6:38 AM AEDT | ANGER has deepened within the Opposition over emissions trading, with internal criticisms that chief Liberal negotiator Ian Macfarlane has become too close to the Rudd Government.  | Comments (7) | Environmental water to protect ... | Road to Copenhagen: Farmers can ... | VIDEO: Sky News rural analysis: ...

12:10 PM AEDT | As a result of a difficult reporting season and a strong Australian dollar the listed agribusiness sector has fallen short of the broader market during the past month, posting another month of negative returns after two months in positive territory, according to the Commonwealth Bank.  | Indian climate guru hopes to ... | Minister has grocery giants in ... | VIDEO: Sky News rural analysis: ...

3:17 PM AEDT | COMMENT: It's that time of year again when animal activist groups escalate their campaigns against the livestock export trade by using an important religious celebration to spread incorrect claims designed to mislead the Australian community. It is the same time of year when the Australian livestock export industry increases its year-round animal welfare activities to deliver even further improvements in the trade.  | $5 cattle levy gets the nod ... | Trent Loos US Update: The ... | VIDEO: Trent Loos' US Update: The ...

10:19 AM AEDT | Summer looms as the last gasp for the lazy carp at Grabine Lakeside on the Lachlan River.

6:20 AM AEDT | MORE than 50 leading scientists from around Australia have written to the Premier, Nathan Rees, asking him to protect the iconic Riverina red gum forests by creating huge national parks in south-western NSW and increasing the flow of water to them from the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers.