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Colin Bettles

National political writer

National political writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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Pulling the wool for six decades

Pulling the wool for six decades

Nev Noske started driving trucks at the age of 17, and hauled his first load of wool out of Star Downs at Hughenden.

Irrigation the saving grace for wheat crop

Irrigation the saving grace for wheat crop

Derryck Mickelborough is one of four Australian farmers who are shareholders in the Borlaug 100 wheat variety sourced from CIMMYT, the international maize and wheat improvement centre in Mexico.

Wool away from the central west

Wool away from the central west

It's been an impressive sight coming out of Queensland's central west in the last few months - trucks loaded four tiers high with wool on the highways - but the end result might not be one growers were initially expecting.