie technology boosts Argentina’s beef research

Aussie technology boosts Argentina’s beef research

Automated livestock management has its first global deployment.

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Communicating the benefits of precision key for consultants

Communicating the benefits of precision key for consultants

Advertiser content: Optimise farm productivity and sustainability with the latest in precision agriculture technologies that are powerfully accurate, and refreshingly simple to use.

Turning adversity into profits

Turning adversity into profits

Sponsored content: Learn how these award winning beef producers turned a disaster into an opportunity.

Multimin Performance Ready Challenger shares his first round of highly encouraging results

Multimin Performance Ready Challenger shares his first round of highly encouraging results

Advertiser content: The Multimin Performance Ready Challenge gives seven Australian farmers the chance to experience first-hand the benefits of Multimin’s trace mineral injection, with assistance from expert mentors.

ALFA Lotfeeding journal: Young leaders up for ALFA awards

ALFA Lotfeeding journal: Young leaders up for ALFA awards

Meet the 2018 Young Lot Feeder of the Year Award finalists.

It’s a flaming mess; Oakey firefighting foam contamination inquiry

It’s a flaming mess; Oakey firefighting foam contamination inquiry

The second parliamentary inquiry into potential contamination from use of firefighting foam at Oakey defence airbase was held on Tuesday.

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Another blow to the live export trade

Another blow to the live export trade

The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) has issued a show cause notice on International Livestock Exports (ILE).

“Think very carefully” on WoolPoll

“Think very carefully” on WoolPoll

Continued global growth in “awareness” of wool and particularly Merino as a consumer-identifiable label could be at risk this WoolPoll, David Webster has warned.

Outlook still favouring lamb

Outlook still favouring lamb

The annual average Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator is not expected to move below 700¢ for the next few years.

Eating quality rules in meat measuring breakthrough

Eating quality rules in meat measuring breakthrough

Marbling and tenderness measuring technology put to the test.

Industry mogul says it’s a new era

Industry mogul says it’s a new era

Fear of change holding the industry back says sheep industry mogul.

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Rural leadership scholarship up for grabs

Rural leadership scholarship up for grabs

Advertiser content: The Australian Rural Leadership Program (ARLP) is rural Australia’s iconic leadership development program. It aims to produce a network of informed, capable and ethical leaders who are able to work collaboratively to advance the interests of regional Australia.

Australian label ALBUS LUMEN wins in New York

Australian label ALBUS LUMEN wins in New York

Advertiser content: Australian fashion designer Marina Afonina of label ALBUS LUMEN has been selected to compete in the 2018/19 International Woolmark Prize global final in London next year.

Planning to move to non-mulesed?

Planning to move to non-mulesed?

Advertiser content: A new AWI report that is intended to assist woolgrowers in planning to move to a non-mulesed Merino enterprise is available in hard copy and online.

Fashion giant learns about animal welfare

Fashion giant learns about animal welfare

Advertiser content: The head of sustainability from world leader in luxury LVMH – which owns high profile fashion brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Lora Piana and Givenchy – recently visited Australia to meet woolgrowers and learn more about practices to combat flystrike.

Particle fever slam dunks with wool

Particle fever slam dunks with wool

Advertiser content: In collaboration with The Woolmark Company, Chinese sportswear label Particle Fever has designed a series of wool-rich garments inspired by basketball, blurring the lines between fashion and function and championing the performance benefits of Merino wool.

Grains

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Grain Growers behind TPP

Grain Growers behind TPP

Grain Growers is calling for bipartisan support in Parliament to push through legislation for the Trans Pacific Partnership.

Big increase in CBH storage capacity

Big increase in CBH storage capacity

CBH has put in a whopping 1.5 million tonnes of additional storage for the upcoming Western Australian harvest.

Testing the power of lentil flour

Testing the power of lentil flour

We love a good lentil curry but Australians haven't really got into lentil flour. One set of researchers hope to change that.

WA will still need to look to export grain markets

WA will still need to look to export grain markets

There will be grain heading from Western Australia to the east coast, but given forecast production, exports will still be critical.

GRDC pushing weed control boundaries

GRDC pushing weed control boundaries

A desire to look beyond herbicides means the GRDC has a big investment in research into non-chemical methods of weed control.

Machinery

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World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

World’s second largest ultra-class mining trucks arrive in Queensland

Five massive Ultra-Class Liebherr T 282 C Dump Trucks have arrived at BHP’s Peak Downs mine site.

Agtech the future of farming

Agtech the future of farming

Andrew Lai from Sprout X

The bins are getting bigger

The bins are getting bigger

Dunstan's range of field and chaser bins are increasing in size match market needs

Mixed messages in quad cold war costs lives

Mixed messages in quad cold war costs lives

FCAI launch ATV risk assessment, Agforce promote SSV and ACCC want roll over protection

Korean Kioti howling for higher horsepower

Korean Kioti howling for higher horsepower

Kioti CK4220 is now available in Australia

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Dancing up a storm at Coonamble | Photos

Dancing up a storm at Coonamble | Photos

All the photos and video from the Coonamble Raindance.

Wildlife in the town? We want to see your photos

Wildlife in the town? We want to see your photos

Send us your pictures of kangaroos, echidnas and wombats where they don't quite belong.

In the woolshed at the National Merino show

In the woolshed at the National Merino show

All the photos from the cocktail party held in conjunction with the supreme Australian ram and ewe of the year.

AgQuip is done and dusted for another year | Photos

AgQuip is done and dusted for another year | Photos

The sun is setting on Gunnedah's agricultural field days.

Take a look back at AgQuip in the early 1990s

Take a look back at AgQuip in the early 1990s

Take a walk back to AgQuip 1990-1992.

Property

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Federation fighter’s Riverina stronghold

Federation fighter’s Riverina stronghold

One of the landmark properties of the Southern Riverina is back in play for the second time in a decade, following the listing for sale of historic “Nangunia” at Berrigan.

Queensland’s Dawson River property sold at auction

Queensland’s Dawson River property sold at auction

The Dawson River irrigation property Harcourt has sold at auction for $10.3 million.

McBrides emerge as mystery Telopea buyers

McBrides emerge as mystery Telopea buyers

AJ & PA McBride have been revealed as the mystery buyers of Hassad Australia's 47,600ha property at Telopea Downs in Victoria's west.

Five reasons financial freedom is vital for farmers

Five reasons financial freedom is vital for farmers

Financial adviser Ben Law from The Financial Bloke is talking all things finance for farmers and graziers.

Dawson River irrigation opportunity

Dawson River irrigation opportunity

The highly acclaimed Dawson River irrigation property Harcourt will be auctioned in Rockhampton on August 30.

Opinion

Levy payer registers: a range of benefits

Levy payer registers: a range of benefits

In this opinion piece for FarmOnline, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources Daryl Quinlivan has outlined the benefits that levy payer registers will deliver for RDCs.

Agtech the future of farming

Agtech the future of farming

Andrew Lai from Sprout X

Salt more toxic than glyphosate

Salt more toxic than glyphosate

Assistant Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Mark Coulton says salt is considered more dangerous than glyphosate by the World Health Organisation.